Sports Figure Quotes

So I step into the future, as bravely as I'm able, with my heart longing for a time I'll never see again.

Ekaterina Gordeeva

My goal is to play for Australia in all three formats of the game

The main problem in Britain is that there are too many competitions and too many games. There is no time to prepare properly for Europe or to introduce new ideas because there is far too much emphasis on domestic football.

Stadiums fill up with people to see what's going to happen between the lines. But life isn't only about visible realities. There are invisible and unseen nuances...things that shape us into who we are.

So, life is like, again, an icy ladder. So, when you climb up, you have to be really, really energetic or you won't be able to climb up 'cause you slip and fall down.

Stanislav Pozdniakov

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

Most kids today slap the puck. The backhand takes time to learn. It's not something you do naturally. But it is an effective shot.

I'm born in Britain – but my family were born in Pakistan. When I fight, in the crowd you see Pakistani people and you see British people – they're all mixed together and they support Amir Khan. On my shorts, when I fight, I have the Pakistani flag on one side and on the other side I have the Britain flag – to promote the two countries together.

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

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

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

I fought Sugar Ray so often, I almost got diabetes.

I would not be the player I am today without him, I would not have improved without my dad. In the early years, he would have me over the park training when everyone else was at home or playing with their mates, I was jumping on the floor, getting up and running again, sprinting - I will never forget that. I thank him for everything he has done in my football life and for being a dad.

I think when you're trying to improve, the most important thing is to always have a plan.

A manager should stay as far away as possible from his players. I don't know if I said ten words to Frank Robinson while he played for me.

On his move to Paris Saint-Germain:

I want to write history here. This is the only reason. There are new challenges, and I want to help write the history of the club. Our biggest challenge is the Champions League, but there are other trophies too.

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 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

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.

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

Each year I don't play, I get better. The first year on the banquet trail, I was a former ballplayer, the second year I was great, the third year one of baseball's stars, and just last year I was introduced as one of baseball's immortals. The older I get, the more I realize that the worst break I had was playing.

Joe Garagiola Sr.

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.

Joe Louis is the hardest puncher that I've ever seen... He's a good man. Anyone who plans on beating him had better know what they're doing.

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

[German head coach Uwe Krupp] is asking his guys to basically be fire hydrants and they're getting peed on right now.