Quotes About Performance

Sport doesn't know barriers, really. You are judged on your performance... how far you can jump, how fast you can run, how well you can hit a tennis ball.

Boxing is the only sport where you have the audience coming right up to you and saying, "You Stink." And you got to deal with that. It's like being in front of the lions.

Beauty is not the goal of competitive sports, but high-level sports are a prime venue for the expression of human beauty.

It's just about being in the zone, in any sport, be it football, basketball or baseball.

The kind of player who has turned his game around, he used to be lousy and lazy and now he is lazy and lousy.

One of the things I like best about the Halloween show is that I change outfits about six times in the show. It is a lot of fun to play the different characters.

Most of the pressure comes from myself, not from others. I don't need a manager or a pundit to put pressure on me. I do all that myself before others do it.

It was always fun to skate with Paul Wylie and Paul Martini.

That's basically what I'm doing when I'm tapping them - getting my toes to the end of my shoes.

My inspiration was the game itself, not any individual player in it.

Business is the ultimate sport. In business, as in sport, the one thing you can control is effort.

I made a 1,600 minus 800 minus 200 on the SAT, so I'm very intelligent when I speak.

I've just been enjoying the training a bit more. I've put too much pressure on myself in the past. Just relax and let it come. I just went out there to have a bit of fun tonight.

Where I fall down is my short game. I don't practice enough, and when I have to take a half swing from 50 yards out, that's trouble.

It's always good to get a goal on your first shift, but this was a game it seemed everything was going in.

It's not only hockey, it's every sport. You know, it's a big event.

In terms of merit, sports has mathematical statistics. That's how you know who the best player is.

Skating was the vessel into which I could pour my heart and soul

Giving life to music through skating was something I wanted to be known for

It is better to win ten times 1-0 than to win once 10-0.

I don't like any sport where you're already exhausted when you're done putting on the equipment.

A lot of the high-level sports are really in your mind.

First, don't cry. That's the worst thing a gymnast can do in training, because it can ruin your concentration and lead to injury. Second, always place the highest demands of yourself in the sport.

Any team sport, there are certain team targets and those targets should always be in the forefront.