Sports Quotes - Page 30

Chess as a sport requires a lot of mental stamina, and this is what that makes it different from a physical sport. Chess players have a unique ability of taking in a lot of information and remembering relevant bits. So, memory and mental stamina are the key attributes.

Fatigue makes cowards of us all.

I would have probably stolen cars - it would have given me the same adrenaline rush as racing.

It's really neat when you become a role model. It's also a lot of responsibility. But if you see it as a platform where you can pour into others for Jesus with love, that's where I want to be. Becoming known or noticed in my sport isn't what drives me to work hard and want to be the best I can be. It's Jesus. That's why I play. I play to glorify Him. I worship Him with the gifts I've been given.

Motivation is a fire from within. If someone else tries to light that fire under you, chances are it will burn very briefly.

My concentration was really on getting to university and becoming a doctor. My parents let me know that school marks were important. Achievement was something which came by hard work.

I'm proof that great things can happen to ordinary people if they work hard and never give up.

When I race my mind is full of doubts - who will finish second, who will finish third?

I think to compare any time you win a Stanley Cup would be unfair to all the players from all the teams.

First master the fundamentals.

If children have the ability to ignore all odds and percentages, then maybe we can all learn from them. When you think about it, what other choice is there but to hope? We have two options, medically and emotionally: give up, or fight like hell.

Don't give up. Don't ever give up.

There is no doubt that Formula 1 has the best risk management of any sport and any industry in the world.

Writing is like a contact sport, like football. You can get hurt, but you enjoy it.

Skateboarding is not a hobby. And it is not a sport. Skateboarding is a way of learning how to redefine the world around you. For most people, when they saw a swimming pool, they thought, ‘Let's take a swim.' But I thought, ‘Let's ride it.' When they saw the curb or a street, they would think about driving on it. I would think about the texture. I slowly developed the ability to look at the world through totally different means.

When I got to match point in the final I was afraid I'd be a little nervous, but I just said, You have to stay focused, just think about what you have to do.

Before the first year, nobody gave it a chance. Now, 36 years later, everybody knows Monday Night Football.

I'm not a big sports fan, but I love it when they "slam dunk." That's sexy.

When I dunk, I put something on it. I want the ball to hit the floor before I do.

I don't have to show anything to anyone. There is nothing to prove.

We don't need refs, but I guess white guys need something to do.

The three-thousand hitting thing was the first time I let individual pressure get to me. I was uptight about it. When I saw the hit going through, I had a sigh of relief more than anything.

This is a sport (wrestling) that has turned many boys into men and many men into leaders. And it is a sport in which you can be a giant regardless of how big you are.

We are civilized animals, right? Then why do we continue to slaughter for sport? What if you were a Chicken, how would you feel? I grew up in a Chicken Coop and I was not a Chicken at first, until I was faced with your World!

If you can't outplay them, outwork them.