Sports Quotes

Few people know that I grew up in Germany and that my family still lives there.

Well, I've been a fan of videogames all my life.

The fact that we're in the playoffs doesn't mean anything to us, to be honest with you. Hopefully, we can accomplish our goal of going into the playoffs on a winning note.

So I'd rather have a defense that's successful where everyone's comfortable in their positions.

The problem with many athletes is they take themselves seriously and their sport lightly.

God, I'm glad I grew up in a time when kids followed sports in the newspaper and on TV and knew every sport.

The only thing I can do is play baseball. I have to play ball. It's the only thing I know.

The sun has been there for 500, 600 years.

I think your alcohol intake has to change. You know, usually a big person feels they can drink anything they want to and as much as they want to and I've cut that way back.

The person who has inspired me my whole life is my Mom, because she taught me commitment. She sacrificed.

When I was growing up, there weren't any Little Leagues in the city. Parents worked all the time. They didn't have time to take their kids out to play baseball and football.

Basketball was not my main sport in grade school, or even the first year of high school.

First of all, what happens is, when you're good at something, you spend a lot of time with it. People identify you with that sport, so it becomes part of your identity.

A common mistake among those who work in sport is spending a disproportional amount of time on "x's and o's" as compared to time spent learning about people.

Quayle said the worst thing that happened to him was that he never trusted his own judgment. I said from now on I am going to go with my own judgment.

One day some guy is going to get a billion-dollar fight.

I'm a nut case, but that is what I believe.

If I can raise more money for charities, or get more Canadian kids to play golf, the green jacket will mean even more.

Playing hockey, there were a lot of guys bigger than me, so I knew I was going to get hit and have to deal with it. Gotta hit back.

I have three joys in my life: work, sport and food. All these come in one and do not make a hobby.

For some sport is a hobby but for me it is a way to survive. It makes me calm, balanced and well-rested. Not tired but vice versa. I think sport balances off my work load.

No one likes a show-off, but if parallel parking was an Olympic sport, I would get gold, no probs.

When life is victorious, there is birth; when it is thwarted, there is death. A warrior is always engaged in a life-and-death struggle for Peace.

It is a process of finding the right music then planning a costume to fit that style of music.

Falling down became second nature and it really didn't bother me.

I won my first medal when I was nine years old. It was at the Boston Open.

My life has been a whirlwind since the '94 Olympics.

The pressure makes me more intent about each shot. Pressure on the last few holes makes me play better.

The only sport I'm not interested in is horse racing. That's because I don't know the horses personally.

Football is a violent sport. Somebody's going to get hurt. It's the game. Just hopefully, you're on the good side of it.

You gotta be a good sport! So when I would lose, I would say, "That guy was better than I was; what do I have to do to be better next time?"

Baseball is already the world's most tranquil sport. It is probably the only active sport where you are not seriously required to be alive to play.

Sports plays a societal role in engendering jingoist and chauvinist attitudes. They're designed to organize a community to be committed to their gladiators.

I can honestly say it took two full years for me to get over the fact that I was no longer a baseball player.

You know it as soon as you walk in Yankee Stadium. The electricity is there every time, every day.

Be an all-out, not a hold-out.

Nadal's the best player in history on [clay], and he is one of the best-ever players that played this game.

Very little is known of the Canadian country since it is rarely visited by anyone but the Queen and illiterate sport fishermen.

If you look at all the sports in China, the government is extremely involved and they are extremely proud of their athlete.

I didn't win prom king. By that point, I'd quit sports except for soccer, so I was really just a theater guy. I totally lost to the captain of the football team.

Reading won't have the confidence to be confident

Mostly I play sports games - football and basketball. 'Inside Drive' and 'NFL Fever.'

I'm a firm believer that all sports will eventually be global. Someday, we may have a quarterback from China named Yao Fling.

If Shakespeare had been in pro basketball, he never would have had time to write his soliloquies. He would have always been on a plane between Phoenix and Kansas City.

Not that money is a driving force. It's an honor to play for your country.

The two-piece ball I switched to spun too much. One shot would go the distance I thought it should, then the next one would fall short, and then the next one would go long.

I don't read magazines much, and I have an awful time with books.

I've just become more conscious about how much I do drink and how often I want to have a drink and things like that. I think being conscious of it will help me to control the urges.

When I was on the ice, in the lights, with the music and the motion, there was a certain kind of flirtation that gave great energy and expressiveness to my performance.

Playing baseball for a living is like having a license to steal.