“There is only one thing that makes any one athlete better than another, his heart. We all put our underwear on feet first, so we are all human.” FirstsHumansHeartOne ThingFeetAthleteUnderwear Author:James Joyce
“If there is one thing I learned by reading Epstein's "The Sports Gene" it is that world-class athletes are, by definition, abnormal: that is, the kind of person capable of competing at that level is necessarily very different from the rest of us physiologically. They are outliers.” IfsWorldKindPersonsDifferentReadingSportsLevelsClassOne ThingCapableAthleteDefinitionsGenesCompetingAbnormalWorld ClassOutliers Author:Malcolm Gladwell
“With F1, it's really a combination of many things. You have to have good endurance, good strength in certain muscles, you need to be fast, have good reactions and good decisions. It's not as simple as one thing. You need to be a complete athlete.” NeedsCertainSimpleDecisionOne ThingAthleteReactionsCombinationMusclesEnduranceGood Decision Author:Valtteri Bottas
“As a coach, one thing that used to frustrate me was one player would make a bad decision, and that's all you would read about in the papers all over the country. We have so many athletes do so many wonderful things for other people, and you never read about it.” PeopleCountryUsedDecisionPlayerWonderfulOne ThingPaperAthleteCoachesPapersWonderful ThingsBad Decision Author:Lou Holtz