Sports Quotes

I was slightly disappointed, but also encouraged, because I put myself in position to win a major, which is all even Tiger says he tries to do.

I never got to the point of needing drugs or thinking about giving up myself.

We all say, 'You don't have to run around playing all these tournaments and trying to conquer the world like Dr. Evil.'

I'm not religious, but I believe that what I have is a gift, and I respect it and live up to it.

I think an athlete should be honest. I know it's difficult, but if a guy knocked me on my can, I couldn't very well say, I slipped.

Holyfield is nothing but class, and I think he's a breath of fresh air for the sport.

Boxing's a poor man's sport. We can't afford to play golf or tennis. It is what it is. It's kept so many kids off the street. It kept me off the street.

Duran always disturbs me. The guy is just weird. Before our first fight, both Duran and his wife gave my wife the finger.

Except for Ali, fighters had never been marketable.

Hitting is the most important part of the game. It is where the big money is, where much of the status is, and the fan interest.

People tend to box little girls in. They teach them to sit properly and stand quietly and not attract attention. Sports is one place where girls can be free and enjoy the exhilaration of movement.

Don't say I don't get along with my teammates. I just don't get along with some of the guys on the team.

I'm no good at cooking or music, but I've always known how to garden. Nobody ever taught me; I just absorbed it. Some families are churchgoers or sports fans. We gardened.

At the beginning, you are 20 and you can just imagine... don't get me wrong, but having money. Then you realise that it's not only about you and what you are doing but that you have to give back.

Victory and defeat are each of the same price.

Did you guys take enough freakin' pictures already?

As a kid, I might have been psycho, I guess, but I used to throw golf balls in the trees and try and somehow make par from them. I thought that was fun.

My dad has always taught me these words: care and share. That's why we put on clinics. The only thing I can do is try to give back. If it works, it works.

I'm addicted. I'm addicted to golf.

Michael left because of the Bulls' management, not because he'd lost his love of playing the game.

Humility is always one play away.

But I was so wrapped up in sports growing up as a kid, that I think I was going to grow to be a pro ball player. But I found out real quick that was not going to happen.

I'm the oldest I've ever been, right now.

We cannot fail to win unless we fail to try.

I don't have the insight with the Longhorns that I do with the two teams that I own, but as a fan and reading the sports pages, I'm bullish about the Longhorns.

But Id say that probably 70 percent of the bunkering is more to give you an idea of the direction that you want to go or to save your ball from going into worse places.

Golf course design is exciting.

Now the Kids Classic is one of the major fund-raisers for Children's Hospital. Since we started seven years ago, we've raised more than $1 million for the hospital.

The only way I'd worry about the weather is if it snows on our side of the field and not theirs.

When you set a goal, write it down and then it's like making a promise to yourself.

I talk to our players about life and situations and doing the right thing all the time.

I had very low expectations. Honestly, I think I had 11 rounds of golf the entire year in before this tournament, and I had hit balls maybe four or five times.

There are some guys out here that can really play golf, but it has not been their focus for that long.

Coaches aren't concentrating enough of the technical part of this game and that could lead to injuries.

Injuries are part of the game, but sometimes we can avoid them by just practicing our techniques.

Technique is everything and we play a contact sport.

The most important thing we stressed is that we want those kids to be productive citizens.

I don't know. I never smoked AstroTurf.

As long as I'm in great shape, nobody beats me, for sure.

In order to win you must be prepared to lose sometime. And leave one or two cards showing.

If you're not a competitor, you've just got to go home.

When youre on top, youre on top.

I always like to win. But I'm the big sister. I want to make sure she has everything, even if I don't have anything. It's hard. I love her too much. That's what counts.

Sometimes people say that coach is a winner, but everyone wants to win. You must know how to behave in victory and in defeat, to look after what is our sport, football.

Maybe I should write 'Tiger Who?' on my cap.

It doesn't much concern me if Tiger plays in the tournament or no.

When I came back, I wasn't looking past this year. This is a bonus for me. I just wish it would have turned out a little better, but we all don't get what we want all the time.

There are two aspects to being competitive; one is to do with sports, and the other is about technical skills. Being able to recollect the moves and apply them when necessary is a critical aspect.

I feel that schools and corporates should help the government in popularising sports in the country. Blaming the government for every sporting debacle will not be fair.

My God... What are the headlines going to be like on Monday if the Yankees don't make the playoffs?