Sports Quotes - Page 50

I think boxers are the greatest athletes in all sports for the simple fact that they don't cry. That is mind-blowing. Have you ever been punched in the nose? Oh my gosh, it hurts so bad. They have to go back to corner, where some little man yells at them. 'Shut up, I just got punched in the face!'... If I was a boxer, do you know who I would hire as my corner man? My mom.

Climbing is a full-body sport from your fingers to your toes, but at the same time, it's like a dance on the rock. It's about being strong and fit but also graceful and elegant and efficient on the rock.

You're never guaranteed about next year. People ask what you think of next season, you have to seize the opportunities when they're in front of you.

The beauty of a move lies not in its appearance but in the thought behind it.

If you want to achieve a high goal, you're going to have to take some chances.

Everybody knows how awful the world is and what a terrible situation it is and each person distorts it in a certain way that enables him to get through. Some people distort it with religious things. Some people distort it with sports, with money, with love, with art, and they all have their own nonsense about what makes it meaningful, and all but nothing makes it meaningful. These things definitely serve a certain function, but in the end they all fail to give life meaning and everyone goes to his grave in a meaningless way.

The feeling of accomplishment welled up inside of me, three Olympic gold medals. I knew that was something nobody could ever take away from me, ever.

What's the worst thing that can happen to a quarterback? He loses his confidence.

I've always believed that you can be whatever you want to be if you are willing to sacrifice and dedicate yourself.

Part of being a champ is acting like a champ. You have to learn how to win and not run away when you lose.

I've taken magic lessons since I was five-years-old. When I was little I would wear a top hat and cape, and I'd get relentlessly beat up by jocks. That's why I don't care for sports.

A trophy carries dust. Memories last forever.

I never think about the play or visualize anything. I do what comes to me at that moment. Instinct. It has always been that way.

But I don't need to use politics as a way of making money.

The Internet is changing what entertainment and sports is. It's not just a few people authoring an experience for others. It's really growing out of what everybody does.

People ask me a lot about the values I got from playing for the Cubs for so many years. The value I got out of it was patience. A lot of people these days are not very patient.

Some seek the comfort of their therapist's office, other head to the corner pub and dive into a pint, but I chose running as my therapy.

Life is a game like any other; we just don't take it as seriously.

Which of us that is thirty years old has not had its Pompeii? Deep under ashes lies the life of youth--the careless sport, the pleasure and the passion, the darling joy.

Of course, I want to be number one. But being happy and healthy is the most important thing.

I understand the psychology of the sport, especially inside the ring.

Meeting sports athletes that are the best in the world is a thrill to this day.

You can learn a line from a win and a book from a defeat.

Management must speak with one voice. When it doesn't management itself becomes a peripheral opponent to the team's mission.

It helps if the hitter thinks you're a little crazy.