Sports & Teamwork: Sports Quotes

"That was real baseball. We weren't playing for money. They gave us Mickey Mouse watches that ran backwards"

Bill Lee, Athlete

"You can't get big in hockey. You need to be pliable... They've even taken fighting out of the game, so there's no more of those big huge guys who just fight"

Brett Hull, Athlete

"Most of the managers are lifetime .220 hitters. For years pitchers have been getting these managers out 75% of the time and that's why they don't like us"

Bill Lee, Athlete

"When cerebral processes enter into sports, you start screwing up. It's like the Constitution, which says separate church and state. You have to separate mind and body"

Bill Lee, Athlete

"The more self-centered and egotistical a guy is, the better ballplayer he's going to be"

Bill Lee, Athlete

"You have to know how to score"

Brett Hull, Athlete

"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"

Andre Agassi, Athlete

"I would change policy, bring back natural grass and nickel beer. Baseball is the belly-button of our society. Straighten out baseball, and you straighten out the rest of the world"

Bill Lee, Athlete

"I'm going to have to pick my shots and play great tennis"

Andre Agassi, Athlete

"Sports nurtures dreams of achieving self confidence, and masculine striving for the skinny kid, watching a boxer dance around the ring with sublime ease"

Armstrong Williams, Journalist

"When you think of Canada, you think of hockey and you think of Wayne Gretzky"

Joe Sakic, Athlete

"When I'm able to see the ice ahead of time, when I get the puck, I'm able to make some pretty good plays"

Mario Lemieux, Athlete

"Well, I think just a desire to come back and be a part of the game again"

Mario Lemieux, Athlete

"Since the beginning, I always loved the game. When you grow up in Montreal, one day you want to be a professional hockey player. When I was six or seven, I knew that was what I wanted"

Mario Lemieux, Athlete

"To be honest, I don't care how it went in"

Joe Sakic, Athlete

"The benefit is competition, the thrill of playing in the Olympics, being an Olympian, playing against the best"

Joe Sakic, Athlete

"As a kid, you dream of winning the Stanley Cup. As you get older, you understand the importance of winning the Olympics"

Joe Sakic, Athlete

"My body's feeling it a little bit. But one good thing, my back is in good shape, and that's my main concern. I know that my legs are going to take awhile to get back to where I was a few years ago, but as long as my back is solid, I feel that I can play many years"

Mario Lemieux, Athlete

"It's up to the community now to decide if they want to keep this team"

Mario Lemieux, Athlete

"I think the game has opened up, and that's why I decided to come back and try to be a part of it"

Mario Lemieux, Athlete

"My goal is not to be a unicorn; it's to be a great basketball player and help my team win"

Victor Wembanyama, Athlete

"'At Random' ran on Saturday nights for as long as the conversation was still lively. Sometimes, I'd finish way after midnight, then hop a plane for whatever city I was working a football game that Sunday"

Irv Kupcinet, Journalist

"Also, when I started racing, he knew a lot of people and it was more easy for me to find the first bike, so I have a good chance for sure"

Valentino Rossi, Athlete

"Without strength and courage, it's really hard to perform at the highest levels of international figure skating, because you're alone on the ice and you only have seven minutes over two nights to prove yourself"

Scott Hamilton, Athlete

"We need three kinds of pitching: left handed, right handed, and relief"

Whitey Herzog, Athlete

"I think it's good for sporting justice that Ronaldo scored twice in the final"

Just Fontaine, Athlete

"We know that golf is an ancient game with great history and tradition, but our golf is only 10 years old, so don't judge us too harshly"

Nursultan Nazarbayev, Politician

"Male figure skating is different than female figure skating; we're not America's sweetheart"

Scott Hamilton, Athlete

"Now, two years have passed and the situation is completely different: no one wants to organise this match"

Vladimir Kramnik, Celebrity

"There are no opportune times for a penalty, and this is not one of those times"

Jack Youngblood, Athlete

"I don't talk much to offensive linemen in general"

Jack Youngblood, Athlete

"I had the pleasure, as Robin said, to live a childhood dream as many young Americans and Puerto Rican children live that play youth baseball. And I feel honored and very thankful for that opportunity!"

Nolan Ryan, Athlete

"We are Bayern Munich, and English teams always have trouble as soon as they leave the island"

Oliver Kahn, Athlete

"If I play, I try to concentrate on producing my best"

Oliver Kahn, Athlete

"You know, our ratings after this match will be very close - I think I can also become the world number one in the not too distant future. However, I'm sure that Garry will also have something to say about this!"

Vladimir Kramnik, Celebrity

"Even if you play perfectly, a fault of your opponent's can destroy the entire beauty of the game"

Vladimir Kramnik, Celebrity

"It's a beautiful thing, diving into the cool crisp water and then just sort of being able to pull your body through the water and the water opening up for you"

Dawn Fraser, Athlete

"A couple of years ago I ran in the LA Marathon"

Joan Van Ark, Actress

"That's how you win - pitching and defense"

Derek Jeter, Athlete

"And I remember leaving my place in L.A. and - my father is a big fight fan - and I said, 'Dad, I got a couple of days off and I'm getting ready to go to Houston to sign to fight Muhammad Ali'"

Wilt Chamberlain, Athlete

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