Sports Quotes

At the same time, it makes me feel like I have to prove myself to the new guys coming in as well as prove myself to the coaching staff, which is a good bit of motivation for me.

Boxing is your father's sport.

When you have a background in combat sports, people think you're this martial arts expert, but really I'm just a guy who is able to do certain things without making a mess of himself.

I would just never out anybody. I think everyone has to find it in their own way and their own time.

Then I would have an occasional cigarette and then I started back dipping. I started dipping last year. My family has asked me again to stop, and I'm trying my best to do that.

Skating has so many styles. Once you pick up a skateboard, you'll find out that it's not a hobby, it's not a sport, it's a lifestyle.

I was more interested in skating and the girls and traveling than I was in calculus.

I don't think I can be expected to take seriously any game which takes less than three days to reach its conclusion.

I throw better than anybody in college and I can throw with anybody in the pros. There, that's what I think.

Boxing is an all year round sport. You never know when they're going to call you, so you got to stay ready.

Hell, no! A tie is like kissing your sister!

I'm never gonna play again, and I know I'm really, really going to miss it.

The Great Commission to go into all the world is not only geographical, but must include every field, profession, discipline, sport, etc.

Tonight was not about winning, it was about focusing on myself and what I was aiming to do. It's the reason why I was able to swim so well

Rock and roll is a contact sport. I enjoy playing the tunes that really get the people going.

Surfing is like that. You are either vigorously cursing or else you are idiotically pleased with yourself.

Overturning police cars is a super-intense workout. It’s probably the only sport I enjoy.

I love sport as long as its kept as an entertainment - not a meaning of life.

Indy car racing is much more aggressive.

The sport in Scouting is to find the good in every boy and develop it.

I think everyone needs to be a role model, period.

I believe both the mind and the body need to be strong. We practise so hard that even if we hit a saturation point, we can't stop because that is the kind of dedication the sport requires.

I play to win, whether during practice or a real game. And I will not let anything get in the way of me and my competitive enthusiasm to win.

When a batter swings and I see his knees move, I can tell just what his weaknesses are then I just put the ball where I know he can't hit it.

Oh, I think, watching Magic, him being one of my... I'm one of his biggest fans, and just trying to emulate what he did, going out on the playground, and also playing with older guys.

The Olympics remain the most compelling search for excellence that exists in sport, and maybe in life itself.

There are far more important things in life than making a putt or missing a putt or winning a championship or losing a championship.

I played all kinds of sports when I was young: tennis, handball, basketball, some soccer. I focused on basketball when I was 16 or 17 and then came to the U.S. when I was 20.

Sport must be accessible to working class youth.

Aspire rather to be a hero than merely appear one.

In what other sport do you get a 15-second break every hour?

If you burn your neighbors house down, it doesn't make your house look any better.

Swimming is a confusing sport, because sometimes you do it for fun, and other times you do it to not die. And when I'm swimming, sometimes I'm not sure which one it is.

All ballplayers should quit when it starts to feel as if all the baselines run uphill.

Don't tell me how rocky the sea is, just bring the ship in.

That's the difference between golf and many other sports. You go to some other sporting events, they just leave you or give you the cold shoulder and move on.

In no way can sport be considered a luxury object.

Coaching is nothing more than eliminating mistakes before you get fired.

It's a better view if you're standing up than if you're laying down.

You know why the game of golf is popular? Very easy, it's a great game.

How can they beat me? I've been struck by lightning, had two back operations, and been divorced twice.

I met Jesse Owens once. He was a remarkable individual, and I have tremendous respect for what he did in the Olympics under the circumstances.

I'm not a real smart guy. But I've got enough brains to realize that when I'm 60 years old and play a sport, that it's downhill.

The team that wins two-thirds of its one run games usually wins the pennant.

But as coaches, we need to get a little more fire and passion and be more demanding that our guys get the job done. I think players will respond to that, and we'll see.

You need to play with supreme confidence, or else you'll lose again, and then losing becomes a habit.

Enrolling your child in a recreational sport sponsored by your neighborhood recreation community centers is a great way to keep kids active.

My parents are highly evolved worriers. ... If worrying were an Olympic sport, my parents' faces would have graced the Wheaties box a long time ago.

The longer you play, the better chance the better player has of winning.

Games lubricate the body and the mind.