Sports Figure Quotes

Fear is the genesis of most of the good things that have occurred in my life. Fear is the beginning of every success I've lived.

Georges St-Pierre

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

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.

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.

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

You don't win by being good. You win with hard work and sacrifice. Without that, skill is just potential.

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

The biggest difference between L.A. and Edmonton was that instead of people looking at me I was looking at them.

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

No perfumes, but very fine linen, plenty of it, and country washing.

It's all about discipline - and having an inner calm. That's one of the main driving forces for me when I step into the ring - you can't have a fight and lose your temper. You need to remain calm and focused when everything around you is in chaos. It's a similar thing for the buddhists - they remain calm and disciplined in the hurly burly of everyday life.

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

All my life I have wanted to skate, and all my life I have skated.

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

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.

I don't think being an athlete is unfeminine. I think of it as a kind of grace.

Jackie Joyner-Kersee

Whatever I contributed to the unique morale of the Cardinals was part of this growth, and so, of course, was my decision to have it out in public with the owners of organized baseball.

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

You don't have to be crazy to be a goalie, but it helps!

If you ask what's been my secret of success, most might say it's my God-given athletic ability to throw a football. While talent is important, it's not necessarily the most important thing. Thousands of talented people fail every day. My strength has been my will to win-that competitive fire inside.

At its most basic root, the death or disintegration of one's parents is a harsh reminder of one's own mortality.

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.

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

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