“But after a few minutes of convincing myself that I really wanted to go - telling myself that I love skating and that my coach is there waiting for me - I would get up and go. And my mother would always get up and eat breakfast with me!” WantedMotherSportsWaitingMinutesCoachesGet UpBreakfastConvincingSkating Author:Nancy Kerrigan
“Every morning, just like in Alabama, I got up with the sun, ate my breakfast even before my mother and sisters and brothers, and went to school, winter, spring, and fall alike to run and jump and bend my body this way and that for Mr. Charles Riley.” WayBodyRunningSchoolMotherFallSportsMorningSunBrotherSpringWinterAthleteBreakfastEvery MorningBrothers And SistersAlabama Book:Jesse, a spiritual autobiography Source: Jesse, a spiritual autobiography
“One thing with me, and every goal I've had - in the sport of swimming, my mother didn't know my goals. The only person that knew my goals were my coaches.” KnowsPersonsMotherSportsGoalOne ThingCoachesSwimming Author:Michael Phelps
“My father was a racing driver, his name is Don Halliday. I grew up with it all around me. I have always been into fast, dangerous sports, even as a child. As soon as I got in a car I knew it was for me and that I would enjoy racing and competing. My mother was also involved in Solo One. She always said I was like my father and would want to compete one day.” WantChildrenSaidMotherFatherNamesSportsEnjoyDangerousCarGrewInvolvedOne DayGrew UpDriversRacingSoloCompetingRacing DriverDangerous Sports Author:Liz Halliday
“When you have a father and a mother who work all their lives so you can have an education and build your body - it's a blessing.” BodyMotivationalMotherFatherSportsBlessingYour BodyMotivational Sports Author:Lou Gehrig
“You have to have passion for anything you do. Whether it's sports, whether it's music, whether you want to be Mother Theresa, you have to have passion for what it is you do, or what's the point in getting up in the morning and getting out of bed?” WantMotherPassionSportsMorningBedTheresaMother Theresa Author:Zakk Wylde
“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
“Baseball, more than any other sport, has a magical way of connecting fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, grandparents and grandchildren and ancestors back down the line. - From The Brooklyn Nine” MotherFatherSportsSonDaughterBaseballAncestorGrandparentGrandchildrenFather And Son Author:Alan Gratz