Sports Quotes
I still bother with runners I call hamburgers. They're never going to run any record times. But they can fulfill their own potential.
Christianity is not a spectator sport. It's something in which we become totally involved.
They call Ray Robinson the best fighter, pound for pound. I'm the best fighter, ounce for ounce.
The human body is capable of amazing physical deeds. If we could just free ourselves from our perceived limitations and tap into our internal fire, the possibilities are endless.
When I race my mind is full of doubts - who will finish second, who will finish third?
I think to compare any time you win a Stanley Cup would be unfair to all the players from all the teams.
I'm proof that great things can happen to ordinary people if they work hard and never give up.
My concentration was really on getting to university and becoming a doctor. My parents let me know that school marks were important. Achievement was something which came by hard work.
The three-thousand hitting thing was the first time I let individual pressure get to me. I was uptight about it. When I saw the hit going through, I had a sigh of relief more than anything.
Even at my age, I'm trying to improve. Never give up, no matter what. Even if you get last place - finish.
Complacency is the forerunner of mediocrity. You can never work too hard on attitudes, effort and technique.
I don't care what they say about me when I'm through with sports. I don't want to be known as anything else in life but a great father.
The country is full of good coaches. What it takes to win is a bunch of interested players.
Some people pray to a totem pole, some people pray to a sun, some people pray to a god. It all works for them. It all comes back to what you think.
Sports ideally teach discipline and commitment. They challenge you and build character for everything you do in life.
There was no money in the sport but we'd be out there day in, day out, rain or shine, doing it.
Formula One was a very dangerous sport. It still is dangerous. But the danger factor is also the exciting part.
It's not so much what you accomplish in life that really matters, but what you overcome that proves who you are, what you are, and whether you are a champion.
One of the most difficult times in my life was when I escaped from Romania in November of 1989.
I do think we can be a little less PC when it comes to sports, though. Just once I want to hear an announcer go 'God, black people are fast. Holy cow! All of them. They're fast. Back to you Bob.'
There is no doubt that Formula 1 has the best risk management of any sport and any industry in the world.
The most interesting thing about this sport, at least to me, it the activity of preparation-any aspect of preparation for the games. The thrill isn't in the winning, it's in the doing.
The glory of sport is witnessing a well-coached team perform as a single unit, striving for a common goal and ultimately bringing distinction to the jersey the players represent.
Had Rahul Dravid been born in any country other than India, he would have been much more famous than Sachin Tendulkar.
The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things that endure. These qualities are so much more important than the events that occur.
Sports betting is all about money management, so the most money won on one event is not the most important thing
Motivation is a fire from within. If someone else tries to light that fire under you, chances are it will burn very briefly.
Of course, I grew up in Communist Romania, but I am happy to say that now our country is democratic, and prospering, since the revolution in 1989.
It took me seventeen years to get three thousand hits in baseball. I did it in one afternoon on the golf course.
I grew up in Baltimore. And yes, I am a big sports fan, especially when it comes to my local teams.
The racing driver's mind has to have the ability to have amazing anticipation, coordination, and reflex. Because of the speed the car goes.
