Sports Quotes - Page 39

We only have two things that we share in this life; we are born and we die. And what we do in between those times, we've got to be happy. I don't let the outside world deter me.

The only place you can win a football game is on the field, the only place you can lose it is in your hearts.

You can do more, you can always do more.

You can learn little from victory. You can learn everything from defeat.

I can dribble with my right hand and I can dribble with my left hand. I'm amphibious.

The other sports are just sports. Baseball is a love.

The only way to maximize potential for performance is to be calm in the mind.

Baseball and football are very different games. In a way, both of them are easy. Football is easy if you're crazy as hell. Baseball is easy if you've got patience. They'd both be easier for me if I were a little more crazy - and a little more patient.

You can only succeed when people are communicating, not just from the top down, but in complete interchange. Communication comes from fighting off my ego and listening.

There is winning and there is misery.

What other people may find in poetry or art museums, I find in the flight of a good drive.

We may train or peak for a certain race, but running is a lifetime sport.

Baseball is ninety percent mental and the other half is physical.

The star player must slay his ego and learn teamwork and communication skills before he can achieve the ultimate in sport

Pitching is the art of instilling fear.

I believe every era has its significance and the same holds true for players and coaches.

Passion is pushing myself when there is no one else around-just me and the road.

I have brought you to the ring, now you must dance.

Playing well or playing bad, I have to play aggressive. I must play aggressive.

Sports have the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire, the power to unite people in a way that little else does. It speaks to youth in a language they understand. Sports can create hope, where there was once only despair. It is more powerful than governments in breaking down racial barriers. It laughs in the face of all types of discrimination. Sports is the game of lovers.

If your heart is large enough to envelop your adversaries, you can see right through them and avoid their attacks. And once you envelop them, you will be able to guide them along the path indicated to you by heaven and earth.

A true champion knows how to overcome doubts and manage those doubts and turn them into motivation.

A good catcher is the quarterback, the carburetor, the lead dog, the pulse taker, the traffic cop and sometimes a lot of unprintable things, but no team gets very far without one.

Show me someone who has done something worthwhile, and I'll show you someone who has overcome adversity.

Make the present good, and the past will take care of itself.