“Growing up in Huntington Beach, you were either a traditional sports athlete, a skateboarder, or a surfer. I got my first skateboard when I was five and skated off and on over the years, did a little BMX racing as a kid, and then in my freshman or sophomore year I started getting a little bit more into skateboarding.” YearsFirstsLittlesKidsBitsSportsGrowing UpFiveGrowingLittle BitAthleteTraditionalBeachRacingFreshmanSurferSkateboardingSophomoreSkateboarderSophomore YearBmxHuntington Beach Author:Jason Lee
“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
“After 'Sports' came out in the fall of 1983, everything changed for me. Four of the album's singles became top-10 hits, and by the end of June in 1984, the album was No. 1 on the Billboard chart. It was quite a ride, and for the first time I had enough money to live the way I wanted.” WayFirstsEndsEnoughWantedFallSportsFourChangedFirst TimeAlbumsJuneHad EnoughSinglesBillboardsTop 10 Author:Huey Lewis
“My first waitress job was at Johnny Rockets in New Jersey, and then I waited tables at a sports bar.” FirstsJobsSportsTablesBarsJerseyRocketsNew JerseyWaitress Author:Melissa Rauch
“I get the feeling a lot of politicians are there to help themselves financially, first and foremost. I don't really need to do that, and I thought if I could do something for sport in Scotland, that would be really fulfilling.” IfsNeedsFirstsHelpingFeelingsWould BeSportsPoliticianIf I CouldFulfillingScotland Author:Gordon Strachan
“I recommend for everyone the study of some type of sports or athletics, particularly martial arts. Always check with your doctor first, naturally.” FirstsArtSportsStudyHealthBuddhismTypeDoctorsChecksMartial ArtsAthletics Author:Frederick Lenz
“In '87 - four years after 'Sports' was released - my family and I began vacationing in Montana. I soon bought my first piece of land in Ravalli County, in the western part of the state.” YearsFirstsStatesSportsPiecesFourLandMy FamilyWesternFour YearsCountyMontana Author:Huey Lewis
“In sport, if you want to be the best you have to compete against the best - I would much rather have come tenth and be judged against everyone than come first and be judged against just a few.” IfsWantFirstsSportsBeing The BestJudged Author:Daley Thompson
“I always had two or three jobs at the same time. I started doing yard work when I was 7 or 8. When I was 13, I got my first state job doing road construction. Between working, sports and school, I hardly ever had free time.” FirstsTwoStatesSchoolJobsThreeSportsConstructionYardsFree TimeYard Work Author:Breaux Greer
“I worked at my high school newspaper at Andover, which came out weekly, unusual for a high school paper. Then my first day at Penn I went right to the 'Daily Pennsylvanian' and pretty much spent most of my college career working both as the sports editor and then editor of the editorial page.” FirstsSchoolSportsCareersCollegePaperPagesHigh SchoolNewspapersEditorsUnusualEditorials Author:Buzz Bissinger
“If I could do anything over, I'd have spent more time with my first set of children. I would have taken more quality time with them, for sure.” IfsFirstsChildrenSportsQualityTakenIf I CouldMore TimeQuality Time Author:Lee Trevino
“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.'” WantFirstsSaidAsksSportsRaceCarHorseI Want YouMulesSports CarsMustangRace Horses Author:Carroll Shelby
“The first time I ever saw Arnold Palmer, I said, There's a star. The first time I saw Jack Nicklaus, I said, Superstar. I feel the same way about Tiger Woods.” WayFeelsFirstsSaidStarsSportsSawsFirst TimeWoodsTigersSuperstar Author:Gary Player
“People need to take as much interest in other sports as they take in cricket, and that's where we come across a vicious cycle of performance, sponsorship, recognition, jobs and TV visibility. It's a typical chicken-and-egg story; each one is directly related to the other without an answer for what comes first.” PeopleNeedsFirstsStoriesJobsSportsInterestAnswersTvsPerformancesRecognitionRelatedEggsCyclesChickensTypicalCricketViciousVisibilitySponsorshipWhere We ComeVicious CyclesInterest In Others Author:Gagan Narang
