Quotes on Sports

I go out and do the best I can in each game, and I don't think about the fouls other players will commit or whether I might be injured. It only does you harm to worry about those things.

Whether it's a friendly match, or for points, or a final, or any game - I play the same. I'm always trying to be my best, first for my team, for myself, for the fans, and to try and win.

I have fun like a child in the street. When the day comes when I'm not enjoying it, I will leave football.

Concentration comes out of a combination of confidence and hunger.

To be great we need to win games we aren't supposed to win.

When you're riding, only the race in which you're riding is important.

It does not matter how many times you get knocked down, but how many times you get up.

Bowling is not a sport because you have to rent the shoes. When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops? This title offends all three major religions, and even vegetarians!

You teach me baseball and I'll teach you relativity...No we must not. You will learn about relativity faster than I learn baseball.

It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone.

I don't run away from a challenge because I am afraid. Instead, I run toward it because the only way to escape fear is to trample it beneath your feet.

Our house was bombed, and the roof fell in. We were sitting under the stairs of the basement, and we were quite safe, but it brought home the realization. In two nights 400 people were killed in small town.

I was always a great bundle of energy. As a child, instead of walking, I would run. And so running, which is a pain to a lot of people, was always a pleasure to me because it was so easy.

I came from such a simple origin, without any great privilege, and I would say I also wanted to make a mark. It wasn't until I was about 15 that I appeared in a race.

When I'd get tired and want to stop, I'd wonder what my next opponent was doing. I'd wonder if he was still working out. I'd tried to visualize him. When I could see him working, I'd start pushing myself. When I could see him in the shower, I'd push myself harder.

Good coaching is about leadership and instilling respect in your players. Dictators lead through fear - good coaches do not.

Every time you compete, try harder to improve on your last performance. Give nothing short of your very best effort.

I always wanted to be somebody...If I've made it, it's half because I was game to take a wicked amount of punishment along the way, and half because there were an awful lot of people who cared enough to help me.

True disputants are like true sportsmen: their whole delight is in the pursuit.

I never left the field saying I could have done more to get ready and that gives me peace of mind.

I'm a competitor and a very proud man. If a guy beats me once, he'll have to do it again to make me believe him.