Remember these two things: play hard and have fun.

I loved to make a great defensive play, I’d rather do that than hit a home run.

I’ve got a great team of engineers behind this race car. I’ve got a great bunch of mechanics that make it reliable. This car is developed to go out there and be better than the...

Don’t treat me like a little girl.

No matter what accomplishments you make, somebody helped you.

I’ve got a right to knock down anybody holding a bat.

A camel makes an elephant feel like a jet plane.

I believe if I stay tall and run up high, I can see better.

Swing hard, in case they throw the ball where you’re swinging.

The one big strategic error – which was a political error and an economic error of grand proportions – was the prescription drug bill.

They are taking steps, but they are baby steps.

Nutrition makes me puke.

God lets everything happen for a reason. It’s all a learning process, and you have to go from one level to another.

People are going to say what they say. I know sometimes I say things; I offend people.

We’re at the Super Bowl and the people are thanking us for coming. Thanking us for coming to the Super Bowl? Are you kidding me?

Looking back on those games, I probably hustled out of position as much as I hustled into position since I really never had any real training. I was working on instincts alone.

If I didn’t swim my best, I’d think about it at school, at dinner, with my friends. It would drive me crazy.

We have always had great and loyal fans in Oakland.

The way Americans understand and treat other peoples almost guarantees that the world will suffer more trouble.

Anyone can be a father, but it takes someone special to be a dad, and that’s why I call you dad, because you are so special to me. You taught my the game and you...

But the point of using the number was to show that sex was a great part of my life as basketball was a great part of my life. That’s the reason why I was single.

There are so many great players on the men’s – and women’s – side. Hopefully I can keep improving and eventually play in the Masters.

I was surprised I won the award because I’ve always been a very aggressive player and I earn my share of fouls on the court. I play rough, and because I’m an older player, of...

When the going got tough, I really had to draw on many of the same competitive instincts I did when I was skating. I really had to put my head down and stay positive. I...

If Tyson will come down to 200 and train the way he did for Buster Douglas, I’d fight him in a minute. Everybody wants a piece of him now.

I had my moments for sure but I wasn’t confrontational. And sometimes you get on the court and you’d find yourself very confrontational. It was all a discovery.

I enjoyed being involved in team sports and making close friendships.

If I don’t believe it, then they don’t need me on the court. I’ve just got to believe that in my heart.

Christina Aguilera and I are friends no matter what the media makes up.

Sure, women sportswriters look when they’re in the clubhouse. Read their stories. How else do you explain a capital letter in the middle of a word?

I can’t recall too much about pitching, but I do remember that I was anxious to get it over with. I just wanted to get that first game over with and go from there.

I always wanted to be some kind of writer or newspaper reporter. But after college… I did other things.

Well, I know that I’ll never forget that, but also I won’t forget the hundreds of people who sent me letters, telegrams, and postcards during that World Series. There wasn’t a single nasty message. Everybody...

Confidence is the most important single factor in this game, and no matter how great your natural talent, there is only one way to obtain and sustain it: work.

Kobe enjoys that situation. Stepping up and making the big basket or being involved in a key play.

That was just my own personal program: I didn’t want to get too high over the good moments because I didn’t want to be saddened and depressed when things didn’t go as I had planned.

Everyone has a plan ’till they get punched in the mouth.

I know how hard it is to be a woman, especially a black woman.

The Chinese culture belongs not only to the Chinese but also to the whole world.

No matter how great you are, the next great one is already sitting there waiting to take your place.

There is quite a bit of turnover in the minor leagues and explains why there are a substantial number of jobs available each year.

And as a true athlete, mistakes haunt you forever.

If you see swarms of guys coming around you, you have to try and avoid being stuck on the kerb.

I am the original… Those are my disciples.