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“Raymond Floyd. The man knows how to control situations. He was experienced. He didn't let me get overly excited; he kept me in check. It allowed me to free myself up, and I played really well with him.”

Knows Men Wells Sports Situation Know How He Man Let Me Excited Checks

Author:Payne Stewart

“You see, in sports you have so many things that aren't expected. There's so much uncertainty. So when players find themselves in a situation where management has a great deal of integrity and they can depend on my word or anybody else's word in the organization, they feel secure. And if the players feel secure, they don't want to leave here. And if they don't want to leave here, they're going to do everything they can on the court to stay here.”

Ifs Want Feels Sports Deals Situation Player Depends Integrity Organization Management Court Expected Secure Uncertainty

Author:Red Auerbach

“when I was younger I used to wrestle, and I feel that it contributed to my athletic ability because as a wrestler you have to be an all-encompassed athlete. You need stamina, strength, endurance and mental capacity. You also have to learn how to adapt in any situation. In the book, that's how all the sports helped me in my strategies for football and life.”

Needs Feels Book Used Sports Ability Situation Football Capacity Strategy Athlete Endurance Athletic Stamina Wrestler Athletic Ability

Author:Dhani Jones

“I've been in Philadelphia 10 years, man. I knew it was going to be a challenge, mentally. I always thought life would come to an end if I ever left Philadelphia. And I feel like a newborn. Being in Denver it's just a better situation for me. And I'm just happy that I feel like I got an opportunity where I can win basketball games here.”

Ifs Men Feels Years I Can Ends Opportunity Games Winning Left Sports Challenges Situation Basketball Philadelphia Thoughts On Life Newborn Denver Basketball Game

Author:Allen Iverson

“I might say something in Spanish; it all depends on how I'm feeling, what the situation is.”

Feelings Might Sports Situation Depends

Author:Bobby Bonilla

“I really believe the only thing you can control in those situations is what you do as a player but also how you interact with your teammates, which is critical.”

Believe Sports Situation Player Critical Teammate Things You Can Control

Author:Brian Griese

“The situation was, the team I was on when I got injured went down to the lower leagues. In America, they don't have that relegation, so when the team went down to the lower region, every player has his value, and they went off and sold any player who had value.”

America Values Sports Situation Player Team League Regions Injured

Author:Claudio Reyna

“He wants to be his own man and be recognized for what he's done. He's not asking for anything because of his name. That was a tough situation to go into at Alabama, but he probably wouldn't have been given the job if the situation would have been different.”

Ifs Men Want Has Beens Different Done Jobs Names Given Sports Situation Tough Asking Alabama Tough Situations

Author:Don Shula

“Sports allow men to build up situations of emergency. What he then demands of himself is unnecessary achievement - and unnecessary sacrifice. He artificially creates the tension that he has been spared by affluent society.”

Men Has Beens Sports Situation Sacrifice Demand Achievement Tension Unnecessary Emergencies Affluent

Book:The Unheard Cry for Meaning: Psychotherapy and Humanism

Source: The Unheard Cry for Meaning: Psychotherapy and Humanism

“The wrestling, even though I would only wrestle for 15 or 20 or 30 minutes at a time, and it would look like that was the only time I was in it, was really a 24-hour job. Keeping yourself alive, reinventing yourself, staying physically in shape, the traveling, all the other commitments with being a wrestler, it was a crossover situation where it became sports entertainment and you actually became a media star, so it was very demanding.”

“In sports and in business, the greatest leaders are those who make the best decisions in the most crucial of situations. They are the ones who focus their energy on turning tough decisions into winning decisions.”

Winning Energy Sports Decision Situation Leader Focus Tough Crucial Tough Decisions

Author:Don Yaeger

“Only through training will a person learn his own weaknesses... He who is aware of his weaknesses will remain master of himself in any situation.”

Persons Art Motivational Sports Situation Masters Training Weakness Martial Arts Mastery

Author:Gichin Funakoshi

“If I performed poorly, I knew the eyes of the sports world would be turned away from me. In that situation I knew the NCAA would crush me for sure. But if I could run well, they would not dare to hit me with everyone looking in my direction. I HAD to have a good race.”

Ifs World Wells Would Be Eye Running Sports Race Situation Dare Crush If I Could Ncaa

Author:Gerry Lindgren

“We ran three cars last year. Unfortunately, as time went on, we did have to let a few people go, which we regretted, but just because of the situation.”

People Years Lasts Three Sports Situation Car Ran Last Year

Author:Bobby Rahal

“Economics is about creating win-win situations. But in sports, someone loses.”

Winning Sports Loses Situation Creating Economics Win Win Win Win Situation

Author:Stan Kroenke