Sports Quotes
If you're in the penalty area and don't know what to do with the ball, put it in the net and we'll discuss the options later.
Winners see what they want. Losers see what they don't want. Don't let the game eat you; you eat the game.
I just use my muscles as a conversation piece, like someone walking a cheetah down 42nd Street.
Every great player has learned the two Cs: how to concentrate and how to maintain composure.
My coach told me, "Larry, no matter how much you work at it, there's always someone out there who's working just a little harder - if you take 150 practice shots, he's taking 200." And that drove me.
When I was a freshman at Oklahoma in 1946, the game was sold out - and it's been sold out ever since.
I wanted the world to know that my country Ethiopia has always won with determination and heroism.
Karate is a form of martial arts in which people who have had years and years of training can, using only their hands and feet, make some of the worst movies in the history of the world.
But in the end it's still a game of golf, and if at the end of the day you can't shake hands with your opponents and still be friends, then you've missed the point.
Always keep your composure. You can't score from the penalty box; and to win, you have to score.
The most important thing in coaching is communication. It's not what you say as much as what they absorb.
We have to make some radical move to get the attention of everyone. Cheaters can't win and steroids has put us in the position that it's OK to cheat.
When I played pro football, I never set out to hurt anyone deliberately - unless it was, you know, important, like a league game or something.
Natural talent only determines the limits of your athletic potential. It's dedication and a willingness to discipline your life that makes you great.
If you're willing to put yourself and your dreams on the line, at the very least you'll discover an inner strength you may not have known existed.
You have to know you can win. You have to think you can win. You have to feel you can win.
I'm proud to play for Real Madrid because I have fun; when you no longer have fun it's a sign that it's time to leave. For now though, I'm happy here at the greatest club in the world.
Teamwork is what the Green Bay Packers were all about. They didn't do it for individual glory. They did it because they loved one another.
I'm glad you're doing this story on us and not on the WNBA. We're so much prettier than all the other women in sports.
There are basically two types of people. People who accomplish things, and people who claim to have accomplished things. The first group is less crowded.
The miracle isn't that I finished. The miracle is that I had the courage to start.
I've always made a total effort, even when the odds seemed entirely against me. I never quit trying; I never felt that I didn't have a chance to win.
The principle is competing against yourself. It's about self-improvement, about being better than you were the day before.
Some people tell me that we professional players are soccer slaves. Well, if this is slavery, give me a life sentence.
In my time at Anfield we always said we had the best two teams on Merseyside - Liverpool and Liverpool reserves.
Don't give up. There are too many nay-sayers out there who will try to discourage you. Don't listen to them. The only one who can make you give up is yourself.
