Sports & Teamwork: Sports Quotes

"I just banged it a little bit on a helmet. And you know, if you get your throwing motion and momentum going at a helmet, it makes it hurt a little more and it freaks everybody out because it's your throwing shoulder, but honestly, it feels great"

Mark Sanchez, Athlete

"As competitive as I am, I want to get the best of a play and make sure to use its full potential even when things break down. But sometimes you need to just say 'uncle' and let it go and avoid a hit"

Mark Sanchez, Athlete

"As a co-chair of the State's 2010 Olympics Task Force, I am working to make sure our border crossings are ready to handle the risks and benefits the Games will bring"

Rick Larsen, Politician

"People have to pay a lot of money to play soccer here"

Thomas Dooley, Athlete

"I suppose my look, the way I play - you combine all that sort of stuff and that makes people interested in what I actually do. So then, when off-the-field stuff happens... I suppose it's one of those cocktail mixes"

Shane Warne, Athlete

"It's been an amazing year of individual performances"

Steve Kerr, Athlete

"When I went to college, we had a very good local following, but stations only televised two or three NCAA games a season. And when I went to Europe, once in a while we had a good crowd, but usually not"

Sue Wicks, Athlete

"Sometimes people think that if you're always helping people up and never hit someone with a hard foul, you're automatically a good sport. I don't believe that"

Sue Wicks, Athlete

"I was surprised I won the award because I've always been a very aggressive player and I earn my share of fouls on the court. I play rough, and because I'm an older player, of course, I use tricks on the younger players"

Sue Wicks, Athlete

"World records are only borrowed"

Sebastian Coe, Politician

"I started bowling when I was 14, my freshman year in high school"

Joe Tex, Musician

"My only problem is the fear that opposition bowlers might go for my fingers and that's why I was scared of the short ball. Now I am struggling with the ball pitching up and swinging away. I just keep nicking that one"

Shane Warne, Athlete

"I wish there was a bar I could send opposing teams to and get them hammered or something - I could tell my buddies in New York to leave their places open or something. Playing for the Yankees, guys come at you extremely hard. I have to be ready or I'll be embarrassed"

Roger Clemens, Athlete

"When you play guard, you're not going to block a lot of shots. Inside, you're going to block shots"

Oscar Robertson, Athlete

"Some players are more physical than others, some play with more finesse. Some are just really great all-around players. So you have to change your game"

Oscar Robertson, Athlete

"If my uniform doesn't get dirty, I haven't done anything in the baseball game"

Rickey Henderson, Athlete

"As many as three million people are expected to attend the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, British Columbia. The security concerns and economic opportunities are great for both Canada and Washington state"

Rick Larsen, Politician

"The whole decathlon is ridiculous, but the 1,500 meters is insanity"

Rafer Johnson, Athlete

"It's very warm there, so we were outdoors all the time. The local people had programs for us year-round, where, as kids, we had the opportunity to play football, basketball, baseball, track and field - we just went from one sport to the next, year-round"

Rafer Johnson, Athlete

"Alain will do everything in his power to win, he doesn't like getting beaten by anyone and least of all me"

Nigel Mansell, Athlete

"They say baseball is a slow game. It sure doesn't seem that way when you're in the dugout. You think you have it figured out, but things come up quick"

Mike Quade, Coach

"Those guys were made for me and Muhammad, because they come straight in and don't back up, but you had to watch out for his punching power, but if we could have neutralized that, then we would have been fine"

Larry Holmes, Athlete

"The guys today are just too strong, and back then they would take many hard punches to land one"

Larry Holmes, Athlete

"I still feel that I am in my prime right now, but I think my best fights were in my thirties"

Larry Holmes, Athlete

"I don't think Joe Louis could take the punches today, fighting in this era"

Larry Holmes, Athlete

"Both sides have been playing tremendous cricket over a couple of years and they're both very good units"

Matthew Hayden, Athlete

"It doesn't much concern me if Tiger plays in the tournament or no"

Vijay Singh, Athlete

"You can't put those guys, like Marciano or anyone else, in with today's class of fighters"

Larry Holmes, Athlete

"Muhammad could take a very good punch. He was slick, he could move, he could hit, make you miss, good hand speed and combinations and one of the greatest fighters of all time in my opinion"

Larry Holmes, Athlete

"Mike Tyson would have been a good sparring partner for me and Muhammad Ali because Tyson was a fast fighter and he could punch and throw good combinations"

Larry Holmes, Athlete

"There is nothing like playing for the team you grew up rooting for"

Milton Bradley, Athlete

"We literally had all 10 teams alive for a playoff position in the final week of the season. That outstanding balance and those close races created a major surge in attendance in the last month of the season"

Lamar Hunt, Entertainer

"I get asked this a lot: Why has soccer not succeeded? My answer is, soccer has succeeded. It is already the fastest growing youth participation sport in the U.S. It has already succeeded at the youth level, no question"

Lamar Hunt, Entertainer

"I do not let a bad score ruin my enjoyment for golf"

Darrell Royal, Coach

"Nearly all the Brazilian supporters are wearing yellow shirts - it's a fabulous kaleidoscope of colour"

John Motson, Celebrity

"We were given no chance against them, but we held our own and we will be trying to do the same this summer"

Robbie Keane, Athlete

"The Jets seem to be a franchise in freefall"

Ron Jaworski, Athlete

"No matter what I talk about, I always get back to baseball"

Connie Mack, Businessman

"The Olympic Games is the ultimate level of competition"

Russell Mark, Writer

"Being an Olympian is the ultimate test of one's sporting ability"

Russell Mark, Writer

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