American Sports Figure Quotes

It's hard to be a No. 1 when you're not even No. 1 on your team.

Adam Wainwright

If intelligence and capability are not criteria for the possession of rights, why would animals -who have the capacity to feel fear and pain- be excluded from our moral consideration?

Men without dignity are like clowns without an audience, pathetic and lost

I've never had major knee surgery on any other part of my body.

Winston Bennett

We have to protect our minds and our bodies and not just go out and do what the world wants us to do [...] We're not just athletes, we're people at the end of the day and sometimes you just have to step back.

On withdrawing from competition at Tokyo Olympics

Trying to hit him was like trying to drink coffee with a fork.

On facing Southpaw Sandy Koufax

Willie Stargell

We can learn from past failures and mistakes, but we shouldn't get stuck there. We can keep future goals in mind, but we shouldn't get stuck there, either. The only way to reach our potential is to focus on what we must do now - this moment, this day - to perform effectively and win.

I didn't fully realize it then, but that was the thing I was most trying to earn playing baseball. Not money. Not glory... Love.

Some of us are fortunate enough to play championship golf, but this isn't essential in the enjoyment of the game.

Babe Didrikson Zaharias

The first step in building a solid, dependable attitude is to be realistic, not only about your inherent capabilities, but also about how well you are playing to those capabilities on any given day.

On his reception by other players when he returned from retirement to an All-Star game:

It was the first game ever called on account of hugs.

Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships.

Base stealing for me is another sport all by itself. It's a game within a game. I'm the mouse and the cats are trying to trap me.

The Indians didn't help me in dealing with the media. I think they wanted to keep my market value down. I'm moody. I know that. I've made some mistakes, but if I was a bad person, would someone want to pay me $55 million, would I have a scholarship fund my mother runs that pays for kids to go to school?

There is nothing wrong with people that reasoning with them won't aggravate!

New Yorkers love it when you spill your guts out there. Spill your guts at Wimbledon and they make you stop and clean it up.

At Flushing Meadow

I respect Floyd as a fighter but come 5 May, he's going to be hurting for weeks.

Oscar De La Hoya

I'm in better condition [after going vegan]. My endurance has gone up, and I haven't gotten tired at all during the whole season. … I don't think you should eat something that had a mother.

Salim Stoudamire

At its most basic root, the death or disintegration of one's parents is a harsh reminder of one's own mortality.

Success is a result of consistent practice of winning skills and actions. There is nothing miraculous about the process. There is no luck involved.

Group discipline produces a unified effort toward a common goal.

No matter how far life pushes you down, no matter how much you hurt, you can always bounce back.

Success may result in winning, but winning does not necessarily mean you are a success.

Everyone works hard when they want to, when they get quick results, when it's convenient to put forth effort. The best work hard when they don't want to, when it's inconvenient to give it that little extra effort... and that extra effort might be just what they need to place them on top.

My uniqueness reveals something of Christ that no one else does.