Quotes About Skill

Chess is a sport. The main object in the game of chess remains the achievement of victory.

Sure, the home-field is an advantage - but so is having a lot of talent.

Golf isn't a sport, it's a game. I'm not saying it's not a difficult game, with lots of mental stuff. But it's not a sport like mine. Where is the combat, the intensity of what we do?

And so figure skating was a great vehicle for me to kind of be competitive at something, without having to be big.

If I could be good at any sport, it'd be javelin. I know a few people I would love to throw a spear at.

There are guys who play lacrosse, and there are lacrosse players.

I'm just taking advantage of good pitches. I am seeing the ball well and my confidence is high.

You don't have to have been a horse to be a jockey.

No one has as much luck around the greens as one who practices a lot.

A woman can beat any man; it's difficult to imagine another kind of sport where a woman can beat a man. That's why I like chess.

Excellence is not an act, but a habit.

You know, if you need 100 rounds to kill a deer, maybe hunting isn't your sport.

Captaincy is 90 per cent luck and 10 per cent skill. But don't try it without that 10 per cent.

Is it [hunting] really a sport if you have all the equipment and your opponent doesn't know a game is going on?

Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.

There's no use fussing on a boy who doesn't have any ability.

I can do something else besides stuff a ball through a hoop. My biggest resource is my mind.

Writing is like a sport - you only get better if you practice

There is no position in sport as noble as goaltending.

He can have heart, he can hit harder and he can be stronger, but there's no fighter smarter than me.

The smaller the ball used in the sport, the better the book.

Normally, racing drivers come from a long line of previous successful sports people.

Golf is a thinking man's game. You can have all the shots in the bag, but if you don't know what to do with them, you've got troubles.

I'm going to have to pick my shots and play great tennis.