I don't give players a chance to hit me..

You can be a little lonely because it's an individual sport..

Funding for sports (and the arts) are often the first things facing the chop in difficult times..

Boxing is a mental sport. Think of a prizefight as a chess game of mind and body, and you are a little closer to it than if you compare it to a blood….

An athlete cannot run with money in his pockets. He must run with hope in his heart and dreams in his head..

In the United States, we spend millions of dollars on sports because it promotes teamwork, discipline, and the experience of learning to make great p….

Most football players are temperamental. That's 90 percent temper and 10 percent mental..

I think women's soccer is so important. Soccer is the biggest sport for little girls. It's so important for us to give these girls a dream and someth….

The stiffer the penalty, the greater the message is sent..

I grew up on the tennis court with lots of other kids. There were like 40 kids all afternoon and I was one of the youngest ones, so I always had to c….

The two championship years were that significant for me..

If the players aren't getting paid, there's something terribly, terribly wrong, and that's true only in the United States. Everywhere else, where mon….

Making movies was more a reaction to not being chosen for sports. Other kids were out there playing at whatever; I was off making something blow up a….

To me, hockey was always tremendous fun. That's what kept me going for so long. I simply love to play hockey..

Normally, racing drivers come from a long line of previous successful sports people..

Unfortunately, inner feelings and potential are often stunted by our parents, relatives or peers..

You find that you have peace of mind and can enjoy yourself, get more sleep, and rest when you know that it was a one hundred percent effort that you….

Win or lose, I've been fortunate to be able to pitch deep enough into games to get decisions..

A lot of the athletes moved away from boxing, into UFC - which I think is really crazy, where they elbow to the head and knee to the jaw. I think tha….

I was born on the day Lincoln was shot and the Titanic sank..

One chance is all you need..