Quotes About Athletics

I obviously love to run the ball.

Obviously, I'm a shortstop at heart. I want to continue to play shortstop.

I used to be the occasional social drinker earlier. But now my intake of alcohol has ceased completely. I want to be fighting fit for the boxing ring.

There have not been many occasions when I have bowled pain free and generally you are not 100 percent.

No, just as Marlon Brando seemed to inhabit a role as though it were a natural extension of his mood, so Ali treated boxing.

Anyone who's just driven 90 yards against huge men trying to kill them has earned the right to do Jazz hands.

I see great things in baseball.

The banking industry, corporate life, the mass media, religious ministries, athletics, law schools: Each has its scandals. In nearly every case the pattern is similar: Truth is adjusted or "interpreted," ignored or justified away, to get seemingly urgent results. And deceit then spreads and takes root like a weed.

Schalk, a catcher for the White Sox for seventeen years, no doubt got more than a few chances to use his favorite line about Cobb: "When Ty started to steal second, I would throw to third.

Hockey is figure skating in a war zone.

I get a kick out of soccer.

The ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally tight.

College football would be more interesting if the faculty played instead of the students - there would be a great increase in broken arms, legs and necks.

I will always listen to my coaches. But first I listen to my body. If what they tell me suits my body, great. If my body doesn't feel good with what they say, then always my body comes first.

Football players throw a 3 pound ball in the air, but cheerleaders throw a 100 pound girl in the air and catch her.

I never thought home runs were all that exciting. I still think the triple is the most exciting thing in baseball. To me, a triple is like a guy taking the ball on his 1-yard line and running 99 yards for a touchdown

Guessing what the pitcher is going to throw is eighty percent of being a successful hitter. The other twenty percent is just execution.

The pitcher has got only a ball. I've got a bat. So the percentage of weapons is in my favor and I let the fellow with the ball do the fretting.

I never smile when I have a bat in my hands. That's when you've got to be serious.

The pitcher has got only a ball. I've got a bat. So the percentage in weapons is in my favor and I let the fellow with the ball do the fretting.

The most important thing in my career out of the 23 years I played is I never struck out 100 times. Getting the base hits was the greatest thrill of my life.

I don't feel right unless I have a sport to play or at least a way to work up a sweat.

I never smile when I have a bat in my hands. That's when you've got to be serious. When I get out on the field, nothing's a joke to me. I don't feel like I should walk around with a smile on my face.

I don't feel right unless I have a sport to play .