“I really enjoy playing 'Tiger Woods' on the Wii, and you can set the levels to easy, medium, or hard, so I think it's definitely a good way for kids to learn the motion of a golf swing if they want to get into the sport. It makes it more fun for them as well.” IfsThinkingWayWantWellsHardKidsFunEasySportsEnjoyLevelsGolfWoodsMediumsSwingsTigersGood WayGolf SwingWii Author:Rory McIlroy
“I heard that in the United States the level of baseball was the highest in the world. So it was only natural that I would want to go there, as a baseball player.” WorldWantStatesSportsNaturalLevelsUnitedUnited StatesPlayerHeardHighestBaseballBaseball Player Author:Ichiro Suzuki
“If your intent is that athletics and sports are tools or devices to reach higher levels of mind, then your workout sessions become meditation.” IfsMindSportsLevelsMeditationHealthBuddhismHigherMindfulnessToolsDevicesWorkoutSessionAthleticsHigher Level Author:Frederick Lenz
“I look at it this way. I'm not putting age limits on what I can do. As long as I can do the job to help the team win and feel like I'm playing at a high level, which I feel I can do for a long while, I'm going to play no matter what my age is.” WayFeelsLooksLongI CanMatterPlayHelpingAgeJobsWinningSportsCan DoLevelsTeamLimitsNo Matter WhatHigh Level Author:Dan Marino
“I was attracted to climbing mountains because of the physical dangers, but also the challenges, like 'mental fortitude, physical fortitude, judgement.' It's the intensity of the experience, at a sustained level. The experience is incredibly intense because it is so dangerous.” SportsChallengesLevelsDangerousDangerMountainIntenseJudgementClimbingIntensityInspirational SportsFortitudeClimbing Mountain Author:Lincoln Hall
“The things that people do now in sports, you can't even believe. These are complete total athletes. To see what human beings can do in the highest level is amazing.” PeopleBelieveHumansSportsCan DoHuman BeingsLevelsHighestAthlete Author:Billie Joe Armstrong
“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
“It's something I deal with to this day, a fear of falling back into that darkness. I see athletes go through a similar thing. ... With athletes, it's never fully understood the level to which we push ourselves. Especially in an endurance sport.” FallSportsLevelsDealsDarknessUnderstoodAthleteEnduranceThis DayEndurance Sports Author:Clara
“I can still play this game at a high level; I've proven that. I want to be home. I want to be close to my family. I want to be close to my foundation and my business interests.” WantStillsI CanPlayHomeGamesSportsInterestLevelsMy FamilyFoundationProvenHigh Level Author:Alonzo Mourning
“I have been amongst the best players in the world for 8 years. None at that level played as many ties as I did.” WorldYearsHas BeensSportsLevelsPlayerTiesBest Players Author:Amelie Mauresmo
“I think I have a passion for playing the game. I love to play, and I want to play at a high level. You have to do the right things in order to continue at that level.” ThinkingWantPlayOrderPassionGamesSportsLevelsRight ThingHigh Level Author:Dan Marino
“It is wonderful... Steve and Dan took professional football to a whole different level with the way they played the game. The fact that Steve is going in with Dan is very special.” WayDifferentWholeFactsGamesSportsLevelsWonderfulSpecialFootballDifferent Levels Author:Frank Gifford
“No. 1, these guys out here on this field. They keep my energy level up. They try hard, they don't complain about things - and I'd just like to be with them when things are good, and hopefully we can win a pennant together.” TryingHardTogetherGuyWinningEnergySportsLevelsFieldsComplainingHopefullyEnergy Levels Author:Frank Robinson
“I think if I wasn't in very high level, I never will be in the team. Cause I was high, in very high level.” IfsThinkingCausesSportsLevelsTeamHigh Level Author:Olga Korbut
“I submit that tennis is the most beautiful sport there is, and also the most demanding....Basketball comes close, but it's a team sport and lacks tennis's primal mano a mano intensity. Boxing might come close- at least at the lighter weight divisions- but the actual physical damage the fighters inflict on each other makes it too concretely brutal to be really beautiful- a level of abstraction and formality (i.e., play) is necessary for a sport to possess true metaphysical beauty (in my opinion).” PlayMightBeautifulSportsLevelsOpinionTeamBasketballWeightFighterDamageTennisBoxingDivisionIntensitySubmitBrutalMetaphysicalAbstractionPrimalLightersReally BeautifulSports TeamFormalityPhysical Beauty Author:David Foster Wallace
“It's frustrating in the sense that I still think I could be competing at some sport at a fairly high level, which nobody cares about. Nobody wants to hear me say that.” ThinkingWantStillsCareSportsLevelsCompetingFrustratingHigh LevelNobody Cares Author:Lance Armstrong
“My uncle played rugby, and my dad played football, and they used to argue which game was the roughest - and everybody agreed rugby was. It's a great team sport, and to be successful, every person has to play in the same level.” PersonsPlayUsedGamesSportsLevelsSuccessfulTeamFootballDadMy DadArguingBeing SuccessfulUnclesRugbySports TeamGreat Team Author:Clint Eastwood
“To me, doing the Olympics in 1992 in Barcelona for NBC, just seeing the Dream Team take the floor, was a thrill for me. I dont think there was another team in any sport with that high level of athletes playing together.” ThinkingDreamTogetherSportsLevelsSeeingTeamAthleteOlympicsThrillHigh LevelBarcelonaNbcPlaying TogetherDream Team Author:Marv Albert
“When a sports movie really works, it gets you on all levels, because the stakes are high. It's black and white. It's win or lose.” WinningSportsBlackLosesWhiteLevelsWorking ItStakesBlack And WhiteWin Or LoseSports Movie Author:Carla Gugino
