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There's nothing like playing. You can coach and you can be around the game, but there is nothing like playing. It's just so much fun.
I don't believe in looking back. If you make a decision that you think is the proper one at a time, then that's the correct decision.
A man who went to the 'footie' match on Saturday afternoon and played eighteen holes of golf was really doing his duty by the nation.
I think that in any group activity - whether it be business, sports, or family - there has to be leadership or it wont be successful.
I don't know what he has. A pulled groin. A hip flexor. I don't know. A pulled something. I never pulled anything. You can't pull fat.
When a great team loses through complacency, it will constantly search for new and more intricate explanations to explain away defeat.
...in my book success and winning are not always the same thing. To me, success is playing - or working - to the best of your ability.
I have so much respect for [Bernie Ecclestone] for what he did with this sport. He did so much more than people in tennis or football.
When one sings, one does not speak about the problems of the every day. One speaks about the things which inspire us, which helped us.
It is normal to enjoy praise and dislike criticism. True character is when you prevent either from affecting you in a negative matter.
In high school, I didn't get the chance to wrestle varsity until my senior year because I had an older brother who was better than me.
For sportsmen or women who want to be champions, the mind can be as important, if not more important, than any other part of the body.
Boxing is the ultimate challenge. There's nothing that can compare to testing yourself the way you do every time you step in the ring.
Curling is not a sport. I called my grandmother and told her she could win a gold medal because they have dusting in the Olympics now.
I think that in any group activity - whether it be business, sports, or family - there has to be leadership or it won't be successful.
The idol of today pushes the hero of yesterday out of our recollection; and will, in turn, be supplanted by his successor of tomorrow.
It doesnt matter who is playing or how old they are. I just worry about what I can control. It doesnt give me more or less motivation.
The biological factors underlying race differences in sports have consequences for educational achievement, crime and sexual behavior.
Writing headlines is a specialty - there are outstanding writers who will tell you they couldn't write a headline to save their lives.
In my life, I've been a movie star, a rock star, and a sports star, all wrapped up into one-and worked harder at it than anybody else.
Mankind's role is to fulfil his heaven-sent purpose through a sincere heart that is in harmony with all creation and loves all things.
Kids tend to look up to sports figures and entertainers, probably more than they should, but I've tried to use that in a positive way.
I've been around racing a fairly long time, but when it comes to the important issues, I'm happy to let others make the big decisions.
The people at Barstool Sports are a bunch of average Joes, who like most guys love sports, gambling, golfing and chasing short skirts.
Nobody hands you excellence on a silver platter. You earn it through planning, preparing, and persisting in the face of all obstacles.
There aren't a lot of opportunities for that rite of passage that makes you a man. War is one of them, and violent sports are another.
I was a judo athlete, while taking modeling as my side job, before I eventually quit my professional sports career over a knee injury.
Then you figure out that if you don't throw it as hard as you can, you can put it where you want. It's more important where you put it
But I also live to perform and I've been performing my whole life, whether it's been in sports or you know in band or with my singing.
I'm a very intense person. When I go after something, I want to go after it with everything I have. I want to push myself to the edge.
I've always been fortunate in that I've been able to put myself in my own zone and relax. It comes naturally. I'm lucky to be that way
You only fail if you don't finish the game. If you finish you win. You have to measure what you started out with by what you overcome.
When 'Sports Illustrated' came out with their 50 most fashionable people in sport, that fact that I wasn't on that list is a travesty.
There was definitely no time in grades 11 and 12 to do any other sports. That was one downside; I really enjoyed playing other sports.
I always tell kids, you have two eyes and one mouth. Keep two open and one closed. You never learn anything if you're the one talking.
When I came into boxing, I brought it to the next level with adverts and doing pantomime and people just got jealous of me doing that.
Entertainers and sports figures achieve fame and wealth but find the world empty and dull without the solace and stimulation of drugs.
I've been around tennis, and I have a feeling for the sport. I still play tennis, and I can still do a lot of harm to a lot of people.
Every child should have time for arts, music, sports, drama, robotics, school newspapers and the like, not to mention recess and play.
Perseverance isn't just the willingness to work hard. It's that plus the willingness to be stubborn about your own belief in yourself.
I am thrilled and honored to have a seat at the table for meaningful conversation with so many accomplished women in the sports world.
You can't explain the feeling of singing hit songs to an audience - it's like being a genuine sports star at the peak of their powers.
Golf is a thinking man's game. You can have all the shots in the bag, but if you don't know what to do with them, you've got troubles.
I'm a Gatorade athlete because dance is being recognized as a sport now. It always should have been, but now it is. It's very exciting.
When you train six to seven hours a day to be the best in your sport, you don't want that to be overlooked. I don't train for my looks.
At USC, if you're running back there, and you do gain you over 1,500 yards, people see you as a candidate, but not one of the top ones.
I tried all kinds of sports when I was a kid, like soccer and tennis and golf, and, in fact, started skating to be able to play hockey.
When I need to relax, I love to go to the movies or watch a good TV series. I also practice a lot of sport, mostly tennis and swimming.
Baseball, it is said, is only a game. True. And the Grand Canyon is only a hole in Arizona. Not all holes, or games, are created equal.
The rivalry is huge between South Carolina and Clemson. It's major bragging rights; one of the most intense things I've been a part of.