“I played six to 10 hours a day, every day, 90 days during the summer, and I'd do incredible things. I would dribble blindfolded in the house. I would take my basketball to bed with me, I'd lay there after my mother kissed and tucked me in, and I'd shoot the ball up in the air and say, 'Finger tip control, backspin, follow through.” MotherHouseSportsHoursAirBedBasketballSixSummerBallsLaysFingersIncrediblesFollow ThroughUp In The AirBlindfoldedDribble Author:Pete Maravich
“Tennis would be much more exciting if they had pitching machines firing Tennis was given to me to keep me off the street corners of east St. Louis.” IfsWould BeGivenSportsStreetsMachinesExcitingCornersEastTennisPitchingFiringStreet Corners Author:Jimmy Connors
“The Rope a Dope would not have existed without the Big Dope.” BigsSportsHockeyRopeDope Author:George Foreman
“There's nobody you'd rather beat than your good friend.” SportsBeatsHockeyGood Friend Author:Charles Barkley
“Yes folks, their gold medal looks the same as everybody elses.” LooksSportsGoldFolksHockeyMedalGold Medals Author:Bob Costas
“I still bother with runners I call hamburgers. They're never going to run any record times. But they can fulfill their own potential.” StillsRunningSportsRecordsBotherHockeyRunnersHamburgers Author:Bill Bowerman
“If you make one mistake, it can result in vasectomy.” IfsSportsResultsMistakeHockeyOne MistakeVasectomy Author:John G. Rowland
“You cannot be successful without passion. If you don't love what you're doing, if you don't have passion for it - forget it. Do something else. You'll be much more successful and you'll lead a lot happier life.” IfsPassionSportsForgetSuccessfulBeing SuccessfulForget ItHappier Life Author:Donald Trump
“I became an optimist when I discovered that I wasn't going to win any more games by being anything else.” GamesWinningSportsMeaningfulOptimistBeing Positive Author:Earl Weaver
“I would visualize the best- and worst-case scenarios. Whether I get disqualified or my goggles fill up with water or I lose my goggles or I come in last, I'm ready for anything.” LastsSportsWaterLosesCasesWorstReadyScenariosWorst Case ScenarioGoggles Author:Michael Phelps