American Sports Figure Quotes

Muhammad Ali

Bruce Lee

Michael Jordan

Magic Johnson

Serena Williams

Michael Phelps

Tiger Woods

Fear comes in two packages fear of failure, and sometimes, fear of success.

Golf is a spiritual game. It's like Zen. You have to let your mind take over.

I would rather beat the Yankees regularly than pitch a no hit game.

What could be better than walking down any street in any city and knowing you're the heavyweight champion of the world?

In 1968, in the midst of the tumultuous 1960s, the Olympics were much more than just another event

I don't know if I practiced more than anybody, but I sure practiced enough. I still wonder if somebody - somewhere - was practicing more than me.

Many baseball fans look upon an umpire as a sort of necessary evil to the luxury of baseball, like the odor that follows an automobile.

Christy Mathewson

You gotta be a man to play baseball for a living, but you gotta have a lot of little boy in you, too.

The only way to prove that you're a good sport is to lose.

Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterward.

The man to beat me hasn't been born yet.

I have no trouble with the twelve inches between my elbow and my palm. It's the seven inches between my ears that's bent.

Man, if I made one million dollars I would come in at six in the morning, sweep the stands, wash the uniforms, clean out the office, manage the team and play the games.

Of course, when you're training your whole life to get to the Olympics, you train for gold.

Open yourself and flow, my friend. Flow in the total openness of the living moment.

Fans, for the past two weeks you have been reading about a bad break I got. Yet today, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth. I have been in ballparks for 17 years, and I have never received anything but kindness and encouragement from you fans. Look at these grand men. Which of you wouldn't consider it the highlight of his career just to associate with them for even one day?

The key is not the will to win... everybody has that. It is the will to prepare to win that is important.

To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.

Steve Prefontaine

I'm not buddy-buddy with the players. If they need a buddy, let them buy a dog.

When you're a winner you're always happy, but if you're happy as a loser you'll always be a loser.

You're only here for a short visit. Don't hurry. Don't worry. And be sure to smell the flowers along the way.

It's strange. I always dream I win a grand slam When I wake up, it's a nightmare. Now that I've got it, I don't have to wake up like that anymore.

True leaders are the first to admit that they don't know everything and that they need help.

A guy that throws what he intends to throw, that's the definition of a good pitcher.

Mantle had more ability than any player I ever had on that club.