“Whatever sport you choose, do it because you love it, and don't expect to be an expert first thing. It takes time to do well at anything, but if you love it, you'll stick with it.” IfsFirstsWellsSportsSticksExpertsYou ChooseTake TimeIt Takes Time Author:Ryan Sheckler
“Joe Louis and I were the first modern national sports figures who were black... But neither of us could do national advertising because the South wouldn't buy it. That was the social stigma we lived under.” FirstsSocialSportsBlackModernFiguresSouthAdvertisingStigma Author:Jesse Owens
“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.” IfsNeedsTryingFirstsLittlesI CanDifferentStoriesAsksGivenFunStuffBitsSportsLittle BitIndependentFantasticEditorsScope Author:Steve Bunce
“I can't imagine where I'd be without the opportunities provided to me in sports. Sports taught me that gender isn't an issue; in fact, when people talk about me being the first female governor, I'm a little absent from that discussion, because I've never thought of gender as an issue. In sports, you learn self-discipline, healthy competition, to be gracious in victory and defeat, and the importance of being part of a team and understanding what part you play on that team. You all work together to reach a goal, and I think all of those factors come into play in my role as governor.” PeopleThinkingFirstsLittlesI CanSelfPlayFactsTogetherOpportunitySportsUnderstandingGoalRolesIssuesImagineTeamTaughtVictoryDisciplineHealthyFemaleImportanceCompetitionDefeatGenderFactorsDiscussionWorking TogetherGovernorsSelf DisciplineAbsentGraciousVictory And DefeatHealthy Competition Author:Sarah Palin
“I am aware that many regard me as an anti-sports character person, but the truth is that the country's economy by then was in bad shape. Tanzania being among the highly indebted countries, I had to give sports the least prominence during my first term, while setting priorities in revitalising our economy.” GivingFirstsPersonsCountryCharacterSportsTermEconomyTruth IsShapesRegardPrioritiesSettingSettingsIndebtedProminenceTanzania Author:Benjamin Mkapa
“I have two hopes for the future. The first and lesser one is that game commissions will one day have sense enough to set limits that measurably reflect the sport safely available. The second and deeply urgent one is that we shall grow a race of sportsmen no one of whom will ever consider it a matter of pride to have killed a limit.” FirstsTwoMatterEnoughGamesGrowsSportsRaceSeaPrideOne DayLimitsRiversFishesAvailableBoatLakesFishingUrgentHope For The FutureSportsman Author:Roderick Haig-Brown
“We got to stop people. We go ahead and we score 100 points every night, but we give up more. Our whole thing was, we know we can score, and we have to start having some kind of fun on the defensive end. Everybody want to play offense. Not too many people want to play defense. Defense is ego, pride, and that's the way we've been coming out, just taking the challenge. Man-on-man first, and having each other's back when a guy gets beat.” PeopleKnowsMenWayWantGivingFirstsKindEndsPlayWholeNightGuyFunSportsChallengesPrideEgoGiving UpBeatsDefenseScoreComing OutEvery NightOffenseBack When Author:Allen Iverson
“Well, I guess I needed this tough first round to really put me into that tournament, to really erase what happened at Indian Wells, which is now the case, you know.” KnowsFirstsWellsSportsCasesHappenedNeededToughRoundsIndianTournamentsErase Author:Amelie Mauresmo
“I was literally fabricated over in France and born about six months after the boat landed at Ellis Island. This was the heart of the Depression. For the first 12 years of my life we lived in a terrible ghetto on the East River.” YearsFirstsHeartSportsBornMonthsTerribleSixRiversEastBoatFranceIslandsSix MonthsGhettoEllis Island Author:Bob Cousy
“I feel, first of all, very privileged that these people think enough of me that they made me commissioner. And it's almost like, as Yogi Berra said, 'deja vu all over again.'” PeopleThinkingFeelsFirstsMadeSaidEnoughSportsPrivilegedYogiDeja VuCommissioners Author:Bobby Hull
“On the lip of the Grand Canyon. I've always wanted to do that. My very first TV special out of the Olympics was on a glacier in Alaska. Right after that one, I went and pitched this idea to skate in three National Parks. Like Voyageurs National Park, because it freezes over and you have these little islands that you can skate around. [The networks] were like, 'Way too expensive.'” WayFirstsLittlesIdeasWantedThreeSportsSpecialTvsLipsIslandsParksExpensiveOlympicsFreezeAlaskaSkatesCanyonsNational ParksGlaciersGrand Canyon Author:Brian Boitano
