Sports & Teamwork: Sports Quotes

"I started skating and I kind of liked it because I could run circles around the guys that wouldn't pick me to play baseball"

Scott Hamilton, Athlete

"Half of figure skating is opinion, convincing judges"

Scott Hamilton, Athlete

"And so figure skating was a great vehicle for me to kind of be competitive at something, without having to be big"

Scott Hamilton, 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

"I really want to do the Olympics. Obviously, I can't let things out of the bag, so to speak"

Mark Roberts, Actor

"Being in the stands is very difficult. I was never playing, but I am nervous watching, waiting"

Yannick Noah, Athlete

"The game has a cleanness. If you do a good job, the numbers say so. You don't have to ask anyone or play politics. You don't have to wait for the reviews!"

Sandy Koufax, Athlete

"Dick Moss, my agent. Dick became my agent in 1979 when I signed my contract with the Houston Astros"

Nolan Ryan, Athlete

"The strength of the playing ability is much more important. Only if the strength of the opponent's playing ability is comparable, does the game develop"

Vladimir Kramnik, Celebrity

"No - I'm quite calm inside during the game for most of the time - not 100%, but generally very calm"

Vladimir Kramnik, Celebrity

"Pitching is the art of instilling fear"

Sandy Koufax, Athlete

"I feel very fortunate that I played for the four organizations I did"

Nolan Ryan, 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

"I played football for a team called the East Dragons on the east side of town. We only had six regular season games. And six games I played tail back, and I had 18 touchdowns in six games. That's when I knew I had some athletic ability"

LeBron James, Athlete

"We're all fascinated by the numbers, as we were about the 100 points"

Wilt Chamberlain, Athlete

"It just wasn't right, the way they were behind by 25 points, and then they're told to hold the ball"

Wilt Chamberlain, Athlete

"It's silly to say it about a tennis player, but I'm an unbelievable hero in Germany. And Germany needs heroes more than any place"

Boris Becker, Athlete

"I love the winning, I can take the losing, but most of all I love to play"

Boris Becker, Athlete

"I go to my favourite tournament, I talk about my favourite sport and it's just a great month of parading"

Boris Becker, Athlete

"My way of playing is very different, and Karpov plays very differently as well"

Vladimir Kramnik, Celebrity

"With the Berlin, I was able to set up a fortress that he could come near, but not breach"

Vladimir Kramnik, Celebrity

"That's the hard part about sport: as men we haven't started to be in our prime, but as athletes we are old people. I needed support. I lost trust and did stupid things"

Boris Becker, 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'm a legend in this sport. If you don't believe me, ask me"

Bobby Heenan, Entertainer

"Every top player has his own style, just as every painter has his own personal signature"

Vladimir Kramnik, Celebrity

"And that's what makes this a great game, is the support and the commitment that the fans give the game"

Nolan Ryan, Athlete

"My commitment to Atlanta and passion for sports and competition make this acquisition a perfect fit for me"

Arthur Blank, Businessman

"I used to do some terrible things in the marshalling area to upset my rivals"

Dawn Fraser, Athlete

"God, I hope I wear this jersey forever"

Derek Jeter, Athlete

"Tennis is a psychological sport, you have to keep a clear head. That is why I stopped playing"

Boris Becker, Athlete

"Girls had never been important. I'd had a girlfriend or two and had liked them a lot, but it wasn't love, because my first love was tennis"

Boris Becker, Athlete

"I get constant reminders from fans who equate that game and my career as one and the same"

Wilt Chamberlain, Athlete

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

Derek Jeter, Athlete

"It helps if the hitter thinks you're a little crazy"

Nolan Ryan, Athlete

"I came into the game when I broke into the major leagues, the minimum salary was seven thousand dollars, and I'd have to go home in the wintertime and get a job"

Nolan Ryan, Athlete

"I think these shows with the young kids doing these jumps, doing these fantastic back flips, I think they're absolutely great. They did what I never did"

Evel Knievel, Entertainer

"Everybody pulls for David, nobody roots for Goliath"

Wilt Chamberlain, Athlete

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