“It's nice to feel the fans are behind you. You shouldn't concern yourself with things like that - but it does matter.” FeelsDoeMatterSportsBehindsNiceFansConcernBehind You Author:Dan Marino
“Here's the analogy. If my body were a car, I'd be thinking about trading it in around now. I would like to upgrade. I would be actually on the lot somewhere and some guy with a loud sports jacket would be sizing me up...kinda lookin' around goin--maybe kickin my knees. Looking behind me going: That looks a little bashed in back there...Yeah. You mind if I check under the hood?" 'Well yes I do! Thank you very much.” IfsThinkingMindWellsLooksLittlesBodyWould BeGuySportsBehindsCarYeahChecksLoudKneesTradingJacketsHoodAnalogies Author:Ellen DeGeneres
“I think it was one of the better meetings that I've had with those guys, because I was honestly able to say everything I wanted to say, and I pretty much aired out the dirty laundry. So from that point on, I thought all of that was behind us.” ThinkingAbleWantedGuySportsBehindsMeetingsHonestlyDirtyLaundryDirty Laundry Author:Latrell Sprewell
“We saw very little of the real Jack Buck behind the microphone. He would touch people in ways that we will never know. Jack was much more than just an announcer.” PeopleKnowsWayLittlesRealSportsBehindsSawsBucksMicrophonesAnnouncers Author:Ozzie Smith
“We're not necessarily the ski boat, we're the skier. There are countries like Japan and Korea and others who are the ski boat at this point, but we're getting pulled right behind them.” CountrySportsBehindsBoatJapanKoreaSkisSkiers Author:Steve Largent
“I was scared to death, but I made fear score points for me. Fear is right behind me, fear is six inches off my back, that's where fear is. I can feel its presence. But it's not going to catch me... I'm going to take fear and use it to my advantage.” FeelsMadeI CanUseMotivationalWinningFearSportsBehindsSixAdvantageScaredScoreInchesCatch Me Author:Bruce Jenner
“I made an executive decision in college when I learned how behind I was in the world of books, films, and music because of my rural upbringing. I really reduced the amount of time that sports took up in my life.I still have some Faulkner to get through.” WorldMadeStillsBookFilmSportsDecisionBehindsCollegeAmountMusic IsExecutivesUpbringingFilm And Music Author:Nick Offerman
“When I was younger I only read sports books. I loved the biographies that told how athletes developed. When I got into coaching, I did start to read more instructional books, but I was always more interested in the people behind the ideas.” PeopleBookIdeasSportsBehindsAthleteCoachingBiographies Author:Tony Dungy
“Everyone that works behind a desk wants to know how many bones I've broken and how much money I make. It seems that people who've never experienced the excitement of sport seem to think the only thing worth taking risks for is money.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWantSeemsSportsBehindsKnow HowRiskBrokenBonesExcitementDesksTaking Risks Author:Travis Pastrana
“To secure the safety of the navigation of the Mississippi River I would slay millions. On that point I am not only insane, but mad... I think I see one or two quick blows that will astonish the natives of the South and will convince them that, though to stand behind a big cottonwood and shoot at a passing boat is good sport and safe, it may still reach and kill their friends and families hundreds of miles off. For every bullet shot at a steamboat, I would shoot a thousand 30-pounder Parrots into even helpless towns on Red, Ouachita, Yazoo, or wherever a boat can float or soldier march.” ThinkingMayStillsTwoBigsSportsBehindsMillionsThousandSafeShotsRedRiversTownsSafetyMadSouthSoldierBlowMilesPassingPassingsInsaneBoatSecureConvinceMarchHelplessBulletsFamily And FriendsFloatsMississippiParrotsNavigationMississippi RiverGood SportsSteamboats Author:William Tecumseh Sherman
“To see the glory in sport, where somebody comes from behind and does something, sinks a shot in the last second or throws a touchdown pass or hits a home run, there is a beauty in that, and at the end of the day, that's why we love sports more than anything else.” DoeEndsHomeRunningLastsSportsBehindsGloryShotsThe End Of The DayHome RunAnd At The End Of The DayTouchdowns Author:Frank Deford