“The real big stars only keep this up for about seven years.” YearsRealBigsStarsSportsSevenSeven Years Author:Ruud van Nistelrooy
“In the space of less than seven days, I attended a track meet in Boston, flew from there to Bowling Green for the National Jaycees, then to Rochester for the blind, Buffalo for another track meet, New York to shoot a film called The Black Athlete, Miami for Ford Motor Company, back up to New York for 45 minutes to deliver a speech, then into L. A. for another the same night.” FilmNightSportsBlackSpaceCompanyMinutesNew YorkSpeechBlindGreenSevenAthleteTrackBostonMotorFlewMiamiBowlingBuffaloSeven DaysRochesterFord Motor Author:Jesse Owens
“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 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
“I've been involved in the sport since I was seven-years-old and I have learned so many things in life from it, such as making friends and discipline.” YearsSportsDisciplineInvolvedSevenThings In LifeI Have LearnedSeven YearsMaking Friends Author:Jenny Meadows
“I don't consider myself a particularly young chess player. I have been playing in the best tournaments in the world since I was 16 years old. In other sports, if you have been playing for seven years, you are not a young prodigy any more. You're one of the pros.” IfsWorldYearsHas BeensYoungSportsPlayerSevenChessSeven YearsTournamentsChess PlayersProdigies Author:Magnus Carlsen
“You need to work very hard, you have to spend a lot of time practicing your sport - six to seven hours daily.” NeedsHardSportsHoursSixSevenSquash Author:Sergei Bubka
“When you've played this game for ten years and gone to bat seven-thousand times and gotten two-thousand hits do you know what that really means? It means you've gone zero for five-thousand.” KnowsYearsMeanTwoGamesSportsGoneFiveThousandTenSevenZeroDo You KnowBatsReally Mean Author:Reggie Jackson
“Golf is the crack of sports. If you hit five good shots, you know you can hit six good shots. The next time you hit six good shots, you know you can hit seven.” IfsKnowsNextSportsFiveSixShotsGolfSevenCracksNext Time Author:Alice Cooper