Quotes About Athletics

People who write about spring training not being necessary have never tried to throw a baseball.

Bowling is not a sport because you have to rent the shoes.

For myself, losing is not coming second. It's getting out of the water knowing you could have done better. For myself, I have won every race I've been in

To put it another way, Michael Jordan was a gym rat.

Football is an incredible game. Sometimes it's so incredible, it's unbelievable.

Ninety feet between home plate and first base may be the closest man has ever come to perfection.

It isn't hard to be good from time to time in sports. What is tough, is being good every day.

All pro sports, as well as the NCAA, should thank God every day we have sports betting here... We have the only agency in the world that regulates the honesty of games.

Swimming is more than a once-every-four-years sport. My goal is to bring attention to swimming - to give it some personality.

I'm not a big sports fan, but I love it when they "slam dunk." That's sexy.

They call Ray Robinson the best fighter, pound for pound. I'm the best fighter, ounce for ounce.

There was no money in the sport but we'd be out there day in, day out, rain or shine, doing it.

Sports ideally teach discipline and commitment. They challenge you and build character for everything you do in life.

I have always liked sport and only played or run races for the fun of the thing.

I'm playing pretty good now, but my ranking doesn't say that. I'm number two.

In the States, tennis is sixth or seventh on the totem pole as far as sports go.

My thoughts before a big race are usually pretty simple. I tell myself: Get out of the blocks, run your race, stay relaxed. If you run your race, you'll win... channel your energy. Focus.

I will continue to express the fact I am for a drug-free sport and always will be.

Baseball is too much of a sport to be called a business, and too much of a business to be called a sport.

The more I train the more I realize I have more speed in me.

We may train or peak for a certain race, but running is a lifetime sport.

Sport fosters many things that are good; teamwork and leadership.

Steroids are for guys who want to cheat opponents.

Baseball players are smarter than football players. How often do you see a baseball team penalized for too many men on the field?