I've always made a total effort, even when the odds seemed entirely against me. I never quit trying; I never felt that I didn't have a chance to win.
It's a funny thing, the more I practice the luckier I get.
Good sportsmanship goes beyond the game; it starts with respect.
We have to make some radical move to get the attention of everyone. Cheaters can't win and steroids has put us in the position that it's OK to cheat.
If you're willing to put yourself and your dreams on the line, at the very least you'll discover an inner strength you may not have known existed.
It's a game of failure [softball]. Everybody would play, that was easy and everyone's not playing because it is so tough. But it's a matter of keep plugging away, keep working hard, believing in yourself and it is a team sport and there is nothing better than being out there, having a ball in your hand, playing the game that you love and ultimately that's what it comes down is having fun and enjoying it.
The game of cricket existed long before I was born. It will be played centuries after my demise. During my career I was privileged to give the public my interpretation of its character in the same way that a pianist might interpret the works of Beethoven.
In my time at Anfield we always said we had the best two teams on Merseyside - Liverpool and Liverpool reserves.
They throw the ball, I hit it. They hit the ball, I catch it.
I want to be remembered as the guy who gave his all whenever he was on the field.
Show me a good loser, and I'll show you a loser.
You have to know you can win. You have to think you can win. You have to feel you can win.
I swear it upon Zeus an outstanding runner cannot be the equal of an average wrestler.
Try not to get lost in comparing yourself to others. Discover your gifts and let them shine! Softball is amazing that way as a sport. Everyone on the field has a slightly different ability that makes them perfect for their position.
You were born to be a player. You were meant to be here. This moment is yours.
The key to winning baseball games is pitching, fundamentals, and three run homers.
Heroes get remembered, but legends never die.
It was impossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.
Teamwork is what the Green Bay Packers were all about. They didn't do it for individual glory. They did it because they loved one another.
The principle is competing against yourself. It's about self-improvement, about being better than you were the day before.
Just take the ball and throw it where you want to. Throw strikes. Home plate don't move.
Wisdom is always an overmatch for strength.
You can't put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get.
I'm glad you're doing this story on us and not on the WNBA. We're so much prettier than all the other women in sports.
I don't like to lose, and that isn't so much because it is just a football game, but because defeat means the failure to reach your objective. I don't want a football player who doesn't take defeat to heart, who laughs it off with the thought, "Oh, well, there's another Saturday." The trouble in American life today, in business as well as in sports, is that too many people are afraid of competition. The result is that in some circles people have come to sneer at success if it costs hard work and training and sacrifice.
