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I think each player and myself live things differently because I have no physical effort to make.
During my 21 years of playing cricket, I have never been approached by anyone or offered a bribe.
I know that this is sport first and business second, and people have to do what's right for them.
Ninety feet between home plate and first base may be the closest man has ever come to perfection.
Wasim and Waqar were amazing bowlers. I would put them right up there with the best in the world.
I didn't have the same fitness or ability as the other girls, so I had to beat them with my mind.
For what is the best choice for each individual is the highest it is possible for him to achieve.
The most important thing taught to my students is to not be so photo realist in what they depict.
I know people that can't win. I know people that are very talented at sports, and they never win.
I think a big part of our attraction to sport movies are the stories contained within the sports.
Once you are labeled 'the best' you want to stay up there, and you can't do it by loafing around.
I think the game has opened up, and that's why I decided to come back and try to be a part of it.
I don't have any ideas; my coaches have them. I just pass the ideas on and referee the arguments.
Ted Williams was the greatest hitter I ever saw, but DiMaggio was the greatest all around player.
You know it's going to hell when the best rapper out there is white and the best golfer is black.
Writers' bedtimes vary, but few have been spared the shock of a copy editor's early wake-up call.
Unfortunately, inner feelings and potential are often stunted by our parents, relatives or peers.
I was between 2 and 3 in the world for two, three years. That's not exactly where I wanted to be.
In wondrous ways do the gods make sport with men. [Lat., Miris modis Di ludos faciunt hominibus.]
It is ok to err, but it is not ok to stop playing; it is ok to lose, but it is not ok to give up.
Injuries are part of the game, but sometimes we can avoid them by just practicing our techniques.
I keep a lucky red rag in my pocket when I bat, which has been a good luck charm for a few years.
Boxing was the only career where I wouldn't have to start out at the bottom. I had a good resume.
I hated skiing or any other sport where there was an ambulance waiting at the bottom of the hill.
Stubbornness usually is considered a negative; but I think that trait has been a positive for me.
Sports are a microcosm of society. It just shows how much more competition there is in the world.
My sport taught me what I could do with my talents, whether in the rink or in the rest of my life
I enjoy singing, and the instruments which truly move me are the horn, the trumpet and the cello.
I fought, I fought harder . . . but one cell at a time, panic crept into my body, taking me over.
Girls should go on thinking that there is a world out there and that it is theirs for the taking.
Not only is there more to life than basketball, there's a lot more to basketball than basketball.
I've got a theory that if you give 100% all of the time, somehow things will work out in the end.
Every season has its peaks and valleys. What you have to try to do is eliminate the Grand Canyon.
Video games offer violent messages, and even the sports video games include taunting and teasing.
I would have loved to have played for Joe Gibbs. Look at his record of winning three Super Bowls.
And once you cross over into that world, no matter how strong you are, you have to pay the price.
As tennis players, you are never satisfied. We are greedy as players, always want better results.
It's like having a pet dog for a long time. You get attached to it, and when it dies you miss it.
I know it's tough. Everybody in baseball knows its tough. I'm just going to give it my best shot.
I don't think of myself as giving interviews. I just have conversations. That gets me in trouble.
'Course the world of sports takes itself way too serious. Sports writers are all high and mighty.
These days the temptation to use steroids in sports has become too great for many young athletes.
Everyone is an athlete. The only difference is that some of us are in training, and some are not.
You only have a few years to play this game and you can't play it if you're all tied up in knots.
Football is football and talent is talent. But the mindset of your team makes all the difference.
Some players you pat their butts, some players you kick their butts, some players you leave alone.
I have three joys in my life: work, sport and food. All these come in one and do not make a hobby.
Any penalty - I've told you a hundred times - can be eliminated by concentration or good judgment.
There is no higher religion than human service. To work for the common good is the greatest creed.
Give your players something they can physically do - don't ask them to do something they can't do.