“Hitting. That's what I enjoy most. Realistically, it's probably the hardest thing to do in all of sport. Think about it. You've got a round ball, a round bat, and the object is to hit it square.” ThinkingSportsEnjoyObjectsBallsRoundsHardestThings To DoSquaresHittingBatsHardest ThingHardest Thing To Do Author:Pete Rose
“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
“Jimmy Demaret and I had the best sports psychologist in the world. His name was Jack Daniels and he was waiting for us after every round.” WorldNamesSportsWaitingGolfRoundsPsychologistJimmyBest SportsJack Daniels Author:Jack Burke, Jr.
“The Irish landowner, partly from laziness but also from an indifferent delicacy, does not interfere in the lives of the people round. Sport and death are the two great socializing factors in Ireland, but these cannot operate the whole time: on the whole, the landowner leaves his tenants and work-people to make their own mistakes, while he makes his.” PeopleDoeTwoWholeSportsMistakeRoundsFactorsIrelandLazinessIndifferentInterfereDelicacySocializingTenants Author:Elizabeth Bowen
“I was foreign and Jewish, with a funny name, and was very small and hated sport, a real problem at an English prep school. So the way to get round it was to become the school joker, which I did quite effectively - I was always fooling around to make the people who would otherwise dump me in the loo laugh.” PeopleWayRealProblemSchoolNamesSportsLaughingRoundsHatedReal ProblemsDumpPrepsFooling AroundFunny Name Author:Alain de Botton
“Folks have a common misconception that Mississippi is strictly a rural, outdoors state. While we are famous for our hunting, sport fishing and year-round golf, we also have leading manufacturers like Peavey Electronics and Viking Range Corp.” YearsStatesSportsCommonGolfRoundsFolksRangeFishingHuntingMisconceptionMississippiVikingsElectronics Author:Gregg Harper
“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 was always interested in sport. My family are big sports' fans. We always had all the locals round watching big sporting events. I wasn't particularly sporty myself. I played a lot of hockey and rode, still do ride, but I just had a general interest in it. When I was given the opportunity to do sport stories I used to grab them.” StillsStoriesBigsUsedOpportunityGivenSportsInterestFansEventsMy FamilyRoundsLocalsHockeySports FanSporting Events Author:Jill Douglas
“As you walk down the fairway of life you must smell the roses, for you only get to play one round.” InspirationalPlaySportsWalksRoseGolfRoundsAthleteSmellEnjoymentMotivational SportsFridayInspirational SportsGolfersGolf CourseGolf LifeGreat GolfFunny GolfPlaying GolfNatural InstinctInspirational Golf Author:Ben Hogan