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.

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.

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.