Sports & Teamwork: Sports Quotes

"Now, I guess, people want stars. People are trying to invent stars"

Oscar Robertson, Athlete

"We couldn't get the car back until well after the end of the race, and we had very little time for repairs"

John Surtees, Athlete

"I get appalled when I see good drivers being left on the sidelines because they haven't come up with the half million to a million to put themselves in a competitive car"

John Surtees, Athlete

"Nobody stands out right now. Everybody has similar styles. None of these fighters have reinvented the wheel and created a new style"

Roberto Duran, Athlete

"I love swimming, tennis, and I am taking up golf. I am not serious about it, I just go to the range and practice. Other than that, I enjoy going to the movies and hanging out with my friends"

Mila Kunis, Actress

"There are so many people who have died of cycling, and that didn't happen when I was racing"

Greg LeMond, Athlete

"Bob Arum and Don King can do their thing, but if I fought for those guys and they put the money up like they are supposed to, then I don't have a problem"

Larry Holmes, Athlete

"If CART continues on, it's just going to drag all of open-wheel racing down"

Michael Andretti, Athlete

"There's a handful of situations already in two games - some hits I don't need to take - and I'm taking them because I'm stringing out the play"

Mark Sanchez, Athlete

"The name of the Redskins will remain the Redskins"

Jack K. Cooke, Businessman

"It's only 60,000. It's not a big town. It's a big hockey town. Everybody plays hockey when you grow up"

Peter Forsberg, Athlete

"It's not only hockey, it's every sport. You know, it's a big event"

Peter Forsberg, Athlete

"It's always good to get a goal on your first shift, but this was a game, it seemed everything was going in"

Peter Forsberg, Athlete

"If we don't start playing better on defense, it's going to be hard. We can't just sit there and win shootouts!"

William Thomas, Athlete

"I competed in track for 10 years and have been doing kickboxing forever"

Victoria Pratt, Actress

"I was a keen sportsman, and became school captain in soccer and cricket"

John E. Walker, Scientist

"A little more movement of the defensive side of the ball, some rules that will be unnoticed, but a big rule will be allowing the jack linebacker to move out of the box, sideline to sideline"

Ron Jaworski, Athlete

"You don't suffer, kill yourself and take the risks I take just for money. I love bike racing"

Greg LeMond, Athlete

"I'm playing pretty good now, but my ranking doesn't say that. I'm number two"

Vijay Singh, Athlete

"The Giants are looking for a trade, but I don't think Atlanta wants to depart with a quality player"

Ron Fairly, Athlete

"I laugh when Floyd Mayweather says that if he went back in time he would beat us all. I'll tell you this: if he was in the same era as Hagler and Hearns and Leonard and me, I don't think he would be such a big name. There is too much talk"

Roberto Duran, Athlete

"I keep a lucky red rag in my pocket when I bat, which has been a good luck charm for a few years"

Steve Waugh, Athlete

"I first discovered my turn of pace when I was playing football as a kid"

Michael East, Athlete

"Steroids can seem necessary to compete at the highest levels, and the quick rewards can outweigh the long term consequences to the user's health"

Howard Berman, Politician

"When I'm on with my putting, I'm as good a putter as there is, probably"

Mike Weir, Athlete

"The sport of shooting is my life"

Michael Diamond, Musician

"The mentality we have in India is not very sporting"

Mahesh Bhupathi

"Believe me, you lose more than a gallon of fluids during a race. You could lose between six and 10 pounds during a race, depending on hot it is"

Michael Andretti, Athlete

"As a kid growing up in the back streets of Dublin, I used to pretend I was playing in the World Cup with my mates out on the streets, and now I will be doing it for real"

Robbie Keane, Athlete

"I don't think that - you know, I'm sure that there's guys that are doing it, because I'm sure in every sport there's players who want to get the edge. But I think that it's been blown overly - way more than guys are using it in our game"

Rafael Palmeiro, Athlete

"There's apparently soccer leagues that they've set up with young Indian girls"

Parminder Nagra, Actress

"But I think it's also hard to get into soccer here. I think purely on a time level on television as well because of the ad breaks. It's something to do with that as well. You can't show a complete soccer match here. Which I kind of find a bit of an odd thing"

Parminder Nagra, Actress

"Stacy had this more fluid style. You meet him, he's just such a nice guy. Tony's an awesome guy too, but back then, he was a real aggressive kid and they were in such a different place. Stacy was so sensitive and at the same time so competitive when it came to his skating!"

John Robinson, Writer

"Tennis is so competitive. I guess that's the way it has to be"

Monica Seles, Athlete

"The referee will now keep track of the time on the field, and the shootouts have finally been banned"

Cobi Jones, Athlete

"I'm actually the daytime host of the Olympics on NBC"

Jim Lampley, Celebrity

"It's a pretty sure thing that the player's bat is what speaks loudest when it's contract time, but there are moments when the glove has the last word"

Brooks Robinson, Athlete

"The biggest kick I get is to communicate with those who are exiled from the game - in hospitals, homes, prisons - those who have seldom seen a game, who can't travel to a game, those who are blind"

Jack Buck, Celebrity

"I boxed 15 years in a club"

Uwe Boll, Director

"If the Cowboys and Titans ain't playing, I'm not interested"

Tanya Tucker, Musician

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