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Rock music is stronger than sports. That's why. Rock rules. Around the world, who's more famous: Willie Mays or Paul McCartney?
It was just something normal in my family to play sports. It wasn't necessarily forced on us. It was just something we enjoyed.
To be honest, I think for part of my late teens my character didn't really develop very much. I was in a state of cold storage.
A game of chess holds many secrets. Fortunately! That is why we cannot clearly state whether chess is science, art, or a sport.
I would love to try to win another game. Obviously, it's more fun when you win. I'd rather try and not win than not try at all.
I always turn to the sports pages first, which records people's accomplishments. The front page has nothing but man's failures.
Our sport is really European, so you get to show off what you do to your friends and family and they can actually follow along.
Have you noticed that whatever sport you're trying to learn, some earnest person is always telling you to keep your knees bent?
Kids on a team are like flowers in a bouquet, there is always one that wants to face a different way than the arranger desires.
Representing Australia has always been a honour and a privilege, and the older and more experienced I get, the more I enjoy it.
I am the most ruthless, brutal champion ever. There is no one who can match me. I want your heart. I want to eat your children.
It's nice to come into a town and be referred to as the manager of the Cleveland Indians instead of as the first black manager.
Growing up in Oklahoma, there wasn't much to do. Play sports, do a lot of drugs, or read and watch movies, which is what I did.
What are the critical success factors of your job? What must you be absolutely, positively excellent at doing to be successful?
As far as oligarchs who acquire sports team abroad, and invest money abroad, I wouldn't treat this phenomenon as something bad.
Hockey is our big sport, and if you fight in hockey you get five minutes for it, that's it. So in Canada, everyone is fighting.
We're all doing it for the love of the sport. We want to make Canada proud. I'm so fortunate to skate in a country like Canada.
[When asked how someone 6'3" had dared take up golf:] I was too tall to make the chess team in my high school, so I tried golf.
I am very slow to warm. I've always been sort of a loner. I didn't play team sports. I am better one-on-one than in big groups.
A few minutes ago, I had a hard time getting through the lobby because of all the people. After today, that won't be happening.
I believe that today's players who are Christians feel that it's important and their responsibility to acknowledge their faith.
That is where the power, opportunity, and choice come from-when you have money. Money equals opportunity. There is no question.
Many people say I'm the best women's soccer player in the world. I don't think so. And because of that, someday I just might be.
I got married, going to become father soon, being No. 1 in the sport that I love with all my heart. I mean, it's pretty awesome.
Ethnic prejudice has no place in sports, and baseball must recognize that truth if it is to maintain stature as a national game.
My brothers and I love playing outside and climbing trees. We really love sports, too - I think football's probably my favorite.
If there was a template for success in sports, everyone would follow it. You do the best you can and trust the people you trust.
If I thought I had hurt my chances of winning another major just because I was chasing money around, I'd wind up kicking myself.
If reality TV is bad, so is Colosseum, so are the gladiators, so are sports. I think cricket is bad. But that's a point of view.
Its silly to say it about a tennis player, but Im an unbelievable hero in Germany. And Germany needs heroes more than any place.
I watch a lot of ESPN. I just kind of keep it on for long periods of time and watch guys yell at each other about sports things.
A woman can beat any man; it's difficult to imagine another kind of sport where a woman can beat a man. That's why I like chess.
Drinking is an art, not a sport. You make it a sport, you're dead in the water, you lose everything. It'll kill you, I tell you.
Playing the sport has taught me about teamwork and how to be a good team player, social skills and most importantly, dedication.
Polo really is a European sport. It's not really that popular in America. I'm not an expert on the sport, but it's fun to watch.
People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring.
I never think about the play or visualize anything. I do what comes to me at that moment. Instinct. It has always been that way.
A harsh reality of newspaper editing is that the deadlines don't allow for the polish that you expect in books or even magazines
I have tried to keep on with my striving because this is the only hope I have of ever achieving anything worthwhile and lasting.
I look at athletes in all sports and try to picture what kind of football player they'd be, what position they'd play and so on.
Life magazine ran a page featuring me and three other girls that was clearly the precursor of Sports Illustrated swimsuit issues
I remember running at school sports day, and I would win everything, but I wasn't a super athlete or a superstar at high school.
I'm not a real smart guy. But I've got enough brains to realize that when I'm 60 years old and play a sport, that it's downhill.
I don't watch TV but occasionally I'll read the Washington Post. I will say that sports are the only "real thing" on television.
The Japanese have a strong tendency to suppress their own feelings. That's the Japanese character. They kill their own emotions.
Hitting is the most important part of the game. It is where the big money is, where much of the status is, and the fan interest.
I had one fight in my adult life. I had the famous '89 fight with Nicole, which she admits that she initiated the physical part.
Academe, n.: An ancient school where morality and philosophy were taught. Academy, n.: A modern school where football is taught.
A ball player has to be kept hungry to become a big leaguer. That's why no boy from a rich family has ever made the big leagues.
O Lord, self-renunciation is not the work of one day, nor children's sport; yea, rather in this word is included all perfection.