Sports Quotes

I decided I can't pay a person to rewind time, so I may as well get over it.

But I just think as a captain, everybody's different.

I was assistant in Edmonton with Wayne as captain, and Kevin Lowe was the other assistant.

It can't be any simpler: the farewell is going to be on the Champs-Elysees.

I can't imagine living and not running.

Through my illness I learned rejection. I was written off. That was the moment I thought, Okay, game on. No prisoners. Everybody's going down.

You know, I love wearing heels. I wish I could wear them all the time, but, you know, my sport doesn't really permit it.

I just want to try to ignore the scrutiny and all the distractions and just play hard basketball and let the best come... Improving game by game and trying to improve my game is what I want to do.

I enjoy talking to my football men and my chemistry classes and I feel sure that they are quite interested in what I have to say.

Very often we see coaches who have not been successful being recycled, instead of looking to a new face or a new name who has demonstrated the ability to handle the job.

The Yankees don't pay me to win every day, just two out of three.

I get to see the different sides of skating now which involves not only competing, but entertainment.

As the saying goes, Bruce Jenner is a millionaire, and Mark Spitz is a dentist. It's the wrong sport.

I don't linger on the fact that Dawn Fraser was a great swimmer 40 years ago. That was in the past. I did break 41 world records, but I don't live on that today.

Two hundred million Americans, and there ain't two good catchers among 'em.

Basketball, more than any other sport, is a team game...about the thousands of small, unselfish acts, the sacrifices on the part of the players that result in team building.

You have people telling you how good you are and all of a sudden, you might start believing it and forget what it takes to be good.

We count on winning. And if we lose, don't beef. And the best way to prevent beefing is - don't lose.

One day you are drinking the wine, and they next day you are picking the grapes.

I believe that today's players who are Christians feel that it's important and their responsibility to acknowledge their faith.

In extreme situations, the entire universe becomes our foe; at such critical times, unity of mind and technique is essential - do not let your heart waver!

Don't cut my throat, I may want to do that later myself.

I took several years of dance lessons that included ballet, tap and jazz. They helped a great deal with body control, balance, a sense of rhythm, and timing.

It's wonderful to meet so many friends that I didn't used to like.

For sure I would be a very emotional captain. A very hands-on captain.

[When asked how tall she is:] I'm five feet, 15 inches.

Let's win one for the Gipper.

What makes you really come together under pressure is determination and focus and toughness.

Of course, most people remember that I received the first perfect 10 in Olympic gymnastics competition.

And then after that, running around the bases, it was just one of those things. You couldn't believe what happened to you. And I look back on it, it's almost like it happened to somebody else.

You don't always make an out. Sometimes the pitcher gets you out.

One reason I won't compromise is because I believe honesty helps you win over the long haul. You can win a game tomorrow and lose a team. You can lose a game tomorrow and win a football team.

Football is the best, is the biggest sport in the world.

I have my parents to thank for that, they raised me to be active and play all sports. They taught me the importance of staying healthy, being focused and setting goals in whatever I do.

I just wanted to get back to playing attacking football after my time in Italy. It was a little difficult at first but the atmosphere and the fans were just fantastic.

Poker has the feeling of a sport, but you don't have to do push-ups.

I only read the Holy Koran, the Bible and the sports pages

There's not too many guys that spend their whole career with one team and I think it's very fortunate and a blessing for me

I won't accept anything less than the best a player's capable of doing... and he has the right to expect the best that I can do for him and the team!

Some people who love boxing might love Mike Tyson, but people outside of the sport are generally repulsed by him and therefore, repulsed by the sport.

All of the sports have a safety net, but boxing is the only sport that has none.

I loved the game - I loved the competition. But I never had any fun. All hard work - all the time.

I went to university (Brown), I worked as a designer, I competed in Olympic sport (rowing) ... and I ended up being a musician. It's in the DNA, I guess.

I knew Childress was going to help me because my crew told me on the radio. I really appreciate what Richard did, but that is typical of people in this sport.

I don't want to be famous famous. I'm happy on the second tier, where I have autonomy on a professional level but I can still go out to the movies without being recognized.

My parents were very loving, but disciplinarians.

Changing from a player to a coach, I felt like a mosquito in a nudist colony. I didn't know where to begin.

As blacks, all we got is sports and entertainment. That's the only way out the hood sometimes.

A few mistakes don't worry me; what worries me is when you make the mistakes and then forget your role on the team and start to worry about your ego.

I wanted to be a sportswriter because I loved sports and I could not hit the curve ball, the jump shot, or the opposing ball carrier.