“First of all you must understand that practising martial arts means studying a certain oriental philosophy of life, otherwise it's merely a vacuous sport devoid of any significance.” FirstsMeanArtPhilosophyCertainSportsStudyLife PhilosophyMartial ArtsSignificanceVacuous Author:William C. Brown
“So many people feel that once you reach a certain age then it's time for you to retire from a sport you love. I don't think that's true at all. I think age should not dictate that.” PeopleThinkingFeelsShouldAgeCertainSportsRetiring Author:Alonzo Mourning
“Yes, I have had difficult times on court and at certain tournaments but you need to forget about it and go forward because that's the way it works in our world.” WorldWayNeedsCertainSportsDifficultForgetCourtOur WorldDifficult TimesTournaments Author:Amelie Mauresmo
“Certain things do not effect me anymore, which is not always good. There is always commotion, but I notice that hardly anything affects me or puts me out of balance.” CertainSportsEffectsBalance Author:Ruud van Nistelrooy
“Some people train for certain sports and I want to train to be able to hold a super heavy electric guitar and carry luggage around myself because I always have to have 7,000 pairs of shoes. Who cares about sports?” PeopleWantCareAbleCertainSportsTrainGuitarShoesHeavyPairsElectricWho CaresPair Of ShoesLuggageElectric Guitar Author:Lisa Loeb
“The opponents and I are really one. My strength and skills only half of the equation. The other half is theirs. An opponent is someone whose strength joined to yours creates a certain result.” CertainSportsResultsHalfSkillsOpponentsEquationsOther Half Author:Sadaharu Oh
“I knew there was a certain level that I could get to within the sporting world. But as I continued with my career, not only did I grow, but the sport grew. All of a sudden, all of these doors opened to me. It's been amazing. I guess I was born at the right time.” WorldCertainGrowsSportsBornLevelsCareersDoorsGrewOlympicsRight Time Author:Shaun White
“I am almost certain fishermen posess a peculiar bend to their makeup. Fisherman are optimists, and the fish in the future is always preferable to the fish at hand. Even the best fishermen catch fish only a small percentage of the time, which means we persevere in a sport that features failure as its main ingredient. Truly great days, when the fish hammer the fly as soon as it lands on the water are rare.” MeanHandsCertainSportsWaterSeaLandRiversFishesBoatFeaturesLakesFishingMakeupIngredientsPeculiarOptimistHammersPercentagesPersevereFishermanGreat Day Author:Joseph Monninger
“We had an argument once, yeah. It was the best thing that could have happened to our working relationship. After that, we understood each other and got along much better. I always respected Barry Bonds, and I wanted to let him know that I did in a certain way.” KnowsWayWantedCertainSportsHappenedUnderstoodArgumentYeahBest Things Author:Andy Van Slyke
“It's funny. Some people remember that a lot more than I do. I remember certain parts of it, and if everybody who mentioned that to me had been to the game who said they were at the game, there'd be 800,000 people at that game, I think.” PeopleIfsThinkingSaidRememberCertainGamesSports Author:Carlton Fisk
“I feel very strong as an individual, but as a famous footballer I know I am prone to certain things. All the media have a continuous interest for me. It varies from once a year to every day interest.” KnowsFeelsYearsCertainIndividualStrongSportsInterestMediaVery StrongVaryFootballer Author:Ruud van Nistelrooy
“The reason I am here, they tell me, is that I played the game a certain way, that I played the game the way it was supposed to be played.” WayReasonCertainGamesSportsSupposed To Be Author:Ryne Sandberg
“It's like people always say, Well, does sport teach you anything in life? It teaches you certain things, but it doesn't teach you other things. It doesn't teach, as I say, very much about marriage, very much about how to make a living, any of those things.” PeopleWellsDoeCertainSportsTeachAnything In Life Author:George Plimpton
“I watch a lot of sport on television. I only watch certain sports, and I only watch them live - I don't think I've ever been able to watch a replay of a match or game of which the result was already decided. I feel bound to cheat and look up what can be looked up.” ThinkingFeelsLooksAbleCertainGamesSportsResultsWatchesTelevisionDecidedBoundsLook UpCheatReplay Author:A. S. Byatt
“When people say that a certain sport is not a sport - have them play that sport and see if they can do it. Golf is one of the hardest sports you've ever played. Bowling is all about concentration, it's all about focus, it's all about aim.” PeopleIfsPlayCertainSportsCan DoFocusAimGolfHardestConcentrationBowling Author:Dwyane Wade
“People can say whatever they want about the sport of bodybuilding, but to get prepared to do a contest or even think about doing a contest, or even to get into decent shape, it requires a certain amount of discipline, and it comes from taking a new year's resolution to a lifestyle.” PeopleThinkingWantYearsCertainSportsAmountDisciplineShapesPreparedLifestyleDecentResolutionNew YearContestsBodybuildingNew Year's Resolutions Author:John Cena
