Sports Quotes - Page 74

You have to be able to center yourself, to let all of your emotions go... Don't ever forget that you play with your soul as well as your body.

I'm just taking advantage of good pitches. I am seeing the ball well and my confidence is high.

If you can't win, make the one ahead of you break the record.

The best players in any high-stakes field - business, entertainment, law, surgery, as well as sport - recognize that pressure occurs at the moments when meaningful accomplishment is possible. In fact, that is the reason why performers perform: for the opportunity to tackle challenges head on, to do something significant, to demonstrate what their hard work and talent can produce.

You can't depend on other people, you have to run your own race.

I don't read a lot of the sports, because I think people sometimes either build it up, or you have this guy that hates sports that is going to write bad about it, so I figure I'm not going to read it. Because I'm not going to let him put an idea into my head.

I think all of us are looking for that which does not admit of bullshit . . . If you tell me you can bench press 450, hell, we'll load up the bar and put you under it. Either you can do it or you can't do it-you can't bullshit. Ultimately, sports are just about as close to what one would call the truth as it is possible to get in this world.

To me, hockey was always tremendous fun. That's what kept me going for so long. I simply love to play hockey.

Many Continentals think life is a game; the English think cricket is a game.

When I wake up in the morning, I feel like a billionaire without paying taxes.

Climbing is actually a great sport for blind people and that carried me on to climbing bigger and bigger mountains, snowy mountains, ice faces, and developing different techniques to be able to do that.

That's a traditional Samoan dance. I was lucky that I was able to fly my cousins, who are professional dancers, up from Hawaii and they were able to be in the movie with me. We had a great time.

And this year is going to be the 25th anniversary of the 17-0 team, the only undefeated season.

There is a rare exception of mainstream sports that have a fatality rate. That's motor sports and rodeo, ... football, baseball, basketball, hockey, you make a mistake and you give up a run or some points. In these two sports, if you make a mistake, it could cost you your life.

If you're looking to be a professional athlete on the top tier of any sport, my best advice is to put everything you have into it. If you're not, somebody else is. It's got to be all or nothing.

Joining Real Madrid is a dream come true.

The coach is the team, and the team is the coach. You reflect each other.

I've never tried to hide the fact that it is my intention to become the best

I always think street but train sport.

No one has as much luck around the greens as one who practices a lot.

It doesn't matter if you try and try and try again, and fail. It does matter if you try and fail, and fail to try again.

There are guys who play lacrosse, and there are lacrosse players.

Tennis is a psychological sport, you have to keep a clear head. That is why I stopped playing.

All of us learn to write in the second grade. Most of us go on to greater things.

Beckham is unusual. He was desperate to be a footballer. His mind was made up when he was nine or ten. Many kids think that it's beyond them. But you can't succeed without practising at any sport.