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.

There are no environments where you’re only going to win, because life just isn’t like that.

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 upset is in the mind of the favorite.

One headline read: ‘West Ham supporters set light to a yacht.’ Now, if that boat was a yacht, then it probably only needed two paddles to row it. But if the headlines were exaggerated, the...

His ability to eoke Celtic pride was incredible. He would always talk about how all the old players called him up after an embarrasing performance and wanted to disassociate themselves from the Celtics. They wanted...

Any time Detroit scores more than 100 points and holds the other team below 100 points they almost always win.

Stay true to yourself and listen to your inner voice. It will lead you to your dream.

In war there is no substitute for victory.

As a sculptor, I prefer busts. As a lover of women, I prefer busts. And as a football enthusiast, I prefer Robert Griffin III.

The attraction of snowboarding is the freedom it gives you. With a snowboard on your feet the sky is the limit. You can do anything and go anywhere. This is not just for pro riders....

This is kind of hard to understand, but sometimes you can try so hard at something.Sometimes you can be so prepared, and still fail.

I’ve never questioned the integrity of an umpire. Their eyesight, yes.

If a team intimidate you physically and you let them, they’ve won.

That’s all that we talk about. Sports.

People focus on role models; it is more effective to find antimodels – people you don’t want to resemble when you grow up

Being strong means that you are made of steel.

He’s probably the only player who doesn’t play for 10 months and, if he scores a hat trick in his first game back, no one would be surprised.

Sometimes we motivate ourselves by thinking of what we want to become. Sometimes we motivate ourselves by thinking about who we don’t ever want to be again. Everything we do is part of who we...

If you put the time and work into getting better therefore that is called practice, anything that you practice you will definitely get better.

I can’t believe it. I can’t believe it. Football. Bloody hell.

I had grown used to getting a pat on the back and being told after a good result: ‘Well done, David – you should be happy, you’re the first clean rider.

Hello, Max,” he said quietly, searching my face. “How do you feel?”Which was a ten on the “imbecilic question” scale of one to ten. Why, I feel fine, Jeb,” I said brightly. “How about you?”Any...

The real, many-veiled answer to the question of just what goes through a great player’s mind as he stands at the center of hostile crowd-noise and lines up the free-throw that will decide the game...

God made me fast. And when I run, I feel His pleasure.

Our culture has become so obsessed with celebrity that it’s easy to confuse fame with success. They are not the same thing.

If a man watches three football games in a row, he should be declared legally dead.

As athletes, we’re used to reacting quickly. Here, it’s ‘come, stop, come, stop.’ There’s a lot of downtime. That’s the toughest part of the day.

It has always been our aim to increase the spread of medals. We have directed our funding towards sports where we felt we could improve our performances leading into Beijing (the 2008 Olympics). We are...

Golf is a good walk spoiled.

In my opinion any activity during which you can enjoy a beverage is not a sport. It is a party.

I bet they love those games on Friday night more than they do segregation.

The department has invested large amounts of resources in facilities, scholarships and coaches in our Olympic sports. The inability to host NCAA competition would have an unbelievably negative effect on our programs.

There is no great sport in having bullets flying about one in every direction, but I find they have less horror when among them than when in anticipation.

I’m a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it.

Train hard while others don’t, so you can win while your opponents wont.