My favourite sport at school was rugby. All sports are teamwork, but rugby particularly is about teamwork and I think teamwork is the essence of this..

The reason I think I'm a good pitcher is I locate my fastball and I change speeds. Period. That's what you do to pitch. That's what pitchers have to ….

I would love to try to win another game. Obviously, it's more fun when you win. I'd rather try and not win than not try at all..

It's not up to anyone else to make me give my best..

The more that Japanese players go to the big leagues to play and succeed, the more that will serve to inspire young kids in Japan to want to become b….

Without self-discipline, success is impossible, period..

It dances today, my heart, like a peacock it dances, it dances. It sports a mosaic of passions like a peacock’s tail, It soars to the sky wit….

I've always been a guy who wants to play sports, not watch them..

I wanted to have a career in sports when I was young, but I had to give up the idea. I'm only six feet tall, so I couldn't play basketball. I'm only ….

I don't live that life anymore, it's as simple as that..

I don't believe professional athletes should be role models. I believe parents should be role models.... It's not like it was when I was growing up.….

One of the most difficult things for people who have been successful in sports is adapting to the daily world where you can't get an answer from some….

Poor people cannot rely on the government to come to help you in times of need. You have to get your education. Then nobody can control your destiny..

You know it's going to hell when the best rapper out there is white and the best golfer is black..

Enrolling your child in a recreational sport sponsored by your neighborhood recreation community centers is a great way to keep kids active..

Steroids are for guys who want to cheat opponents..

If I weren't earning $3 million a year to dunk a basketball, most people on the street would run in the other direction if they saw me coming..

My mom is a big sports fans. Basketball, football, baseball, whatever. She calls into sports radio shows and gets into shouting matches, that's how i….

If I'm going to break them, I'm going to break them both..

Hopefully the new breed of kids won't have to go through that hard lesson - my kids, my grandkids, my fans' kids, hopefully they won't have to go thr….

In one universe, they are gorgeous, straight-teethed, long-legged, wrapped in designer fashions, and given sports cars on their sixteenth birthdays. ….