One afternoon when I was 9, my dad told me I'd be skipping school the next day. Then we drove 12 hours from Melbourne to Sydney for the Centenary Tes….

My father was an army champion boxer... in the British army. And so he loved boxing and talked it up as a sport. But then when my brother and I were ….

A person really doesn't become whole, until he becomes a part of something that's bigger than himself..

That's one thing you learn in sports. You don't give up; you fight to the finish..

Vitali [Klitschko] does want to fight me, but his promoter wants to be bigger than him. This is another situation of politics in the sport..

We all have to draw some lines. To preserve my sanity, I steer clear of cooking, professional sports and most imports, unless imported to us via PBS,….

The mellow autumn came, and with it came The promised party, to enjoy its sweets. The corn is cut, the manor full of game; The pointer ranges, and th….

Swimming is one of the hardest sports..

Athletics at the highest level is a sport within a sport..

I wouldn't have been what you'd call a champion if I had accepted failure when it first came, if I had looked at it and said, 'Well, that's it.'.

The individual, by means of the discipline imposed on him by sport, not only plays and finds relaxation from the various compulsions to which he is s….

After I came home from the 1936 Olympics with my four medals, it became increasingly apparent that everyone was going to slap me on the back, want to….

I have as many good friends in the media as anybody in sports has. It's just that I probably have a hell of a lot more enemies than anybody else..

For a time, at least, I was the most famous person in the entire world..

Looking at the championship-winning quarterbacks, Edwards remembered their particular talents: Gary Sheide: The image of Joe Namath. He even had Joe'….

In the contest between talent and hard work as to which is the more important element of success, there's no comparison. A mediocre talent with lots ….

But it's the wrestler who can put the fatigue out of his mind and break through the "wall," like a marathon runner after 18 or 20 miles, who will sur….

Before I had children I always wondered whether their births would be, for me, like the ultimate in gym class failures. And I discovered instead... t….

If you can eliminate the yelling and listen to the message, there's a great message there..

I can say that hands down from being in this business 32 years; we're going to be much better than we were last year just because there's eight new p….

If you make one mistake, it can result in vasectomy..