“There are complaints that it's hard to remember what you can say and what you can't, which words are 'in' for certain groups and which words are not. And yet we started out learning that the 'kitty' on the sidewalk was actually a squirrel, we learned to differentiate between fire trucks and school buses, and many people today know the difference between linguini, fettucini, and rotini. The same people who say they can't remember the 'right' terms in referring to people are often whizzes at remembering which professional sports teams have moved where and are now called what.” PeopleKnowsHardTodaySchoolRememberPoliticalCertainSportsTermDifferencesFireGroupsTeamMovedBusComplaintsTruckPolitical CorrectnessReferringSidewalkSquirrelsDifferentiateSports TeamKittiesProfessional SportsSchool Bus Author:Rosalie Maggio
“Everybody knows how awful the world is and what a terrible situation it is and each person distorts it in a certain way that enables him to get through. Some people distort it with religious things. Some people distort it with sports, with money, with love, with art, and they all have their own nonsense about what makes it meaningful, and all but nothing makes it meaningful. These things definitely serve a certain function, but in the end they all fail to give life meaning and everyone goes to his grave in a meaningless way.” PeopleKnowsWorldWayGivingPersonsArtEndsCertainSportsReligiousKnow HowFailingFunctionMeaningfulGravesAwfulMeaning Of LifeNonsenseMeaninglessLife Means Author:Woody Allen
“I always think a good sports movie is emblematic in the same way that a great Greek tragedy really has a certain kind of structure, or a Shakespearean play if you're looking at a comedy or a tragedy, is that these are the heights and depths of human emotion.” IfsThinkingWayHumansKindPlayCertainSportsEmotionComedyTragedyStructureDepthGreekHeightHuman EmotionsGreek TragedyGood SportsSports Movie Author:Carla Gugino
“Determination is number one! You have to be trained physically. You have to have a good mental attitude - wanting it and enjoying the thrill of going fast. There is a certain level of aggression with competing at professional racing level but you have to control it as it is a high reaction, fast sport.” CertainSportsEnjoyLevelsNumbersAttitudeDeterminationReactionsGood ManRacingAggressionThrillCompetingMental Attitude Author:Liz Halliday
“I watched tapes and became a historian of the sport, and tried to combine certain elements and find things in the gym and saw what worked for me.” CertainSportsSawsElementsGymHistorianTape Author:Holt McCallany
“In all American professional sports you start on a certain level and you have to work your way up through a farm system. It's really the same in acting.” WayCertainSportsLevelsActingFarmsProfessional Sports Author:Bruce Dern
“I really enjoy surfing a lot. It's an awesome sport. With surfing there are no mind games versus Peyton Manning, or versus anyone else. It's not me trying to throw a certain shot put further - or to put a ball in a hoop, it's just me against mother nature.” TryingMindMotherCertainGamesSportsEnjoyShotsBallsVersusSurfingMother NatureAwesome SportsMind GamesPeyton Author:Troy Polamalu
“Parents have to understand, that even if their child isn't showing athletic excellence in a certain sport, they still need to be involved. They don't need to be involved in a military type of setting, they just need to get out and play and enjoy themselves and find it themselves.” IfsNeedsChildrenStillsPlayCertainSportsParentEnjoyMilitaryTypeInvolvedExcellenceSettingSettingsAthletic Author:Allyson Felix
“Sports is like literature. People watch it and if it's beautiful and it's non-violent, whatever messages that you see, people can read into it and say, "Wow! You know what? Whatever they're doing over there, it's extraordinary, and maybe that culture is superior to ours in certain ways."” PeopleIfsKnowsWayBeautifulCertainCultureLiteratureSportsWatchesMessagesExtraordinaryViolentSuperiorsWowNon Violent Author:Gabe Polsky
“People think, sports delivers a message. It's not just about winning and losing, although that's important. It's about other things, too. It demonstrates how it can say certain things about your culture and your society.” PeopleThinkingImportantCertainCultureWinningSportsMessagesLosingWinning And Losing Author:Gabe Polsky
“In France cooking is a serious art form and a national sport. I think the French enjoy the complication of the art form and the cooking for cooking's sake. You can talk with a concierge or police officer about food in France as a general rule. It is not the general rule here. Classical cuisine, which I hope we are going back to, means certain ways of doing things and certain ways of not doing things. If you know classical French cooking you can do anything. If you don't know the basics, you turn out slop.” IfsThinkingKnowsWayMeanArtFormCertainTurnsSportsEnjoyCan DoSeriousPoliceCookingSakeFranceOfficersPolice OfficerBasicsComplicationCuisineFrench Cooking Author:Julia Child