“The Yankees won the pennant, we went on to the World Series, 41 years after that in the city of Toronto. The great city of Toronto, and all the provinces in Canada, everybody reached out and they were excited because we won the first World Series ever, across the border.” WorldYearsFirstsSportsCitiesSeriesExcitedBordersCanadaYankeesProvincesTorontoGreat CitiesWorld Series Author:Dave Winfield
“I can't recall too much about pitching, but I do remember that I was anxious to get it over with. I just wanted to get that first game over with and go from there.” FirstsI CanWantedRememberGamesSportsToo MuchAnxiousRecallsPitchingGame Over Author:Dennis Eckersley
“When I first came up, the bullpen was pretty much where they put the guys who couldn't start.” FirstsGuySports Author:Dennis Eckersley
“I'm going to try to enjoy the All-Star break, hope my players reflect on what happened the first half of the season, come back with a different attitude, try to find our solution on how to win it.” TryingFirstsDifferentWinningStarsSportsEnjoyHalfAttitudeBreakPlayerHappenedSolutionsSeasonsAll StarsDifferent Attitude Author:Don Baylor
“I coached against Dave the last couple of years, and I was very proud to be the first time a father ever coached against his son. He beat me for 30 minutes the first time and 59 and a half minutes the second time.” YearsFirstsLastsFatherSportsHalfMinutesSonProudCoupleBeatsFirst TimeDave Author:Don Shula
“The first few games that we played against some of the teams, the young guys, you know, want a stick sign or photo sign, and I think that they respect what I have achieved throughout my career.” ThinkingKnowsWantFirstsYoungGuyGamesSportsCareersTeamSticksYoung Guys Author:Mario Lemieux
“If I had to compare any of the two, I'd compare the first one in Edmonton, the first one here in New York because it had been so long in New York since we had won. Obviously, being the first time to ever win the cup in Edmonton, they were fairly similar in that regard.” IfsFirstsLongTwoWinningSportsNew YorkFirst TimeRegardCupsCompareEdmonton Author:Mark Messier
“It's always good to get a goal on your first shift, but this was a game it seemed everything was going in.” FirstsGamesSportsGoal Author:Peter Forsberg
“It was an exciting time for me personally because the number of times I've been to the playoffs, that was the opportunity to obtain the first ring. That was special, that's for sure.” FirstsOpportunitySportsNumbersSpecialExcitingRingsPlayoffs Author:Roger Clemens
“Our coaches want to be a part of South Carolina football when they win it for the first time. When they win the division, when they win the SEC, win a major bowl game, etc. The opportunities to do it all for the first time here make it extra special.” WantFirstsOpportunityGamesWinningSportsSpecialFootballMajorsFirst TimeSouthCoachesExtrasEtcDivisionBowlsCarolinaSouth Carolina Author:Steve Spurrier
“Also, when I started racing he knew a lot of people and it was more easy for me to find the first bike, so I have a good chance for sure.” PeopleFirstsEasySportsChanceRacingBikeGood Chance Author:Valentino Rossi
“First you have to spread on the rust performer, then you add a coat of protective enamel, and then you spray on the satin finish so you look good.” FirstsLooksSportsAddSpreadPerformersCoatsProtectiveRustSpraySatin Author:Vinny Testaverde
“"She (Minnie Ruth Solomon) was unusual because even though I knew her family was as poor as ours, nothing she said or did seemed touched by that. Or by prejudice. Or by anything the world said or did. It was as if she had something inside her that somehow made all that not count. I fell in love with her some the first time we ever talked, and a little bit more every time after that until I thought I couldn't love her more than I did. And when I felt that way, I asked her to marry me . . . and she said she would."” IfsWorldWayFirstsLittlesMadeSaidFeltBitsSportsPoorLittle BitFirst TimePrejudiceAthleteTouchedUnusualMarry MeRuthSolomonMinnie Author:Jesse Owens
