Quotes About Athletics

Growing up, I looked up to major league baseball players, and now these young women have amazing, incredible women all across the board, from swimming to gymnastics to softball to basketball.

Few would deny that blacks have become very dominant in athletics: football, basketball, track, now dominant in tennis and dominant in golf.

On the £20,000 Mercedes prizes for each winner at the World Athletics Championships in Stuttgart- Anyone good enough to win already has one.

My goals have gone from being an all-star to just being able to play basketball. I always took for granted that I could play. Now I know what a gift it is.

I enjoy the last quarter of all basketball games.

For example, Michael Jordan earns $100million a year but continues to play basketball and remains a modest human being.

Michael Jordan and Magic and myself, all learned how to play the game in college programs that emphasized the team.

The bicycle kick is not easy to do.

It's not to hurt anyone, but basketball can be rough.

Behind every good decathlete, there's a good doctor.

I really do miss playing basketball. I don't play a lot of pick-up games. But I do like using basketball as a form of cross training.

I never taught my girls to play golf; they all played softball

The level of football in England is the top. English football is the leader in the world.

When I said I retired from basketball playing, I have retired. You will not see me play again. That is a promise.

If you don't throw it, they can't hit it.

(American swimmer, 1972 Summer Olympics, on winning seven gold medals Inspirational) I swam my brains out.

Mary Decker Slaney, the world greatest front runner, I shouldn't be surprised to see her at the front

Coe has smashed the world record, 1:44.92 seconds has never been run easier

There was the misconception out there that I retired after the 2008 season, but that was never the case. I wasn't done with basketball yet, and I'm still not done.

A lot of times I blend in a little bit easier because I'm not like a basketball player who's going to stand out because of his height.

I play fantasy basketball and fantasy football, soccer.

I played a lot of sports and it's the plays in basketball that weren't worked out that are the ones that are just fantastic that you remember. We don't know the power that's within our own bodies.

I don't regret the decision to retire. My body was losing its edge. I was taking longer to recover from injuries. You have to get out at some point.

I feel this pang of regret whenever I watch sport; this sense that I will never play a big match again.