Quotes About Commitment

I'll play baseball for the Army or fight for it, whatever they want me to do.

It wasn't always easy getting up at 5 o'clock in the morning to go to the rink. Sometimes I wanted to just go back to sleep.

If you want to do something, anything, with all your heart, you will find a way.

My dad worked several jobs to pay for my expense in skating.

I wish I could say it's easy, but honestly, to get ready for a big championship is not as easy as it seems.

For sure I would be a very emotional captain. A very hands-on captain.

Show the world how much you'll fight for the winners circle.

If you sacrifice early, you'll win late.

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.

I love baseball, and the door remains open.

When you're are playing for the national championship, it's not a matter of life or death. Its more important than that.

There's not too many guys that spend their whole career with one team and I think it's very fortunate and a blessing for me

For me, tennis is a sport. It's not a job, it's a sport.

I'd be cheating everyone here, the staff and rest of my teammates, if I wasn't able to stay on top of my work. It was almost like therapy, to come back and get in an environment I'm comfortable with.

I won't accept anything less than the best a player's capable of doing... and he has the right to expect the best that I can do for him and the team!

Hard work is the only way to go. Strive to be the best you can be and remember that when you try your best, you can't ask any more from yourself, and people can't ask any more from you.

Just give it everything you've got and bowl as fast as possible.

When I was younger it was twice a day with a game on the weekend. Then when I got older, three times a day everyday in college and on the national team.

I respect the Hall of Fame, and if they think that I'm worthy enough, I would be very honored. And if they don't, I gave it all that I had to this game.

If Davis Cup was a little bit less or once every two years, I would be more inclined to play. But the way it is now, it is too much tennis for me.

I don't plan on being disappointed. We plan on being really good, and obviously we plan on winning.

For me, it is just the total experience - from the time I first started as an assistant coach until I wound up at the University of Texas for 20 years.

In sports, as in love, one can never pretend.

Don't mistake activity for achievement - practice the right way. - John Wooden I only play well when I'm prepared. If I don't practice the way I should, then I won't play the way that I know I can.