“To a sprinter, the hundred-yard dash is over in three seconds, not nine or ten. The first 'second' is when you come out of the blocks. The next is when you look up and take your first few strides to attain gain position. By that time the race is actually about half over. The final 'second' - the longest slice of time in the world for an athlete - is that last half of the race, when you really bear down and see what you're made of. It seems to take an eternity, yet is all over before you can think what's happening.” ThinkingWorldFirstsLooksMadeSeemsLastsThreeNextSportsRaceHalfPositionBearsTenHappeningsHundredGainsEternityDown AndFinalsAthleteNineBlockLook UpSecondsYardsStrideSprinters Book:I Have Changed Source: I Have Changed
“My first on the bucket list will be a night game at LSU. I don't know if I'm ever going to get there. Of all the things in college sports, that would be No. 1.” IfsKnowsFirstsWould BeNightGamesSportsCollegeListsTigersBucketsBucket ListLsuCollege Sports Author:Beano Cook
“I know that this is sport first and business second, and people have to do what's right for them.” PeopleKnowsFirstsSportsNbaReferee Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“My first car was a Chevy Cavalier. My dad somehow convinced me that it was a hot sports car because it was red.” FirstsSportsCarDadRedHotMy DadConvincedChevySports Cars Author:Katheryn Winnick
“My first motion capture game was with Sony - NBA: The Life. It was very ahead of its time. Brandon Akiaten, he was the writer and director. He had a real vision of what this game was meant to be; it was a basketball game where I was the Jerry Maguire sports agent type guy. And it was great!” FirstsRealGuyGamesSportsVisionTypeDirectorsBasketballAgentsNbaMeant To BeCaptureJerryWere Meant To BeSonyBasketball Game Author:Nolan North
“I didn't really get into boys until my junior year of high school, when I had my first boyfriend. But for the most part I was always playing sports, so I was too busy for them!” YearsFirstsSchoolSportsBoysHigh SchoolBusyJuniorsToo BusyPlaying SportsJunior YearFirst BoyfriendJunior Year Of High School Author:Jennie Finch
“When I was first running marathons, we were sailing on a flat earth. We were afraid we'd get big legs, grow mustaches, not get boyfriends, not be able to have babies. Women thought that something would happen to them, that they'd break down or turn into men, something shadowy, when they were only limited by their own society's sense of limitations.” MenFirstsBigsHappensRunningAbleEarthTurnsGrowsSportsBreakBabyLegsLimitationFlatsSailingBreaking DownMarathonMustacheRunning Marathon Author:Kathrine Switzer
“Look at the NBA players back when Magic and Kareem played in the early 80's with the short shorts, look at what Michael looked like when he first came in the league compared to when he left. Every sport evolves. Every sport gets bigger and more athletic, and you have to keep up.” FirstsLooksLeftSportsPlayerMagicBiggerEvolveLeagueNbaAthleticBack WhenShortsNba PlayerShort Shorts Author:Tiger Woods
“There's lots of people my age (and younger) that have grown up in chaotic environments and I just happen to be one of the first ones to make it to pro sports. It's more a societal thing than an athletics thing.” PeopleFirstsHappensAgeSportsEnvironmentChaoticAthletics Author:Chris Kluwe
“I did my first triathlon when I was 11-years-old and it was just another new sport to try. I got better at it and decided to take it a bit more seriously.” TryingYearsFirstsBitsSportsDecidedTriathlon Author:Alistair Brownlee
“I regard sports first and foremost as entertainment, so dry documentary narration is not for me. I like the 'let's forget our troubles and have some excitement' approach. I'm convinced you can combine this with reporting integrity and accuracy.” FirstsSportsForgetTroubleIntegrityApproachRegardEntertainmentConvincedExcitementDryDocumentariesAccuracyNarration Author:Jack Brickhouse
“I love the sport but it's definitely taken a toll on me. The first two years after I retired I was in pain and couldn't even sit in a chair for 2 years. 2 years! You want a sport that takes care of you the way you take care of the sport.” WayWantYearsFirstsTwoCarePainSportsTakenTake CareChairsTwo YearsRetiredTolls Author:Eric Dickerson