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“If somebody asks me whether I'd rather sink the winning putt in the Ryder Cup or win a major, it's the major every day. World championship or Ryder Cup? Win a world championship. At the end of the day you're going to be remembered for what you achieve in an individual sport.”

Ifs World Ends Asks Winning Individual Sports Achieve Majors Cups Ask Me Remembered The End Of The Day Championship

Author:Rory McIlroy

“If I'm in a slump, I ask myself for advice.”

Ifs Asks Sports Advice Slumps

Author:Ichiro Suzuki

“If somebody asks for my opinion, I tell them my opinion, whether it's what they want to hear or not.”

Ifs Want Asks Sports Opinion

Author:Payne Stewart

“In Spain and Italy I would not have a life among the fans. Everyone wants to touch you, own you and approach you. I try to be as kind as possible to all my fans, but in those countries I could not do it. There they ask too much from you.”

Want Trying Kind Country Asks Sports Too Much Fans Approach Spain

Author:Ruud van Nistelrooy

“In 1964, when Lee Iacocca said, 'Shelby, I want you to make a sports car out of the Mustang,' the first thing I said was, 'Lee, you can't make a race horse out of a mule. I don't want to do it.' He said, 'I didn't ask you to make it; you work for me.'”

Want Firsts Said Asks Sports Race Car Horse I Want You Mules Sports Cars Mustang Race Horses

Author:Carroll Shelby

“First of all I have to ask myself what am I trying to say and who am I trying to tell the story to. So if it's just 300 words going in the Independent it's very much where, what, who and when - fantastic. If there's a little bit more scope, if I've been given 1500 words by the sports editor, and I can have a little bit of fun, then I need to maybe entertain, include some different stuff.”

Ifs Needs Trying Firsts Littles I Can Different Stories Asks Given Fun Stuff Bits Sports Little Bit Independent Fantastic Editors Scope

Author:Steve Bunce

“Fishing, if I a fisher may protest, Of pleasures is the sweetest of sports the best, Of exercises the most excellent, Of recreations the most innocent. But now the sport is marred, and why you ask? Fishes decrease, and fishers multiply.”

Ifs May Asks Sports Pleasure Sea Exercise Rivers Fishes Innocent Boat Excellent Lakes Fishing Protest Sweetest Recreation Decrease

Author:Thomas Bastard

“Kids don't know the language of figure skating. If you ask them to do a compulsory figure, they don't know how to, and that's so important for the edge quality. I think that's why the older skaters are still as popular as they are - because they have that quality that people are missing in this generation.”

People Ifs Thinking Knows Stills Important Kids Asks Language Sports Quality Know How Generations Missing Figures Edges Skating This Generation Figure Skating Compulsory Skater

Author:Brian Boitano

“People ask me who he reminds me of. The way he's playing, I'd say he doesn't remind me of anybody. I've never seen anybody - running back, quarterback, wide receiver - make the plays that Vince Young made today.”

People Way Made Play Running Today Young Asks Sports Wide Ask Me Quarterback Receiver Running Back Wide Receiver

Author:Dan Fouts

“...the people who talk most about the need to regulate guns are also usually the same people who know the least about them. Ask these gun prohibitionists about the Second Amendment and they'll usually mention hunting or sport shooting.”

People Knows Needs Asks Sports Gun Shooting Hunting Amendments Second Amendment

Book:Control: Exposing the Truth About Guns

Source: Control: Exposing the Truth About Guns

“All I can ask from society is that it please stop telling me why I should like sports.”

Should I Can Asks Sports Please

Author:John Hodgman

“People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring.”

“A lot of players go into a restaurant and ask for a special table. I go and stand in line with the working people. It's very easy to get spoiled playing professional sports.”

People Asks Easy Sports Lines Player Special Tables Restaurants Spoiled Easy To Get Professional Sports

Author:Johnny Damon

“When you win 20 games in a row and then lose four, people ask you, 'What happened?'...That's the beauty of sports.”

People Asks Games Winning Sports Loses Four Happened

Author:Tony Parker