Sports Quotes - Page 61

The only sure thing about luck is that it will change.

I practice the martial arts. I don't practice MMA. MMA is my job, MMA is a new sport. Martial arts is the knowledge from the ages.

You mean in the state?

When it comes to anything that's social, whether it's your family, your school, your community, your business or your country, winning is a team sport.

Life is too precious to be a spectator sport. We are no longer merely fans, rooting for the winning team. We are the team. We are the grown-ups. Whatever you believe is true, now is the time to give your respectful, inquisitive, and compassionate self to it.

The reason we call that pitch up and in is because the arms are attached to the shoulder.

When we got back to the U.S., I wanted to kiss the ground after seeing what people in other countries are denied or don't have.

Me carrying a briefcase is like a hotdog wearing earrings.

All of us get knocked down, but it's resiliency that really matters. All of us do well when things are going well, but the thing that distinguishes athletes is the ability to do well in times of great stress, urgency and pressure.

No member of a crew is praised for the rugged individuality of his rowing.

The only things that interested me were sports, girls, adventures, celebrities - in short, life.

Learn what you are and be such.

I'd walk through hell in a gasoline suit to play baseball.

When you're playing against a stacked deck, compete even harder.

It's tough to know who's better in cliff diving. Like, you see a guy diving off a cliff and you go, Oh, man, a guy diving off a cliff! And then another guy'd dive- Oh, there's another guy diving off a cliff there. But you can't tell who's better, y'know? Like, uh- if you survive at all, hey, you're a great- you're a great cliff diver there. There's only two classifications in cliffdiving. There's, uh- 'Grand Champion' and then, uh- 'Stuff On a Rock.' Very hard to make a comeback in that sport, I'll tell you that.

I think life is full of challenges and problems. I don't believe that anyone is perfect. We all make mistakes. It's not a bed of roses, and you have to work real hard at it.

Study how water flows in a valley stream, smoothly and freely between the rocks. Also learn from holy books and wise people. Everything - even mountains, rivers, plants and trees - should be your teacher.

The mind is absolutely instrumental in achieving results, even for athletes. Sports psychology is a very small part, but it's extremely important when you're winning and losing races by hundredths and even thousandths of a second.

Oh yeah, I mean every fighter has got be dedicated, learn how to sacrifice, know what the devotion is all about, make sure you're paying attention and studying your art.

Coffee doesn't do it for me; it's running that gets me going.

Heroes are not known by the loftiness of their carriage; the greatest braggarts are generally the merest cowards.

The only person who can stop you from reaching your goals is you.

From nothing else but the brain come joys, delights, laughter and sports, and sorrows, griefs, despondency, and lamentations

When a man realizes his littleness, his greatness can appear.

The way to know about championship quality is to learn from champions, and that I did; studying them with professional purpose during my time in the ring and from habitual interest afterward.