You've got to have dreams to keep you going.
Sliding headfirst is the safest way to get to the next base, I think, and the fastest. You don't lose your momentum, and there's one more important reason I slide headfirst, it gets my picture in the paper.
Practice the game the way you're going to play the game. Practice hard and play hard. Run hard and above all else, hustle every moment you're on the field where you are practicing or playing in a game.
If you rush in and out of the clubhouse, you rush in and out of baseball.
Not too hard for me to stay motivated when I'm in sport where everyone's trying to knock me out.
Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even.
At Barca we trained every day with the ball. I hardly even took a step running without a ball at my feet.
Once that bell rings you're on your own. It's just you and the other guy.
I had to learn to be honest with myself. I had to recognize my pain threshold. When I hit the floor, I have to realize it's not as if I broke a bone. Pushing yourself over the barrier is a habit. I know I can do it and try something else crazy. If you want to win the war, you've got to pay the price.
A life of frustration is inevitable for any coach whose main enjoyment is winning.
I'm hearing in youth sports where you're not allowed to post scores of games online; everybody's gotta get a trophy. I mean, that's ridiculous. If you're a winner, you're a winner and you get a trophy. If you got second place, you don't get anything.
I also tell them that your education can take you way farther than a football, baseball, track, or basketball will - that's just the bottom line.
In sports, you simply aren't considered a real champion until you have defended your title successfully. Winning it once can be a fluke; winning it twice proves you are the best.
Tell me your heroes and I'll tell you how your life will end up
Obviously in the world of sports, you go through different ups and downs than in normal life. You might be on top of the world playing or you're sidelined with an injury.
Sports teaches you very important lessons that are many and varied. It's probably the closest thing to the lessons we learned in fighting and warfare, about loyalty and growing up.
The only thing that counts is your dedication to the game. You run on your own fuel; it comes from within you.
If you have a positive attitude and constantly strive to give your best effort, eventually you will overcome your immediate problems and find you are ready for greater challenges.
It takes sacrifice as well as talent.
Passive resistance is a sport for gentleman (and ladies)-just like the pursuit of war, a heroic enterprise for the ruling classes but a grievous burden on the rest.
If you have confidence you have patience. Confidence, that is everything.
There is no such thing as a successful defense.
Boxing is the toughest and loneliest sport in the world.
If one can stick to the training throughout the many long years, then will power is no longer a problem. It's raining? That doesn't matter. I am tired? That's besides the point. It's simply that I just have to.
Football doesn't build character. It eliminates the weak ones.
