Quotes About Change

They told me my services were no longer desired because they wanted to put in a youth program as an advance way of keeping the club going. I'll never make the mistake of being seventy again.

I know I am only one, but I am one, and just because I'm one should not stop me from

I have no problem with my hips - I can still do the things that I used to do. I can run, I'm just not the fastest person on the field anymore.

I didn't like the way the game was being played.

It used to be standard practice that the pre-match meal consisted of egg, steak and chicken. But I talked them into changing to complex carbohydrates. So now they will sup on porridge, pasta or rice.

If you destroyed the underpinnings of this great American sport, you are a hated, ugly, detestable person.

It's basically the same, just darker. (on racing Saturday nights as opposed to Sunday afternoons, 1991

The idol of today pushes the hero of yesterday out of our recollection; and will, in turn, be supplanted by his successor of tomorrow.

Life is one big transition.

The evolution of the sport is so fast, if you slow down for a second, you're past.

We are going to have to do something about all this violence, or people are going to keep buying tickets.

We have a lot of players in their first year. Some of them are also in their last year.

I don't care how long you've been around, you'll never see it all.

Fear is part of the process. If you weren't scared, you'd be in trouble.

Golfers are forever working on mechanics. My tennis swing hasn't changed in 10 years.

Then I would have an occasional cigarette and then I started back dipping. I started dipping last year. My family has asked me again to stop, and I'm trying my best to do that.

The only thing that would change would be the year, the names. It just got to be a repetitious life.

And once you cross over into that world, no matter how strong you are, you have to pay the price.

Managers don't have as much leverage as they used to have. We can't really be the boss.

One day you are drinking the wine, and they next day you are picking the grapes.

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

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

The pessimistic coach complains about the play. The optimistic coach expects it to change. The realistic coach adjusts what he can control.

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