Sports & Teamwork: Sports Quotes

"EA SPORTS has a strong partnership with adidas and through this relationship they approached adidas about using some of their top players from around the world"

Claudio Reyna, Athlete

"If any player has a bad game, it's there in the back of your mind in the next game. There's always a hangover. It is like a wounded animal in a way, as you want to get out there as quick as possible and rectify it"

Rio Ferdinand, Athlete

"I'm human and I've played my butt off for ten years. I'm not a loafer, I'm not a jerk, I'm a baseball player"

Reggie Jackson, Athlete

"I usually stick out my hand and hope he puts the ball in it. Except the one time I went out to take Early Wynn out. I stuck out my hand and he hit me right in the stomach with the ball"

Al Lopez, Coach

"After Jackie Robinson, the most important black in baseball history is Reggie Jackson, I really mean that"

Reggie Jackson, Athlete

"Since my teen years I was interested in martial arts"

Tony Visconti, Musician

"I didn't expect to be dropped by England"

Rio Ferdinand, Athlete

"One day, though, I was asked if I'd like to go to the University of Florida and become a Gator"

Jack Youngblood, Athlete

"Boy, I'll tell you, when the Rams drafted me No. 1, it surprised me. I was walking on air for days"

Jack Youngblood, Athlete

"Those opportunities to play in championship games are few and far between"

Jack Youngblood, Athlete

"By that time I was thinking a little about pro ball and hopeful that someone would draft me"

Jack Youngblood, Athlete

"All of his saves have come in relief appearances"

Ralph Kiner, Athlete

"I'll tell you the truth: I had a double brandy before the game but, before, it used to be four bottles of whisky. Not any more. I was fine. I had a glass of wine after the game. But it was just a mouthful"

Paul Gascoigne, Athlete

"The Red Sox are the local scapegoats. It's hard enough to play baseball without being the local scapegoat too"

Michael Lewis, Writer

"The real big stars only keep this up for about seven years"

Ruud van Nistelrooy, Athlete

"Pitching is the art of instilling fear"

Sandy Koufax, Athlete

"Of course, the Munich tragedy was the biggest event in my career and the most terrible"

Jim McKay, Journalist

"Then all the foreigners started coming over. I don't mind that, but a lot of teams are laying out fortunes for ordinary players, and that's no good for our youngsters coming through"

Paul Gascoigne, Athlete

"I am going to continue and bring this club forward. I am Paul Gascoigne, the footballer"

Paul Gascoigne, Athlete

"You gotta have fun. Regardless of how you look at it, we're playing a game. It's a business, it's our job, but I don't think you can do well unless you're having fun"

Derek Jeter, Athlete

"But really, I can only be dangerous for the team in one place, and that is in the box"

Ruud van Nistelrooy, Athlete

"I don't think the NFL had the slightest intention of taking me, except as maybe a water boy"

Joel McHale, Comedian

"When you've played this game for ten years, and gone to bat seven-thousand times, and gotten two-thousand hits, do you know what that really means? It means you've gone zero for five-thousand"

Reggie Jackson, Athlete

"The only way I'm going to win a Gold Glove is with a can of spray paint"

Reggie Jackson, Athlete

"Chess is mental torture"

Garry Kasparov, Celebrity

"I have a hard time believing athletes are overpriced. If an owner is losing money, give it up. It's a business. I have trouble figuring out why owners would stay in if they're losing money"

Reggie Jackson, Athlete

"I know it's more five-star now than it was then, but it's still a difficult tour. In the same way as India and Pakistan players find it difficult coming to Australia. People sometimes have difficulty believing that"

Richie Benaud, Athlete

"I don't think there's any question that the UFL or any other league that wants to challenge the NFL can have an impact. The demand for professional football is off the charts!"

Mark Cuban, Businessman

"From our broadcasting box you can't see any grass at all. It is simply a carpet of humanity"

Richie Benaud, Athlete

"You know, this game's not very much fun when you're only hitting .247"

Reggie Jackson, Athlete

"Hitting is better than sex"

Reggie Jackson, Athlete

"I think it's incredible because there were guys like Mays and Mantle and Henry Aaron who were great players for ten years... I only had four or five good years"

Sandy Koufax, Athlete

"I had a great interest in sports. I had three older brothers who were great athletes. I was not"

George J. Mitchell, Politician

"God, I hope I wear this jersey forever"

Derek Jeter, Athlete

"My hero's, my dreams, and my future lie in Yankee Stadium, and they can't take that from me"

Derek Jeter, Athlete

"The longer you play, the better chance the better player has of winning"

Jack Nicklaus, Athlete

"Archers are pretty focused"

Geena Davis, Actress

"I've been involved with sports my whole life, which made clothes and makeup and handbags not that important as a kid. I just didn't care!"

Jessica Biel, Actress

"My life has been a whirlwind since the '94 Olympics"

Nancy Kerrigan, Athlete

"I get to see the different sides of skating now, which involves not only competing, but entertainment"

Nancy Kerrigan, Athlete

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