Sports Figure Quotes

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.

I don't like compliments. No. I prefer criticisms; prefer to prove them wrong

Not every effort at loving difficult people will have a positive ending... We don't love people in hopes of a happy ending. We love them because it's the right thing to do.

Larry Bird is overrated in a lot of areas.... Why does he get so much publicity? Because he's white. You never hear about a black player being the greatest.

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.

Reporter: Welcome to Southampton Football Club. Do you think you are the right man to turn things around?
Strachan: No. I was asked if I thought I was the right man for the job and I said, "No, I think they should have got George Graham because I'm useless."

Gordon Strachan

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

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

Navjot Singh Sidhu

Winning doesn't come cheaply … you have to pay a big price.

Jeev Milkha Singh

I have never started a fight in my life but I have finished a few... sometimes I shudder when I think about what I have done.

Jimmy Carter had the air of a man who had never taken any decisions in his life. They had always taken him.

To get a better piece of chicken, you'd have to be a rooster.

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.

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

To Liberace

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

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".

We had nonbelievers all along the way, and I have one thing to say to those nonbelievers: Don't ever underestimate the heart of a champion!

Rudy Tomjanovich

Because I grew up playing for Roma and I want to die playing for Roma, because I have always been a Roma's fan!

Francesco Totti

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

Bob Fitzsimmons

Golf is a difficult game, but it's a little easier if you trust your instincts. It's too hard a game to try to play like someone else.

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

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

Jean-Claude Van Damme

You always expect to do well at a club like this in big competitions and we haven't done that. That is a disappointment to the newcomers like me who haven't tasted success here and also to those who've been here longer and won things in the past. We have to address that.

Edwin van der Sar

All of my decisions I made when I was a kid were decisions, would my mother and father be proud of.