Sports & Teamwork: Sports Quotes

"The one thing that always bothered me when I played in the NBA was I really got irritated when they put a white guy on me"

Larry Bird, Coach

"Forget your opponents; always play against par"

Sam Snead, Athlete

"Being a decathlete is like having ten girlfriends. You have to love them all, and you can't afford losing one"

Daley Thompson, Athlete

"Most people doing the decathlon these days are quite boring, so people don't relate to them"

Daley Thompson, Athlete

Peter Shilton, Athlete

"I can shoot pool, and I can play ping-pong. I'm pretty good at those games"

Thelonious Monk, Musician

"To be consistently effective, you must put a certain distance between yourself and what happens to you on the golf course. This is not indifference, it's detachment"

Sam Snead, Athlete

"But it is a black man's game, and it will be forever"

Larry Bird, Coach

"Golf is played with the arms"

Sam Snead, Athlete

"The pressure of getting an order right is greater than sinking a putt"

Amy Alcott, Athlete

"I loved the feeling of freedom in running, the fresh air, the feeling that the only person I'm competing with is me"

Wilma Rudolph, Athlete

"I live and die with the Chicago Cubs"

Sara Paretsky, Author

"It's the fans that need spring training. You gotta get 'em interested. Wake 'em up and let 'em know that their season is coming, the good times are gonna roll!"

Harry Caray, Entertainer

"When I did some NASCAR races this year, I noticed that I was increasingly missing the racing side, to race against each other, because in rallying you really race against the clock"

Kimi Raikkonen, Celebrity

"I played Chang here under the lights here. I think that was '91. Another good match. I've played a lot more good matches under the lights than I played bad. You tend to remember some of the bad ones, unfortunately"

Stefan Edberg, Athlete

"If I'm going to be out there, I want to be in the top 10 and really have a chance of winning a Grand Slam"

Stefan Edberg, Athlete

"I've been here playing against Connors and it can be very, very loud. It makes it exciting at the same time"

Stefan Edberg, Athlete

"In rallying every curve, every hill may be different than you thought. That makes it interesting"

Kimi Raikkonen, Celebrity

"I don't know much about football. I know what a goal is, which is surely the main thing about football"

Victoria Beckham, Musician

"I just love the American spirit of racing. It feels just great to get involved with that"

Kimi Raikkonen, Celebrity

"I didn't get an athletics scholarship at a major school"

Edwin Moses, Athlete

"I felt that I did have the crowd behind me. That obviously helps a lot!"

Stefan Edberg, Athlete

"You know they're not going to lose 162 consecutive games!"

Harry Caray, Entertainer

"My whole philosophy is to broadcast the way a fan would broadcast"

Harry Caray, Entertainer

"I'll tell you what's helped me my entire life. I look at baseball as a game. It's something where people can go out, enjoy and have fun. Nothing more"

Harry Caray, Entertainer

"I went to Moorehouse College. There was no track and field there"

Edwin Moses, Athlete

"I was always a mean and lean athlete - not tall - not large"

Edwin Moses, Athlete

"The doors fly open when you're a professional athlete"

Dennis Rodman, Athlete

"I can score 20 points if I want to, but that's not my desire"

Dennis Rodman, Athlete

"I'm hungrier than those other guys out there. Every rebound is a personal challenge!"

Dennis Rodman, Athlete

"I couldn't care less if the guy I'm guarding has HIV. I'm going to slam him anyway"

Dennis Rodman, Athlete

"I want to do for rebounds what Michael Jordan did for dunks"

Dennis Rodman, Athlete

"The NBA believes if you play for a team and get paid by a team, you're the property of that team for 24 hours a day"

Dennis Rodman, Athlete

"Pop flies, in a sense, are just a diversion for a second baseman. Grounders are his stock trade"

Jackie Robinson, Athlete

"How you played in yesterday's game is all that counts!"

Jackie Robinson, Athlete

"Because I was a tennis player, Billie Jean King was a hero of mine"

Sally Ride, Astronaut

"Don't blink. If you blink, you might miss it"

Mike Tomlin, Coach

"If you take my entire golfing life, my favorites are the older courses, the more traditional and the more authentic"

Trent Dilfer, Athlete

"I don't deal in the world of fair. The NFL is the no fair league and I experienced that as much as anybody"

Trent Dilfer, Athlete

"There are some guys out here that can really play golf, but it has not been their focus for that long"

Trent Dilfer, Athlete

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