Quotes About Challenges

Don't tell me how rocky the sea is, just bring the ship in.

As football players you have all the experience on the field. You don't have the experience off the field.

The records I always maintained were there to serve just one purpose - that was to be broken

I've dated athletes before but it's too tough because we have the same job, we deal with the same problems and both do a very selfish sport.

There are few positions in life in which difficulties have not to be encountered. These difficulties are, however, our best instructors, as our mistakes often form our best experience.

I wanted to be a sportswriter because I loved sports and I could not hit the curve ball, the jump shot, or the opposing ball carrier.

Until you play it, St. Andrews looks like the sort of real estate you couldn't give away.

Changing from a player to a coach, I felt like a mosquito in a nudist colony. I didn't know where to begin.

I've gone through back surgery a couple times, and of course, my radiation treatments for six weeks got me to the point where I was not able to play at the level that I was accustomed to.

George [Steinbrenner] is a great guy, unless you have to work for him.

Many medal winners dream of competing in a sport other than the one they're famous for.

And when the pressure was on us, the team handled it very well. One has to learn to play well under pressure.

I got bad calls every match, and I never got an apology. So I thought it was rather strange.

My life has been a whirlwind since the '94 Olympics.

Sports is about people who lose and lose and lose. They lose games; then they lose their jobs. It can be very intriguing.

It's different today than it was then. In those days we were strictly amateurs. If I had wanted to stay in for the '80 Olympics, my parents couldn't have afforded it.

I average 25 with three guys on me and they are just looking at stats I guess.

They thought that athletes that worked out with my system wouldn't be able to throw a ball because they'd be too muscle bound. Those are the misconceptions I had to go through for about 40 years.

I was never good at sports. I was never good at exams, because they didn't understand dyslexia.

We had a lot of adversity, but we found a way.

Unfortunately in sport it's either good or bad. You've got to take the highs and the lows.

Don't say I don't get along with my teammates. I just don't get along with some of the guys on the team.

I think what endurance sports teach you is to stay dedicated, stay focused, and also to understand youre going to have ups and downs, but you need to keep running right through them.

Ritardo ce ne sarà per forza, a causa di intoppi praticamente inevitabili, perché fino a un certo punto è meglio lasciare che ci siano intoppi piuttosto che spendere tempo sul progetto per essere sicuri che non ce ne siano (chissà quanti anni occorrerebbero per questa strada).