Sports Figure Quotes

The bigger they are, the further they have to fall.

Bob Fitzsimmons

It's not my fault Snow didn't have any other options coming out of high school. If going to college gets you a career backup goaltender job, and my route gets you a thousand points and a thousand games, and compare the two contracts, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out whose decision was better.

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.

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

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.

No matter how strong a condom is, it won't protect you from a broken heart.

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.

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

It seems that in almost all societies, the attitudes that people have to language change is basically the same. People everywhere tend to say that the older form of a language is in some sense 'better' than the form that is being used today.

One night I was in the players' parking lot at the Fleet Center in my Celtics warm-ups about a half hour before a game, waiting for one of my dealers to come up from Fall River, because if I didn't get my stuff I was too sick to even go through the pre-game layup line, never mind actually play in the game.

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

Alex J. Morrison

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.
also he grew up in orile, lagos Nigeria

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.

The only way to escape fear is to trample it beneath your feet.

Nadia Comăneci

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.