Sports Quotes
I think I've become one of the best finishers in boxing; if I hurt a guy, I normally take him out.
There's always something special when the service academies play each other that's not in any other game. This is not a regular game, and everyone involved knows that.
I enjoy singing, and the instruments which truly move me are the horn, the trumpet and the cello.
As an example, one of the schools I have been studying is too small to compete effectively in most sports, but participates with vigor each year in the state music contests.
Tennis is not like other sports where the coach is hired by an independent entity, and that makes a huge difference in the dynamic.
I raced supremely well. I felt I was as well fitted to do it as I had ever been, and as perhaps I might ever be. I went climbing three weeks before, because I was feeling fed up with running.
I got bad calls every match, and I never got an apology. So I thought it was rather strange.
Boxing was the only career where I wouldn't have to start out at the bottom. I had a good resume.
First you have to spread on the rust performer, then you add a coat of protective enamel, and then you spray on the satin finish so you look good.
Fascism rewarded jackasses in uniform. Democracy gives privileges to those in sports' gear. In Italy, political regimes come to pass. Jackasses remain. Triumphant.
The best teams are team in any sport that lose themselves in the team. The individuals lose their identity. And their identities come about as a result of being in the team first.
It's not easy to part with the trophies. However, I do need to have some long-term financial security for those close to me.
Then to have Brett come along and follow in the footsteps, it's so gratifying. I get as much enjoyment out of watching Brett play as I did of entertaining people myself.
My job is to suggest and ratify and use any expertise that I might have gained over the 23 years in professional hockey to make our game a better game.
I want to do a movie on sports - like a movie on a racer or a marathon runner - as I feel I'll fit that bill perfectly.
When I went to high school, an all-boys' school, a Catholic school, I tried out for football, and I didn't make it. It was the first time, athletically, that I was knocked down.
People didn't wasn't the People's party to come in to power again, so they saw NS a viable alternative not us, because everyone knew we were not ready.
Though boys throw stones at frogs in sport, the frogs do not die in sport, but in earnest.
And when the pressure was on us, the team handled it very well. One has to learn to play well under pressure.
I have been, and will go on, fighting that damnable, dirty, rotten business with all the power at my command.
I don't like waiting in airports for my bags. Even worse, I don't like waiting in airports when my bags are lost.
It's a game of habit, or repetition. You can't play one way in practice and another way in a game. It's a reflex. The game is so quick you don't have time to think.
Machines aren't replacing proofreaders at all. Copy editors, who proofread and much, much more, use spellcheck as a tool but read every word that appears in the paper
I've dated athletes before but it's too tough because we have the same job, we deal with the same problems and both do a very selfish sport.
Writers' bedtimes vary, but few have been spared the shock of a copy editor's early wake-up call.
Discipline is like cabbage. We may not care for it ourselves, but feel sure it would be good for somebody else.
We used to have a lot of fun. We never had any problems. We always ate. The fact that we didn't have steak? Who had steak?
Before I had children I always wondered whether their births would be, for me, like the ultimate in gym class failures. And I discovered instead... that I'd finally found my sport.
I lost in the second round of the French Open and had 10 days off. I went to the Hard Rock Cafe. It was exciting to be away from my parents, to stay in a hotel. Hotels at 17 meant freedom.
The eyes of some of the fans at Davis Cup matches scare me. There's no light in them. Fixed emotions. Blind worship. Horror. It makes me think of what happened to us long ago.
I think good physical conditioning is essential to any occupation. A man who is physically fit performs better at any job. Fatigue makes cowards of us all.
There were mornings when I just didn't want to get out of bed. But once again, I'm in an adverse situation and having to deal with something new and learn how to do it.
The hitter asks the owner to give him a big raise so he can go somewhere he's never been, and the owner says "You mean third base?"
This season isn't going to be without several crises. There's no doubt about it. They're coming.
Gymnastics is not at all as popular as, for example, soccer. Gymnastics as a sport isn't promoted very well.
My entire life has been spent thinking about this game. That's pretty narrow... I don't view myself as a person who's well-versed in very many subjects. I'm not proud of that.
Well there are two things: Number one is, make sure you always enjoy yourself, because when you enjoy yourself, you'll learn, you'll want more information, you'll push yourself.