Sports Quotes - Page 73

Once you start carrying your own suitcase, paying your own bills, running your own show, you've done something to yourself that makes you one of those women men like to call 'a pal' and 'a good sport,' the kind of woman they tell their troubles to. But you've cut yourself off from the orchids and the diamond bracelets, except those you buy yourself.

Politics, life, and business are not spectator sports. You have to get involved to get ahead. Most importantly, when you reach that level of success, keep the door open and the ladder down for others to follow.

When you've played this game for ten years and gone to bat seven-thousand times and gotten two-thousand hits do you know what that really means? It means you've gone zero for five-thousand.

Fans don't boo nobodies.

I let my racket do the talking. That's what I am all about, really. I just go out and win tennis matches.

When you play this game twenty years, go to bat ten-thousand times, and get three-thousand hits, do you know what that means? You've gone zero for seven-thousand.

I think skating helped me find myself.

I feel like as a linebacker or a D-lineman, any cut, it's a man sport -- be a man, hit me up high, Hit like rams. You don't see a ram going and cutting another ram's legs. They hit head to head, pad to pad.

Playing the sport has taught me about teamwork and how to be a good team player, social skills and most importantly, dedication.

In our play we reveal what kind of people we are.

It is my goal to win every time I play. But on the other hand, I also seek a balance of compassion and respect for the other players. I understand that everyone goes through difficult times, either mentally or physically, to cope with their life, to live the sport.

A successful pitcher keeps the leadoff hitter from reaching first base and puts the first pitch over for a strike - the two most important rules of pitching.

The umpire... is like the geyser in the bathroom; we cannot do without it, yet we notice it only when it is out of order.

True heroism consists in being superior to the ills of life, in whatever shape they may challenge us to combat.

Do your best, one shot at a time, and then move on.

I'm not into sports. I mean...I like Gatorade, but that's as far as it goes.

The drug dealers, they sympathize with me. They see me as some sort of pathetic character.

I will never sacrifice my morals and ethics for anyone or any win.

In sport there is never any moment that is the same as the other. I have been in Formula One for 12 years, and out of that I had one year with the perfect car.

Many people say I'm the best women's soccer player in the world. I don't think so. And because of that, someday I just might be.

To measure the man, measure his heart.

I personally support the type of gymnastics which does not exceed a certain amount of acrobatics and risks because then one can still say: what a lovely sport gymnastics is.

Motivation is simple. You eliminate those who are not motivated.

Honestly, I don't listen to nobody else's music but my own. It's kind of like sports to me. You don't see Kobe Bryant at a LeBron James game - he just works on his own game. And that's what I do. I only listen to me, so I can criticize and analyze and all those things.

Have confidence in yourself and don't let people put you down or make you feel weak or worthless, because the more they put you down, the more you need to get back up and prove how wrong they are.