“I try to stay level-headed and it's always the way I've been. Sometimes your personality out in the real world, you want to take that into your sport because that's where you feel comfortable. You never want to try to do something that's not you or you don't feel comfortable doing. That's where you get in trouble. It's the only way I've played sports and done things. I'm low-key, but I'm very competitive and hate to lose.” WorldWayWantFeelsTryingRealSometimesDoneHateSportsLosesLevelsTroubleKeysPersonalityComfortableLowsReal WorldLow KeyLevel Headed Author:Eli Manning
“Our sport is not made for anybody to be able to play it, especially at the NFL level, so there's obviously some risk that we all take knowingly.” MadePlayAbleSportsLevelsRiskNfl Author:Troy Polamalu
“Without strength and courage it's really hard to perform at the highest levels of international figure skating, because you're alone on the ice and you only have seven minutes over two nights to prove yourself.” TwoHardNightSportsLevelsMinutesFiguresProveHighestSevenInternationalIceSkatingFigure SkatingProving Yourself Author:Scott Hamilton
“I find it fascinating that sport has such a strong connection to success in business. Arguably, C-suite women are some of the most successful women, and more than half of them played at a more advanced level than just the general population of women in business that had sport in their background.” StrongSportsLevelsHalfSuccessfulConnectionsPopulationBackgroundsFascinatingBusiness SuccessSuccessful WomenBusiness WomanStrong Connection Author:Beth Brooke
“Liberal moms like soccer because it's a sport in which athletic talent finds so little expression that girls can play with boys. No serious sport is co-ed, even at the kindergarten level.” LittlesPlayPoliticalGirlPoliticsSportsCommunityLevelsPartyFamilyBoysGenerationsTalentHuman NatureSeriousExpressionMomIdeologySoccerFree SpeechPolitical PartiesAthleticThat GirlKindergartenPartisanship Author:Ann Coulter
“Everybody who plays top-level sport, whether it's golf or football, or whatever, needs to get into 'The Zone'... For me personally, on the morning of a round, preparation is always about getting into the zone. The less I communicate with other people, the better. I'm trying to rehearse in my mind what I am working on in my game: going through my swing keys, going through my putting keys. When I get to the course I get the pin positions for the day and I'll analyze those. I'll make a strategy for the golf course and look how I'm going to play it” PeopleNeedsTryingMindLooksPlayCoursesGamesSportsLevelsMorningPositionFootballKeysStrategyGolfRoundsCommunicatePreparationZoneSwingsPinsGolf Course Author:Paul McGinley
“I physically feel very fit. I’m very motivated to keep on playing on a very high level. I’m going to try to use these years in front of me to fight for the number one of the world and fight for the biggest titles.” WorldFeelsTryingYearsUseFightingSportsLevelsNumbersFrontsFitTitlesMotivatedHigh Level Author:Novak Djokovic
“There's a confidence and a mental toughness that comes from the very highest level of competition, whatever the sport is. Whether it's boxing or wrestling, or whatever.” SportsLevelsHighestCompetitionBoxingWrestlingToughnessMental Toughness Author:Joe Rogan
“Cycling is a sport of amazing athletes. Its been a privilege and a honor for me to be in this sport and to have a chance to race at the highest level.” SportsChanceLevelsRaceHonorHighestAthletePrivilegeCycling Author:Robin Farina
“If there is one thing I learned by reading Epstein's "The Sports Gene" it is that world-class athletes are, by definition, abnormal: that is, the kind of person capable of competing at that level is necessarily very different from the rest of us physiologically. They are outliers.” IfsWorldKindPersonsDifferentReadingSportsLevelsClassOne ThingCapableAthleteDefinitionsGenesCompetingAbnormalWorld ClassOutliers Author:Malcolm Gladwell
“The best thing you can do is to keep riding your snowboard and love what you're doing. Without a passion for the sport it's difficult to take your riding to the next level.” PassionNextSportsDifficultCan DoLevelsAnd LoveBest ThingsRidingNext Level Author:Mark McMorris
“I really enjoy doing what I do. I enjoy seeing live sport performed at the highest level. What's wonderful about sport is that it involves everybody, everybody has an opinion.” SportsEnjoyLevelsOpinionWonderfulSeeingHighest Author:Jill Douglas
“I would say go for it because it is a fantastic job. It's a wonderful opportunity to go and get involved with sport at whatever level. What I would say is, if you can, go and work with your local radio station covering local sporting events.” IfsJobsOpportunitySportsLevelsWonderfulEventsInvolvedRadioLocalsFantasticStationsGet InvolvedCoveringRadio StationsSporting Events Author:Jill Douglas
“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
“Growing up, I played about every sport imaginable except soccer and hockey. I've always had a passion for basketball. I remember actually playing basketball when I was two or three years old. The time I knew that I could really take my game to the next level.” YearsTwoRememberPassionThreeNextGamesSportsLevelsGrowing UpGrowingBasketballSoccerHockeyThree YearsNext LevelThree Year OldsPlaying Basketball Author:Dwight Howard
“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
“What sparked my interest in the combat sports in general was my older brother. I guess older brothers are supposed to pick on their young brothers, but mine took it to a whole new level. He broke my collarbone, broke my rib, and knocked my teeth out.” WholeYoungSportsInterestLevelsMinesBrotherPicksTeethBrokeCombatRibsOlder BrotherSports In GeneralYoung Brother Author:Jake Hecht