Sports & Teamwork: Sports Quotes

Al Spalding, Athlete

"If you look at my bookings, they've gone down each season. That's something I'm trying to keep improving. On the pitch you don't want any silly bookings"

Wayne Rooney, Athlete

"It's all about racing on the track"

Adam Petty, Celebrity

"In the end, a small section of the crowd, maybe 2,000 to 3,000, turned against me. And that was it. Inside the club they know your best intentions, but the minority shout louder than the rest"

Bryan Robson, Athlete

"Whatever the reason is, I hope we can finish talking about the Olympics. It's gone, it's behind us. The schedule wasn't proper for players who went there, and there is some fatigue in a lot guys' play right now"

Saku Koivu, Athlete

"Nobody should hit .200. Anybody should hit .250"

Charley Lau, Athlete

"To me, it's like we're already in the playoffs. Every game is important for our position. We can't relax at all"

Peter Bondra, Athlete

"My speed is my greatest asset"

Peter Bondra, Athlete

"Boxing, for me, it's the beginning of all sports. I'm willing to bet that the first sport was a man against another man in a fight, so I think that's something innate in all of us"

Omar Epps, Actor

"My inspiration was the game itself, not any individual player in it"

Nomar Garciaparra, Athlete

"Yankee Stadium, and the Yankees are so famous for Mickey Mantle, Joe DiMaggio, Lou Gehrig, all of those guys"

Bert Campaneris, Athlete

"Skating is now retro and hip"

Robin Cousins, Athlete

"Since my induction into the Sports Hall of Fame, I have wanted to have my No. 3 Chevy on exhibit for sports fans to see. I hope others will enjoy the car as much as I have"

Junior Johnson, Celebrity

"Potentially, he could be. He scored the goal four years ago in France against Argentina that was extraordinary"

Alan Hansen, Athlete

"I started in for the ball but I just couldn't get it. I should have caught it because I was used to catching everything on the sandlots. But they hit the ball a lot harder in the major leagues and I just couldn't reach the ball this time"

Al Kaline, Athlete

"It's all about work when you reach up, tap in and step on that field. You don't mess around when you go through that gate"

Lawrence Jackson, Athlete

"I like the Raiders. That's my favorite team"

Paul Pierce, Athlete

"I think England will win a Test. My concern is Australia will probably win two"

Geoffrey Boycott, Athlete

"Too much youth, hunger, mission, and talent"

Larry Merchant, Writer

"We've got a lot of potential on offense. But really, potential doesn't mean much if you don't realize it"

Brian Griese, Athlete

"Ray Leonard was more of a favorite than Thomas Hearns that night"

Thomas Hearns, Athlete

"In boxing, everybody has their favorites"

Thomas Hearns, Athlete

"One of the greatest joys of tennis is having a nice volley and not really keeping score, not really looking at the lines, but just catching up with each other"

Jane Kaczmarek, Actress

"It's funny, 'cause it seems like just yesterday that I was the youngest player just starting out. But now there are young players all over the league, and they'll ask me questions about playing overseas or finding an agent"

Sue Wicks, Athlete

"For me, skiing is a physical necessity. I have a need for risk"

Jean-Marie Messier, Businessman

"Drug use within entire teams continues unabated. It is planned and deliberate cheating, with complex methods, sophisticated substances and techniques, and the active complicity of doctors, scientists, team officials and riders. There is nothing accidental about it"

Richard Pound, Businessman

"Normally, if you go through a game without attracting attention, you are doing a hell of a job"

Jerry Kramer, Athlete

"The Olympics were great, because you had to make the team, and then go to the games. Now, I don't know, these guys today don't want to do anything like that"

Oscar Robertson, Athlete

"But I think the image that's thrown out on television is a bad image. Because you see players who want to imitate hip-hop stars. And the NBA is taking advantage of the situation"

Oscar Robertson, Athlete

"But I like to think an athlete is an athlete"

Oscar Robertson, Athlete

"It's very disappointing... Anything that harms the integrity of the game is terrible. We always thought we were immune to drugs in baseball, but we know that's not true anymore"

Harmon Killebrew, Athlete

"Back then, my idol was Bugs Bunny, because I saw a cartoon of him playing ball - you know, the one where he plays every position himself with nobody else on the field but him? Now that I think of it, Bugs is still my idol. You have to love a ballplayer like that"

Nomar Garciaparra, Athlete

"I learned early on to never walk while I was on the ball field. I ran everywhere I went"

Enos Slaughter, Athlete

"The key to any game is to use your strengths and hide your weaknesses"

Paul Westphal, Athlete

"You keep shooting. You hope it goes in, and you smile"

Teemu Selanne

"We've played with a lot of confidence and that's been the key so far. Hopefully, we can take more confidence into the playoffs"

Teemu Selanne

"I think we'll be in pretty good shape. We've got the same car we ran in all the speedway races since 2001, and it's been a real good car for us. It's led every race we've been in"

Sterling Marlin, Athlete

"When I was up there at the plate, my purpose was to get on base anyway I could, whether by hitting or by getting hit"

Shoeless Joe Jackson, Athlete

"The Knicks left me open a lot of times the last time we played them, and I was just making sure I took the shots that were there"

Reggie Lewis, Athlete

"I never really looked at myself as a scorer, but if the shot is there, I'm certainly going to take it"

Reggie Lewis, Athlete

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