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People aren't familiar with wheelchair sports. The only film crew in Athens for the Paralympics was the documentary crew.
Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good performer.
Baseball is a public trust. Players turn over, owners turn over and certain commissioners turn over. But baseball goes on.
Then came the war, old sport. It was a great relief, and I tried very hard to die, but I seemed to bear an enchanted life.
I love both the sun and the moon, day and night. But I enjoy the day the most because I live in Rio and I can play sports.
Although it was a great accomplishment to win a gold medal, as soon as they put it on you, that's it; your career is over.
I took some important things with me from sports. Rock and roll is a team sport. You're only as good as your weakest link.
I think that David Stern is probably the greatest commissioner that any sport has ever had in the history of this country.
When I first started running, I was so embarrassed I'd walk when cars passed me. I'd pretend I was looking at the flowers!
I do good when people doubt me. When someone says I can't do something, I want to do more. I won't back down from anybody.
This is a hump you have to get over, and it usually comes in the first series. You get over the hump and you're on a roll.
The sport of volleyball will never give you something that you can't handle; whether you do handle it is another question.
In all my years of play, I never saw an ump deliberately make an unfair decision. They really called them as they saw 'em.
At school I fought sometimes. Kids were saying that figure skating is sport for the girls. Then I had to prove them wrong.
I would advise kids not to play any sports, such as tackle football, where they are exposed to repeated blows to the head.
Business is a sport and I want to win. I want to kick your ass. I may not win every game. But I certainly am going to try.
The more baseball the better. It is a healthful sport and develops team play and initiative, plus an independent attitude.
Geez, I just played cricket because I loved the game. I never thought about it much, never really had any formal coaching.
Everybody wants to be somebody. The thing you have to do is give them confidence they can. You have to give a kid a dream.
Football is like life - it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority.
We used to have a lot of fun. We never had any problems. We always ate. The fact that we didn't have steak? Who had steak?
Men are very confident people. Even a sixty-year-old man with no arms thinks he could play in the Super Bowl if he had to.
I never took a position we were going to be a good ball club. I took the position we were going to be a winning ball club.
We're looking forward to a great season at the University of California - if we find a way to put cleats on their sandals.
I feel bad about my outlook, how I feel about people and society, and that I'll never be part of society the way I should.
I consider skateboarding an art form, a lifestyle and a sport. 'Action sport' would be the least offensive categorization.
The principle is competing against yourself. It's about self-improvement, about being better than you were the day before.
Rowing it was pointed out, was a sport that risked few injuries. So it was, I ould discover, but only if you did it right.
The sports world is an echo chamber. All it takes is one quote from a general manager and a thousand sports columns bloom.
I'm not much interested in sport just as sport. I wouldn't be interested in making a golf film or baseball or fishing film.
There's not too many guys that spend their whole career with one team and I think it's very fortunate and a blessing for me
Being famous is uncomfortable because I grew up very simply. Everything revolved around friends, family, church and sports.
I've always had a determination to perfect whatever I'm doing. If I can't do something, I work on it until I figure it out.
If you look at all the sports in China, the government is extremely involved and they are extremely proud of their athlete.
I love team sports - they give me something to focus on rather than the fact that I can't breathe or my muscles are aching.
When I fight someone, I want to break his will. I want to take his manhood. I want to rip out his heart and show it to him.
It's not that I don't want a fast car. I like the speed. I'm just not the type of person who finds a sports car a sexy car.
To a winner, complacency and overconfidence can be destructive. To losers, desperation and despondency are just as harmful.
I've never ridden a hog. I only have sport bikes. But that's basically how I get around L.A. Because traffic is horrendous.
If a team is to reach its potential, each player must be willing to subordinate his personal goals to the good of the team.
The first time you quit, it's hard. The second time, it gets easier. The third time, you don't even have to think about it.
Without humor, a sports fan is a religious fanatic. Without humor, a newscast is a terrible, depressing, unpalatable thing.
What matters isn't how well you play when you're playing well. What matters is how well you play when you're playing badly.
Cooking is a great leveller. You can be a sports star, an actor, an entrepreneur, anything, but cooking strips it all away.
Mountain climbing was my original sport ... and I've never tired from the satisfaction of getting to the top of a mountain.
You must show no mercy...nor have any belief whatsoever in how others judge you...for your greatness will silence them all.
Democracy is not a spectator sport, it's a participatory event. If we don't participate in it, it ceases to be a democracy.
I always thought there was at least one person in the stands who had never seen me play, and I didn't want to let him down.
Outcasts may grow up to be novelists and filmmakers and computer tycoons, but they will never be the athletic ruling class.
The way I represent my individuality is by mixing classic pieces - like sports jackets - with little, unexpected additions.