Sports Quotes - Page 82

I think it's the real world. The people we're writing about in professional sports, they're suffering and living and dying and loving and trying to make their way through life just as the brick layers and politicians are.

An acre of performance is worth a whole world of promise.

I think a college education is important no matter what you do in life.

The mastery of the true self, and the refusal to permit others to dominate us, is the ultimate in living and self-expression in athletics.

If I pass away one day, I am happy because I tried to do my best. My sport allowed me to do so much because it's the biggest sport in the world.

There can only be one state of mind as you approach any profound test; total concentration, a spirit of togetherness, and strength.

Skiing is the next best thing to having wings.

I am still young. I have a lot of time. And if someone breaks my records in the future, I won't cry. That's sport.

Sport can create hope, where once there was only despair. It is more powerful than governments in breaking down racial barriers.

I'm not the greatest; I'm the double greatest. Not only do I knock 'em out, I pick the round.

Success is about having, excellence is about being. Success is about having money and fame, but excellence is being the best you can be.

Sometimes things just happen. Sometimes surfing this bank from Snapper to Kirra, sometimes you don't even think what you're doing but you do it anyway ... You get to the end of a wave and go, what did I do? Sometimes you go into a totally different state of mind.

It's always something that's going to be a part of me. It's the reason why I work so hard each and every day. It's the reason I come to work dedicated to become the best that I can be. Nothing's going to come easy in life, and I've learned a lot of lessons, some the hard way, and I think just the things that I've been through have helped mold me into the person I am and what (is in) my future and that's continuing to do things the right way.

If you only ever give 90% in training then you will only ever give 90% when it matters.

Take your victories, whatever they may be, cherish them, use them, but don't settle for them.

If you don't love what you do, you won't do it with much conviction or passion.

Concentration is born on the practice court... you must mentally treat your practice sessions as matches, concentrating on every ball you hit.

The world is not divine sport, it is divine destiny. There is a divine meaning of the world, of man, of human persons, of you and me.

Boxing is a sport. We allow each other to hit each other, but I'm not treating my opponent like my enemy. We're doing a job to entertain people.

The score never interested me, only the game.

Extreme sports tricks are becoming increasingly complex, the courses ever more challenging and crashes all too common.

You can't tell them anything, but hopefully they will learn from the example and won't have to go through it.

Dream barriers look very high until someone climbs them. They are not barriers anymore.

I had lots of time to read [being a lawyer] what I hadn't read in my school and college days. Being a bad student I barely passed my exams and I barely bothered about books. It was sports all the time. I started reading and got involved in literature and writing. The few cases I handled gave me the material for my early short stories.

I just made up my mind that I was going to lose my teeth and have my face cut to pieces.