Sports Quotes - Page 80

New Yorkers love it when you spill your guts out there. Spill your guts at Wimbledon and they make you stop and clean it up.

'Just Do It' is exactly what you need to hear when you're in a moment of doubt. When you're struggling, especially with sport... just do it. Stop talking about it, stop complaining about the cellulite, or that you're not able to run fast enough for the bus... just do it.

I used to play a lot of racket sports, tennis and squash.

If I do not practice one day; I know it. If I do not practice the next, the orchestra knows it; if I do not practice the third day, the whole world knows it.

In a land where sport is sacred, Where the labourer is God, You must pander to the people, Make a hero of a clod.

We've got sports scientists who insist it's important for the lads to eat after games to refuel, even if it's 2am. I used to refuel after games at West Ham until half past three in the morning in a different way - but then I'm old school.

Remember praise is more valuable than blame.

I learned early on, stay away from politics, stay away from religion and don't talk about sports. Those three right there will get you in trouble.

Aerodynamics is for those who cannot manufacture good engines.

Football isn't a contact sport, it's a collision sport.

Steroids are used in all sports.

Chemistry is a class you take in high school or college, where you figure out two plus two is 10, or something.

A sports bar is a way to take a bar and fill it with even more annoying people than usual.

And then 45 years later, as I finished my career in the great city of Cleveland, that was another great way to end my career, going to the World Series.

You have to go understand that life and baseball is littered with all kinds of obstacles and problems along the way. You have to learn how to overcome them to be successful in life.

My sister's expecting a baby, and I don't know if I'm going to be an uncle or an aunt.

Find something that you're really interested in doing in your life. Pursue it, set goals, and commit yourself to excellence. Do the best you can.

If you can react the same way to winning and losing, that's a big accomplishment. That quality is important because it stays with you the rest of your life, and there's going to be a life after tennis that's a lot longer than your tennis life.

I don't really care what the man on the street thinks. I never did anything to please him in the first place, and I'm not going to start now.

Your biggest opponent isn't the other guy. It's human nature.

If somebody mistreats you, treat’em good. That kills’em.

Let's face it. Umpiring is not an easy or happy way to make a living. In the abuse they suffer, and the pay they get for it, you see an imbalance that can only be explained by their need to stay close to a game they can't resist.

If you watch a game, it's fun. If you play it, it's recreation. If you work at it, it's golf.

If you're a good experienced player, you wknow what it takes to do. If you're in trouble, you know how to change. One hundred percent of my game is instinct. I never stop and think I'm going to hit a ball crosscourt or down the line. I just do it.

I like entrepreneurial people; I like people who take risks.