A writer is a spectator, looking at everything with a highly critical eye.

Developing better people should be the number one goal for any coach when dealing with kids. In trying to develop better people, we are going to develop more and better pros.

The strong one doesn’t win, the one that wins is strong.

[Biffle] was really excited following him [and] that sounds kind of funny, … Don’t get me wrong, I was going to pass him if I could, but I was real excited following him … thinking...

Yo, I’m in position. Ready when you is.”Gareth cringed while crossing the wide concourse, checking both directions. The giant hallway was the main drag of a ghost town, its only residents a solitary custodian sweeping...

If you have confidence you have patience. Confidence, that is everything.

Some seek the comfort of their therapist’s office, other head to the corner pub and dive into a pint, but I chose running as my therapy.

On the road we’re somebody else’s guests and we play in a way that they’renot going to forget we visited them.

Sports is to war as pornography is to sex.

You don’t just want to beat a team. You want to leave a lasting impression in their minds so they never want to see your face again.

Early on I quickly realized I’d never be the fastest or the strongest, but not once have I entertained the notion I couldn’t be one of the toughest.

Things that aren’t important, that have nothing to do with winning and losing, don’t have to be a rule.

Don’t look back. Something might be gaining on you.

He who thinks he’s the best is not the best… And the one who thinks “he who thinks he’s the best is not the best” is also not the best.

Most people race to see who is the fastest, I race to see who has the most guts.

ESPN, is having the ability to foretell future outcomes in sports.

He was working that charm right now on the trainer who kneeled before him and touched his thigh as though it were the thigh of David, Michelangelo’s glorious statue come to life right here on...

I don’t let birdies and pars get in the way of having a good time

Competition works best in sports, but humans get addicted to stuff.

Of all sports, wrestling is the most like cuddling. I’m all sweaty because I’m training hard to show her how much I love her.

In the dust of defeat as well as the laurels of victory there is a glory to be found if one has done his best.

I think all of us are looking for that which does not admit of bullshit . . . If you tell me you can bench press 450, hell, we’ll load up the bar and put...

He was known to hit low, drive upward from the hips, and flip other boys over his shoulder and onto their backs, knocking the wind out of them on the glass-littered asphalt, sometimes causing a...

It’s a funny feeling. I’ve known for a few years that as long as I stayed upright and played 10 events a year, I would qualify.

[The waiting-list sports have been lobbying for their cause, and rugby appears to have created the strongest buzz, with golf running second.] There’s a lot of talk about rugby sevens being the first one in,...

Why is luge a sport? You dress up like a giant sperm and go sledding really fast. That’s hardly athletic. Phallic and sexy, yes. But hardly athletic.

I try to get them in the best shape they can be. It can be for sports or recreational sports or life.

We made a successful, last-minute effort to get the French Open many years ago, when the USA network bailed on it. I remember, four of us jumped on a plane on the spur of the...

Training energy system to effectively resynthesize ATP – as quickly as possible – so that muscle contraction continues without onset of fatigue – forms the basis of most exercise protocols.

David Stern might be the smartest executive in the history of professional sports. His obsession with the Vagrant Kings is one of the strangest stories.

Melbourne is just sports crazy. So they’re really excited about this.

Practice hard,Train hard,work hard and Play harder.

New Rule: Don’t name your kid after a ballpark. Cubs fans Paul and Teri Fields have named their newborn son Wrigley. Wrigley Fields. A child is supposed to be an independent individual, not a means...

One group of riders doped, the others alongside them racing clean. You can work out for yourselves which group was fastest.

When the seagulls follow the trawler, it is because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea.

Riding a bicycle makes you impotent. That’s why I carry a bicycle seat in my pocket—because it’s better than wearing a condom.

I watch basketball like I watch baseball: I don’t. I’d much rather watch grass grow. Actually, golf isn’t that bad.

I can throw an orange like a baseball, but I can’t eat a baseball like an orange. Let that be a life lesson for you.

What did I discover during my solo—besides learning to unwrap my energy bar ahead of time? That you ask yourself a lot of questions when you’re alone on a bike for that long. One question...

Andrew has an established track record of bringing innovative approaches to sports broadcasting. He’s uniquely placed to continue Channel 4’s reputation for original and distinctive sports programming.

If you want to be the best, be the best, if you are not the best, pretend you are

If we had played Poly a hundred more times that year we wouldn’t have beaten them again. On that night we found a way. It was an unbelievable thing. It was a marvelous, miraculous win.”...

I feel sorry for the position Korea is in, in the world of sports, because you have had a series of scandals. I hope it goes back to where it used to be in this...

It’s just a funny thing. I’ve just gotten good pitches to handle against them.

Sports can unite worlds, tear down walls and transcend race, the past, and all probability. Unlike life, sport matters.

Tendulkar’s genius is of an order that the average player cannot comprehend. Dravid’s greatness is not just comprehensible, it is reassuring

When you hit Sports Illustrated, when you hit a national television audience and you see your name as often as they do, they’re not complaining.

The burn is my girlfriend, failure is my ex. I’m married to the track and engaged to success.

I’m all for guys playing other sports as long as their grades don’t fall and they’re contributing. If they’re not contributing, if they’re just sitting there, then they need to be back over here, getting...

Soccer must be played with the heart,not with strength and talent as perceived.