Sports Quotes - Page 15

I just use my muscles as a conversation piece, like someone walking a cheetah down 42nd Street.

Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they've got a second.

The most important thing in coaching is communication. It's not what you say as much as what they absorb.

Do you know what my favorite part of the game is? The opportunity to play.

Pressure is playing for ten dollars when you don't have a dime in your pocket.

The miracle isn't that I finished. The miracle is that I had the courage to start.

If you keep thinking about what you want to do or what you hope will happen, you don't do it, and it won't happen.

New Singapore will be one of the world's finest, most liveable cities. Arts, theatres, museums, music and sports will flourish. Singapore will be a lively and exciting place.. Our city will not only have depth, but also the richness of diversity. But above all, Singapore will a home for Singaporeans.

I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered.

Made it through high school, went to the University of Minnesota.

When I was a freshman at Oklahoma in 1946, the game was sold out - and it's been sold out ever since.

Every great player has learned the two Cs: how to concentrate and how to maintain composure.

Always keep your composure. You can't score from the penalty box; and to win, you have to score.

In the field of sports you are more or less accepted for what you do rather than what you are.

I wanted the world to know that my country Ethiopia has always won with determination and heroism.

Don't give up. There are too many nay-sayers out there who will try to discourage you. Don't listen to them. The only one who can make you give up is yourself.

But in the end it's still a game of golf, and if at the end of the day you can't shake hands with your opponents and still be friends, then you've missed the point.

Alabama fans love Alabama football. Auburn fans love Auburn.

Whoever said, 'It's not whether you win or lose that counts,' probably lost.

Age is no barrier. It's a limitation you put on your mind.

Sure, luck means a lot in football. Not having a good quarterback is bad luck.

Karate is a form of martial arts in which people who have had years and years of training can, using only their hands and feet, make some of the worst movies in the history of the world.

I'm proud to play for Real Madrid because I have fun; when you no longer have fun it's a sign that it's time to leave. For now though, I'm happy here at the greatest club in the world.

It has always been my thought that the most important single ingredient to success in athletics or life is discipline. I have many times felt that this word is the most ill-defined in all of our language. My definition isas follows: 1. Do what has to be done; 2. When it has to be done; 3. As well as it can be done; and 4. Do it it that way all the time.

Natural talent only determines the limits of your athletic potential. It's dedication and a willingness to discipline your life that makes you great.