Quotes About Athletics

God, I'm glad I grew up in a time when kids followed sports in the newspaper and on TV and knew every sport.

Golf is the only game that pits the player against an opponent, the weather, the minutest details of a large chunk of local topography and his own nervous system, all at the same time.

My real motivation is to reach 3:25... I am still young; I have a lot of time left in my career.

The serve, I think, is the most difficult, you know, in terms of coordination, because you got the two arms going, and you got to toss it up at the right time so.

I was in awe every time I walked on to the field

I'm not planning a career change - not unless they need someone who constantly falls on the ice and is out of breath all the time.

I have never taken performance-enhancing drugs whether banned or unbanned, on or off the list, at any time. In fact, I underwent hundreds of tests during my career and all were negative.

I was probably in the best shape of any athlete at the time, but you don't get to pass judgment on yourself.

By the time I was 12 I was challenging every boy in our neighborhood at running, jumping, everything.

Athletic skills are acquired over a long period of time and after countless hours of practice.

The primary conception of tennis is to get the ball over the net and at the same time to keep it within bounds of the court; failing this, within the borders of the neighborhood.

In the Zen of sports and athletics, we seek to bring discipline and control into our physical movements, but at the same time to eliminate the self that gets in the way of perfect play.

I play football once or twice a week. I eat pretty healthy. I'm in fairly good shape most of the time.

I'm a football guy. Baseball, I enjoy it at playoff time.

I grew up watching skating all the time in the Olympic stuff.

If I was born again, I would be able to do any sport because I would have time to learn.

I enjoy playing it every time I step on the course.

You practice with wet balls all the time.

Every time I am on the field I am a threat to make a big play. I am going to do my job every day and can be relied upon.

I haven't done a marathon for a long time. So we'll see. I will need good luck.

I went through so many things personally, emotionally and mentally during that time off that I know that I'm better for it now and I think I'm a better athlete because of that.

My swing is no uglier than Arnold Palmer's, and it's the same ugly swing every time.

I played soccer for 12 years on three different teams at a time.

It was a fun ride. I've enjoyed my time on the ice and I've enjoyed more and more people getting interested in the game of hockey.