“Raymond Floyd. The man knows how to control situations. He was experienced. He didn't let me get overly excited; he kept me in check. It allowed me to free myself up, and I played really well with him.” KnowsMenWellsSportsSituationKnow HowHe ManLet MeExcitedChecks Author:Payne Stewart
“I don't know how to put it, but yet you know we have so many people who the way they look at life, the way they work depends on what happens, us winning or losing. It's kind of crazy. So, I kind of got caught up in that, I'm gonna try to stay away from that.” PeopleKnowsWayTryingLooksKindHappensWinningSportsKnow HowCrazyDependsLosingCaughtCaught UpWin Or Lose Author:Mike Ditka
“I don't know how we could use it to improve the job that umpires do, ... The human element in sport has always been a big part of the game. I'm a football fan, too, and I hate instant replay in the NFL. Football games are taking four hours.” KnowsHumansUseBigsJobsHateGamesSportsHoursKnow HowFourFansFootballElementsI HateInstantNflUmpiresFootball GameFootball FanReplayNfl FootballInstant Replay Author:Bud Selig
“My father - until the day that my dad died - didn't know how many points you scored in a touchdown. He could say there were nine innings in baseball, but no intricacies of the sport.” KnowsFatherSportsKnow HowDadBaseballDiedMy DadNineIntricacyTouchdownsDad DiedMy Dad Died Author:Damon Lindelof
“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.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsStillsImportantKidsAsksLanguageSportsQualityKnow HowGenerationsMissingFiguresEdgesSkatingThis GenerationFigure SkatingCompulsorySkater Author:Brian Boitano
“Marriage...one of the most civilized institutions in the world...But...swimming is one of the most wonderful of sports, and yet there are always some people who cannot swim who insist on going into the water and getting drowned. Many people spoil marriage in a like manner. One should be sure she knows how to be married before rushing into it.” PeopleKnowsWorldShouldSportsWaterKnow HowWonderfulMarriedInstitutionsCivilizedSwimSwimmingSpoilBeing MarriedRushing Author:Edna St. Vincent Millay
“So as an amateur Olympic competitor I loved criticism, because it made me better. But now as a professional I don't really know how to channel it or where to take it, so I don't take it quite as well.” KnowsWellsMadeSportsKnow HowCriticismCompetitors Author:Scott Hamilton
“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 don't know how old I am because a goat ate the Bible that had my birth certificate in it. The goat lived to be twenty-seven.” KnowsSportsKnow HowBirthTwentiesSevenGoatsCertificatesBirth Certificate Author:Satchel Paige
“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
“You know how in sports baseball players, they hit home runs. Football players, they throw and they score touchdowns. I get to do something that very few people get to do - I get to touch the human brain, and every day I get to hit home runs, I get to score touchdowns.” PeopleKnowsHumansHomeRunningSportsBrainKnow HowPlayerFootballBaseballScoreHuman BrainBaseball PlayerFootball PlayerHome RunTouchdowns Author:Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa
“When one has the right swing and enthusiasm, selling is not unlike hunting, a veritable sport. To scare up the game by preliminary talk and to know how long to follow it, to lose your gain through poorly directed argument, to hang on to game that finally eludes, to boldly confront, to quickly circle around, to keep on the trail, tireless and keen, till you have bagged some orders, there is some satisfaction in returning at night, tired of the trail, but proud of the days work done.” KnowsLongDoneNightOrderGamesSportsLosesKnow HowProudGainsArgumentTiredSatisfactionCirclesSellingEnthusiasmScareHuntingSwingsTrailsWork DoneElude Author:Carl Sandburg