Sports Figure Quotes

You've got so much ice on your hands I could skate on them.

To Liberace

She's got space. Lots of space in her house. What about in her heart?

Like jilted and disappointed lovers, some of my students just want to be left alone.

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.

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

We live by the Golden Rule. Those who have the gold make the rules.

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!'

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

Captaincy is 90 per cent luck and 10 per cent skill. But don't try it without that 10 per cent.

The speed at which we moved the ball in small spaces and our quality was superb. We played the ball through needles and it was very difficult for Aston Villa.

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.

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.

We should never shy away from the challenges that face us out of fear of failure or an unwillingness to battle the odds. We should confront our problems head on and make no excuses.

If you had a pill that would guarantee a pitcher 20 wins, but might take five years off his life, he'd take it.

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

Jean-Claude Van Damme

People only rooted for the underdog in movies, not in middle school.

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.

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

If Colleen Howe had been a hockey player, she would have been a centremen. I can see her as a centreman because you can do what you want and go wherever you want to go.

Admiting to using steroids:

It is with a great amount of shame that I stand before you and tell you that I have betrayed your trust. I want you to know that I have been dishonest and you have the right to be angry with me. I have let them [my family] down, I have let my country down and I have let myself down.