Sports Quotes - Page 94

That's why, to experience that, you know for a fact that a human being is capable of so much more, because to go to that place and to step outside yourself and observe yourself do these things, while the rest of the world is moving in slow motion, is really incredible.

It's never been easy. But I've always wanted to play hockey. I love hockey. I'd rather play hockey than do anything else. If you have that kind of desire, I think you can achieve what you want to achieve.

A lifetime contract for a coach means if you're ahead in the third quarter and moving the ball, they can't fire you.

If what you did yesterday seems big, you haven't done anything today.

When you have a father and a mother who work all their lives so you can have an education and build your body - it's a blessing.

When I got into the sport I was so fat that my manager said he should send me to boot camp to lose the weight!

Winning to often is as disastrous as losing too often. Both get the same results, the falling off of the public's enthusiasm.

The Germans only have one player under 22, and he's 23!

I had my boy in Boston on Easter Sunday. That kills me, from a sports perspective. He's a Boston baby and I'm a New York guy.

Money was never the motivation. It never should be in sports.

Your mind is what makes everything else work.

Just because you've had one or two of those games, you can't really go back to the next practice and change everything. That's the most important thing in those situations that you don't think too much, you don't try to change too much because then you're going to be in deep trouble, that's what I think. It's all about keep working on what's been successful for you and keep believing what you're doing is the right thing.

Never mistake activity for achievement.

I can only play the sport for so long, I have mathematics for the rest of my life.

I've taken a lot of crap from a lot of people. Probably more than anybody in the history of this sport. I know Hank (Aaron) and Jackie (Robinson) took a good deal of crap, but I guarantee it wasn't for six years. I just keep thinking: How much am I supposed to take?

Broadway shows in New York draw two times the attendance of all New York sports teams put together.

It wasn't until after I received my education that I seriously looked at sports entertainment as a way to make a career for myself. And they've got to take it in stride. It's very much like acting or playing professional sports: One percent of one percent of the people who try out for it can actually say they make their living off of doing it.

Don't tell me you can pitch...pitch. Don't tell me you can sell...sell.

It all goes so fast, and character makes the difference when it's close

I think that the two of them have been doing this for a really long time and it is more like sport. Yes, they would love to find a lasting relationship, but it's not likely to happen the way they are going about it.

I will always be someone who wants to do better than others. I love competition.

The best and fastest way to learn a sport is to watch and imitate a champion.

Boxing is a glorious sport to watch and boxers are incredible, heroic athletes, but it's also, to be honest, a stupid game to play. Even the winners can end up with crippling brain damage. In a lot of ways, hustling is the same. But you learn something special from playing the most difficult games, the games where winning is close to impossible and losing is catastrophic: You learn how to compete as if your life depended on it. That's the lesson I brought with me to the so-called "legitimate" world.

I would love to be associated with some sports organization. I was a journalism major. That's kind of intriguing, to do something in the political-commentary arena.

During my 21 years of playing cricket, I have never been approached by anyone or offered a bribe.