Sports Quotes

Color harmony was thrown out years ago, as restrictive chains were broken forming my free style.

I chose faces and figures as my subject matter simply due to the fact that the human form is already beautiful art.

To me, figure skating is a diving sport. It's a sport made by the gods. It inspires people to cry, it inspires people to cheer, it pulls the emotions out of people.

She's a fighter, and she does the long program well, so we'll see how it turns out. And in figure skating, it's never over until the fat lady sings.

Rosie is a Hall of Fame player, and I wouldn't be in the Hall of Fame if it weren't for him.

I fancy our chances at the European Championships.

I don't know if we'd have been as dominant as we were last season. The new things, the new ideas the manager brought in everyone took them on board so well. He is special.

I'm really happy here. I think anyone who knows me well, and the fans too I hope, they know that I love the area, and the bond that I've had with the fans has been fantastic.

The fan is the one who suffers. He cheers a guy to a .350 season then watches that player sign with another team. When you destroy fan loyalties, you destroy everything.

But I'm not going to walk Barry Bonds, like some teams do, in the first inning with nobody on.

I plan to be running as long as I can and have no plans to stop.

I think it is that parents just don't kick their kids out the door as much as they used to. I think the demise of sandlot sports has had a lot to do with it.

There's obviously some validity to it. But I think it also points out that you obviously can do it on your own because people have been doing it long before they had the stuff.

I think the secret of my light, quick, foot strike is related to the fact that I have fragile feet.

Sports is the very fiber of all we stand for. It keeps our spirits alive.

To its great credit, Wimbledon has been a leader in bringing about change and improvement in the sport.

It is fun to be outside; it's good to move your body and there is just a joy in sports and athletics.

It is a good idea to become involved with sports and athletics. It makes you strong. You need to be strong to deal with this world and the powers and forces that block enlightenment.

Sports and athletics can be a path in Zen, in concordance with daily practice of zazen meditation. You need to move with your spirit, not just with your body.

I recommend for everyone the study of some type of sports or athletics, particularly martial arts. Always check with your doctor first, naturally.

All success in sports and athletics, from the Zen point of view, comes from the mind. No matter what kind of shape your body is in, there is disharmony in the being.

If your intent is that athletics and sports are tools or devices to reach higher levels of mind, then your workout sessions become meditation.

In the Zen of sports and athletics, we seek to bring discipline and control into our physical movements, but at the same time to eliminate the self that gets in the way of perfect play.

If you are serious about sports and athletics then you need to begin the discipline of mind. With the power of mind, almost anything can be accomplished.

If you have the sense of participation in sports or athletics, of being a player, then you are not really into the Zen mind. In Zen mind there is no sense of self in the play.

Unlock the power of the will. Learn balance and gain the knowledge and wisdom necessary to guide those powers, to succeed in sports and athletics.

The difficult part was to tell the world that I was finishing.

I played Mary Joe Fernandez in the semifinals. She was winning the first set. Second set was very close. I started to play this aggressive game. I think I surprised them.

I think in the lifetime of a tennis player there are many times where you feel that tremendous confidence.

Now I have the bravery to do fine things.

I lost more then 6 kilograms when I ceased with the top sport. That were all muscles. They are now gone.

I was feeling a lot of confidence, so I wanted to take advantage of that and keep playing.

For me retiring wasn't hard once I knew that that was the decision I was going to make.

My body is a vehicle for the mechanics of my sport.

I'm not just a model who plays volleyball, or a volleyball player who supports herself modeling. I'm a female athlete personality.

You have to find that love within yourself. If you love yourself, you feel good about yourself, and sports help you feel good about yourself.

I find motivation within myself. I run track not from a competitive Nature, but because I'm a very goal-oriented person.

Sports is about people who lose and lose and lose. They lose games; then they lose their jobs. It can be very intriguing.

Fat is one of the chief enemies of the heart because it has to be plentifully supplied with blood and thus needlessly increases the pumping load that the heart must sustain.

The man who has allowed his body to deteriorate cuts a pitiful figure - chest collapsed, stomach protruding.

Ever since boyhood I've made a religion of keeping in shape by regular, conscientious exercise.

In youth, we get plenty of exercise through games and running around, but as middle life approaches, we settle down, literally and figuratively.

Swimming is not a sport. Swimming is a way to keep from drowning. That's just common sense!

Baseball is the only major sport that appears backwards in a mirror.

My mother was watching on television and she doesn't want me to hurt anyone.

Boxing is the sport to which all other sports aspire.

If someone starts talking about pride today I'm going to vomit... The Apache nation had pride and look where they are. The bushmen of Kalahari have pride and look where they are.

Ruth was probably the greatest athlete to perform in any sport. Never has there been anybody like him.

They are the follies inherent to youth; I make sport of them, and, if you are kind, you will not yourself refuse them a good-natured smile.

I put the team on my back doh.