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Practice works because practice gives us a chance to relax enough to make smart choices.
Something deep in my character allows me to take the hits and get on with trying to win.
That's the drama of our sport. Our margin of error is so small that anything can happen.
Were all given some sort of skill in life. Mine just happens to be beating up on people.
I'm calm and focused and I can't wait for the biggest sport event in the World to begin.
I knew that when I resigned from the University of Texas that I would never coach again.
I don't follow sports that much now, but I was a Phoenix Suns fanatic in the early '90s.
Having loved sport my whole life, competing in a Paralympics would be a dream come true.
I love sports. If I could be a baseball player I would. I just am not good at it at all.
I don't psyche myself up. I psyche myself down. I think clearer when I'm not psyched up.
I'm playing; I'm here. I'm going to fight until they tell me they don't want me anymore.
When you want to win a game, you have to teach. When you lose a game, you have to learn.
I never wear a watch, because I always know it's now - and now is when you should do it.
Just give me 25 guys on the last year of their contracts; I'll win a pennant every year.
Most football players are temperamental. That's 90 percent temper and 10 percent mental.
If you are humble, your concentration will be very high. That's the way to go in sports.
If you don't do what's best for your body, you're the one who comes up on the short end.
Competition is the spice of sports; but if you make spice the whole meal you'll be sick.
I don't think that once you get to one level, you can relax. You've got to keep pushing.
Just take the ball and throw it where you want to. Throw strikes. Home plate don't move.
Honestly, I'm more into the computer, the Internet, and checking out scores or the news.
If you want to be the best you have to do things that other people aren't willing to do.
At times they don't like you to kick them and they feel you're not allowed to kick them.
Our sport becomes not just what we do but an integral symbol-on all levels-of who we are.
In 1962 I was named Minor League Player of the Year. It was my second season in the bigs.
Sport must be amateur or it is not sport. Sports played professionally are entertainment.
Until you play it, St. Andrews looks like the sort of real estate you couldn't give away.
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Act as though it were impossible to fail.
Powder snow skiing is not fun. It's life, fully lived - life lived in a blaze of reality.
Overturning police cars is a super-intense workout. It’s probably the only sport I enjoy.
Wooden was the coach for the UCLA Bruins, arguably the greatest sports coach we ever had.
There were only two things you did in New York City, Queens to be exact, music or sports.
I used to play sports. Then I realized you can buy trophies. Now I am good at everything.
Sports can do so much. It's given me confidence, self-esteem, discipline, and motivation.
If you screw things up in tennis, it's 15-love. If you screw up in boxing, it's your ass.
The problem with many athletes is they take themselves seriously and their sport lightly.
I don't like celebrity quarterbacks. We don't need those. We need battlefield commanders.
Since I came here I've been treated awesome, in all aspects. I really enjoy playing here.
A great catch is like watching girls go by. The last one you see is always the prettiest.
To the people out there, baseball is a simple sport. But it is complex. It is never easy.
From the spinners, Anil and I have been together for a long time and I respect him a lot.
The most important thing about motivation is goal setting. You should always have a goal.
A girl didn't get an athletic scholarship until the fall of 1972 for the very first time.
In sports... you play from the time you're eight years old, and then you're done forever.
The reason we call that pitch up and in is because the arms are attached to the shoulder.
My favorite way to spend Saturday is in and out of bed, watching sports on TV and eating.
If they can make penicillin out of mouldy bread, they can sure make something out of you.
I believe every era has its significance and the same holds true for players and coaches.
What's unfortunate about buying a pitcher for $12 million is that he carries no warranty.
Commitment to the team - there is no such thing as in-between, you are either in our out.