Sports Quotes - Page 128

I want my legacy to be that I was a man of character, I was a God fearing man and somebody who bettered the sport in terms of the way I represented the sport. But also that fact that I was a fierce competitor and fought the best in the world and was able to come out on top, so if those things could be said about me, then I look at it as a job well done.

I'm going to have to pick my shots and play great tennis.

I wouldn't give one iota to make a trip from the cradle to the grave unless I could live in a competitive world.

I'll always be into sports. Sports is part of my life forever.

To me, first and foremost, basketball is a fun sport. It is a hobby, an interest. And second, it is a profession. I feel that I am very fortunate that I can find a professional job that I really, really love.

I came home one night, some month ago, and I went to the closet in my bedroom...and a moth ate my sports jacket. He was laying on the floor, nauseous, y'know.

I'm a God-fearing man who worships with my heart and with my life.

The bigger the trophy, the more trivial the contest.

The effect of character is always to command consideration. We sport and toy and laugh with men or women who have none, but we never confide in them.

Ever since then I have believed that God is not only a gentleman and a sport; he is a Kentuckian too.

The only thing bad about winning the pennant is that you have to manage the All-Star Game the next year. I'd rather go fishing for three years.

You sweat out the free agent thing in November, then you make the trades in December. Then you struggle to sign the guys left in January, and in February I get down to sewing all the new numbers on the uniforms.

There is no room for second place. There is only one place in my game and that is first place. I have finished second twice in my time at Green Bay and I never want to finish second again.

If you don't think you're a winner, you don't belong here.

Some of us will do our jobs well and some will not, but we will be judged by only one thing-the result.

When you are through trying to improve, you are through.

Winning is habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.

Also, when I started racing he knew a lot of people and it was more easy for me to find the first bike, so I have a good chance for sure.

There is no great sport in having bullets flying about one in every direction, but I find they have less horror when among them than when in anticipation.

I bleed Dodger blue and when I die, I'm going to the big Dodger in the sky.

The only difference between resigning and resigning is a hyphen.

If money titles meant anything, I'd play more tournaments. The only thing that means a lot to me is winning. If I have more wins than anybody else and win more majors than anybody else in the same year, then it's been a good year.

Every sport needs its temple, its cathedral.

It is of far more important that a man shall play something himself, even if he plays it badly, than that he shall go with hundreds of companions to see someone else play well.

Think back over the history of any sport. Very often there has been one guy who stood out above the superstars - just as (Ray) Guy stands out in punting. It just happens.