“You visualize [pitches]. You see it in your head; you think it...I used to play every pitcher in my mind before I went to the ballpark. I started getting ready for ever game the moment I woke up.” ThinkingMindPlayMomentsUsedGamesSportsReadyTrainingPreparationPitcherBallparks Author:Hank Aaron
“Avoid trivial pursuits. You are a child of God, destined for glory, and called to do great things in His Name. Do not waste your life on hobbies, sports, and other recreational pursuits. Do not throw away the precious moments of your life on entertainment, movies, and video games. Though some of these things can properly have a 'small place' in the Christian's life, we must be careful not to give undue attention to temporal and fruitless activities. Do not waste your life. Employ the time of your youth in developing the character and skills necessary to be a useful servant of God.” GivingChildrenMomentsCharacterChristianFaithGamesNamesSportsPowerfulAttentionYouthActivitySkillsWasteGloryCarefulEntertainmentPursuitVideoGreat ThingsDevelopingServantBe CarefulHobbiesDestinedChild Of GodServant Of GodPrecious MomentsSmall Places Author:Paul Washer
“Through my illness I learned rejection. I was written off. That was the moment I thought, Okay, game on. No prisoners. Everybody's going down.” MomentsGamesSportsWrittenOkayIllnessRejectionPrisonerOvercoming Rejection Author:Lance Armstrong
“My father thought sport was something fun - he didn't know it was a way to make money. Then I won a Mercedes at the world championships and I gave it to him. From the moment it arrived my father said: 'Good, you can support not just yourself but me too'.” KnowsWorldWaySaidMomentsFatherFunSportsSupportMaking MoneyChampionship Author:Haile Gebrselassie
“Every jock gets up and tells the world how lucky he is. But I feel that I may be the luckiest one of all in terms of timing and being at the right place at the right moment-even though, for the last 30 years, I was told I was born 20 years too soon, for obvious reasons.” WorldFeelsYearsMayReasonMomentsLastsSportsTermBornLuckyObviousGet UpTimingRight PlaceRight MomentJocks Author:Bob Cousy
“In that match for Holland I asked for a big responsibility, I got it and I dealt with it. I played well, I scored goals and the team qualified for the Euro 2004 finals. It was a big night and an important moment for Holland.” WellsImportantMomentsBigsNightSportsGoalResponsibilityTeamFinalsQualifiedEuroHollandImportant MomentsBig Responsibility Author:Ruud van Nistelrooy
“that crack of the bat against a ball has been my mantra, a sound I hear in desperate moments, at times when I crave total satisfaction, a sound I hear over and over when I want something very badly but can't express what it is.” MomentsSportsBaseballDesperate Author:Lucy Jane Bledsoe
“For a writer, mail is not just a collection of bills and letters and offers to subscribe to Sports Illustrated. It's an umbilical cord, a connection to the outside world, the giver of pleasure and pain. It shapes the day, is the moment, inexorable as the tide, toward which all the hours rise and fall.” WorldMomentsPainFallSportsHoursPleasureOffersShapesLettersConnectionsBillsCollectionsMailTidesGiverOutside WorldCordsPain And PleasureInexorableRise And FallUmbilical CordSports Illustrated Author:Mameve Medwed
“Roger Federer and my boyfriend, Tiger Woods, inspire me. It's incredible what they've done in their respective sports, especially Roger. He is the nicest and humblest guy. You would never know that he's the best tennis player of all time. And Tiger is so mentally tough. He can block everything completely out and stay in the moment.” KnowsDoneMomentsGuySportsPlayerInspireToughIncrediblesWoodsBlockAll TimeTennisTigersRogerMy BoyfriendTennis PlayerFedererMentally Tough Author:Lindsey Vonn
“I am building a fire, and everyday I train, I add more fuel. At just the right moment, I light the match.” InspirationalMomentsLightMotivationalRunningSportsFireBuildingAddTrainEverydayAthleteSoccerFuelConcentrationMotivational SportsOlympicsInspirational SportsMedalGold MedalsOlympic GamesRight MomentAthlete MotivationalOlympianSoccer PlayerInspirational AthleteInspiring AthleteOlympic AthleteInspirational SoccerOlympics GamesPopular SportsMotivational SoccerOlympic MedalsCoaches And AthletesSoccer MotivationBuild A Fire Author:Mia Hamm
“In a race, sooner or later there's a moment that separates the winner from those who don't win. That instant is your chance, the moment you've been waiting for.” MomentsMotivationalWinningSportsWaitingChanceRaceWinnerInstantSooner Or Later Book:Linchpin: Are You Indispensable? Source: Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?
“The value of the sport and the value of sports in general, with the life lessons, the ups and downs. The depth of the life experience, what athletes are actually offering to us when they come out and play, if you look at a season and go moment by moment.” IfsLooksPlayMomentsValuesSportsLessonsSeasonsDepthAthleteLife LessonLife ExperienceOfferingUps & DownsSports In General Author:Willi Smith
“As long as I'm working in sport, enjoying it and getting to see some wonderful sporting events, I'm quite happy. I don't want to be really famous. I don't want people to stop me in the street. I want to just enjoy the work, work with lovely people, work on good quality sport and get to experience some more of these amazing moments.” PeopleWantLongMomentsSportsEnjoyQualityWonderfulStreetsEventsLovelyGood QualitySporting Events Author:Jill Douglas
“I like having the two sports in my life. It is nice to have a change. They are both intense sports, but the balance I have is working for me at the moment and I find they compliment one another.” TwoMomentsSportsNiceBalanceIntenseCompliment Author:Liz Halliday
“But, at the moment, when I step on the pitch, when I have the ball I know it's mine. It's just a feeling.” KnowsMomentsFeelingsSportsStepsMinesBalls Author:Thierry Henry
“When I was working on the Olympic cookbook it was amazing to discover how different athletes need different types of diets. Everybody thinks that an athlete has to eat lots of carbohydrates, however some athletes don't need that. Some sports such as sprinting are explosive so you need a diet that will give you the energy for that moment.” ThinkingNeedsGivingDifferentMomentsEnergySportsTypeAthleteDietsThat MomentExplosivesCookbookCarbohydrates Author:William Katt