Sports Figure Quotes

I call tennis the McDonald's of sport—you go in, they make a quick buck out of you, and you're out.

I am Luis Pie and I am here to make my own path. To fight in my own way.

No mother wants to hear her son say he's gay. Those two words rip the picture of a daughter-in-law and grandchildren into pieces. I felt sorry for my mom and wanted her to know everything was going to be all right. But then she said, 'I don't really care, Johnny, as long as I know that you are going to be happy.'

It seemed a pity so much Argentinian talent is wasted. Our best football will come against the right type of opposition—a team who come to play football, and not act as animals.

'Practice makes perfect' is bullshit. Only perfect practice makes perfect.

I'm not scared to fail, I'm not scared to lose, I'm not scared to die, for that matter... It's going to work out the way it's supposed to work out.

A ball player's got to be kept hungry to become a big leaguer. That's why no boy from a rich family ever made the big leagues.

I could become a Gold Glove-caliber shortstop. Not as talented as Vizquel, but definitely on par with Jeter.

Home plate is home plate regardless where you play. It don't move.

I am happy at Newcastle. I love the city and the people. Our fans are the best in the world. Even if we are losing or not playing well there are still 52,000 backing us and I respect that.
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Obafemi Martins

It's me versus Mother Nature and me versus me. I want to see how far a human can fly with six kilograms of high-tech nylon over his head with no engine. Ultimately though, I love being able to fly like a bird.

Godfrey Wenness

If one-day cricket was pyjama cricket, then Twenty20 is underwear cricket.

Navjot Singh Sidhu

The player who expects a lesson to 'take' without subsequent practice just isn't being honest with himself or fair to his professional.

Some kids dream of joining the circus, others of becoming a major league baseball player. I have been doubly blessed. As a member of the New York Yankees, I have gotten to do both.

I liked challenging people and making them uncomfortable. That's what leads to introspection and that's what leads to improvement. You could say I dared people to be their best selves.

Faldo has lost a lot of respect from players because of what he said.

The Falstaff people, romantics all, went for it. They were so anxious to find out what I was going to do that they could hardly bear to wait out the two weeks. I was rather anxious to find out what I was going to do, too.

In a dojo... you will never become any good unless you believe in yourself.

Jean-Claude Van Damme

Push hands is practiced between two people: the intitiator and the one acted upon. Initiating is called 'asking'. The person acted upon 'answers'. When the opponent asks, listen first before answering.

Female athletes are stereotyped by the general population—and usually as homosexuals.

Billie Jean King

It was my ambition to fight Becerra. I didn't care where. But that very year Becerra was unlucky enough to be responsible for the death of Walt Ingram, whom he had boxed in Mexico. I don't think he wanted to fight too much after that. He continued for another year, or until he himself was knocked out over the weight in Mexico by Eloy Sanchez. Then he did retire.

A good Judoka never anticipates his action in a match, but his mind is as clever as a polished mirror which enables him to foresee precisely anything to happen and he displays freedom of his physique to cope with any change. Such mental state and physical action are called sei or tranquility and do or action, sometimes they are called ju and go or tenderness and sturdiness, in and yo or negative and positive, etc.

I don't give a shit if nobody likes me, I could care less. But they shouldn't be getting mad at me, I didn't put the [offer sheet] rule in the collective bargaining agreement. If they're mad, they should call Gary Bettman and complain to him. Get mad at Gary Bettman. He's in charge of the rules, not me. I didn't realize there were some rules we're not allowed to use.

We are blessed with a spirit that is one with the spirit of the universe. This spirit is called "reiseishin". The moon is clearly reflected in the water when the water is calm. In the same way when our mind and body are unified and calm, our "reiseishin" manifests itself completely. Once this happens all suffering and wicked desires fall away, and the universal spirit of love and protection for all things appears in us. Let us strive to realise our "reiseishin".

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