American Sports Figure Quotes

There is no game like the direct attack. Fancy strokes, while effective to watch, do not bring the results a fast driving game does.

We lost a place, but my daughter was born at the same time. We were taking care of her in Los Angeles, because there's a tradition that you don't travel with a newborn. To give their body a chance to acclimate. So, literally, we were lying in bed, and my sister called me and said, 'Turn on the TV.' Our daughter's lying there between us, and I looked over at my lady and said, 'Baby, our place is gone!' I just turned to my daughter and started kissing her. 'That's why you came, my girl. You saved our lives… you're a lifesaver!'

In my opinion, no young player can develop his or her game to its highest potential if he or she rides around the course in a golf cart.

Even before you step up to the ball, have a full battle plan for the hole worked out.

I've seen enough crazy shots to know they happen in the best of families.

I knew that if I kept the pressure on and didn't do anything stupid I would probably win.

I threw the kitchen sink at him but he went to the bathroom and got his tub.

When women go to see men strip, we never accuse you of hating men.

Never let up. The more you can win by, the more doubts you put in the other players' minds the next time out.

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

Babe Didrikson Zaharias

Golf is like a love affair. If you don't take it seriously, it's no fun. If you do take it seriously, it will break your heart.

Golf puts a man's character on the anvil and his richest qualities—patience, poise, restraint—to the flame.

Golf without Jones would be like France without Paris: leaderless, lightless and lonely.

Herbert Warren Wind

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

Inside each of us dwells a more-perfect self waiting to unfold. It cries loudly for release, yet it is sometimes ignored. To answer its call, you must take time to listen.

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.

The Golf Hall of Fame is full of players with unusual looking swings. Some of the prettiest swings you've ever seen in your life are made on the far end of the public driving range by guys who couldn't break an egg with a baseball bat.

I have been able to hope for the best, expect the worst, and take what comes along. If there has been one fundamental reason for my success, this is it.

You must have a clear mental picture of the correct thing before you can do it successfully.

Alex J. Morrison

Strength and conditioning are the keys to good performance and longevity in gymnastics.

Suzanne Yoculan

He was over at my house every day between fifth grade and eighth grade.

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?

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

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.

As a competitive gymnast, my life has always been filled with challenges that would ultimately define my future. From day one, I was taught to be prepared at all costs.

Dominique Moceanu