“When you are thrown onto the stage at 17 in such an enormous way, it becomes living on the edge because every step you take, every word you speak, every action you do becomes headline news. And it became, for me, life or death.” WayActionSpeakSportsStepsStageNewsEdgesEnormousThrownHeadlinesLiving OnEvery StepLife Or DeathWords You SpeakLiving On The EdgeEvery Step You Take Author:Boris Becker
“I think everybody has to be better, right from me out. Everybody has to step up their games for us to be successful here. I've been lucky to be on some good teams over the years and that's what it takes, everybody contributing night after night.” ThinkingYearsNightGamesSportsStepsSuccessfulTeamLuckyBeing SuccessfulContributingStep UpGood Team Author:Ed Belfour
“That's why, to experience that, you know for a fact that a human being is capable of so much more, because to go to that place and to step outside yourself and observe yourself do these things, while the rest of the world is moving in slow motion, is really incredible.” KnowsWorldHumansFactsMovingSportsHuman BeingsStepsCapableIncrediblesMoving InSlow Motion Author:Marcus Allen
“One of the cool things about ski racing is there is never a perfect run so it's hard to be satisfied in that sense, you can always go that extra step, i don't think any of us have the realistic goal of having the perfect run. Ski racing is the most variable sport out there, conditions change run-to-run, we only get one chance at it and the margin for error is tiny.” ThinkingHardRunningSportsGoalChangeChancePerfectStepsConditionsErrorsTinySatisfiedExtrasRealisticRacingMarginsVariablesSkisCool ThingsOne ChanceRealistic GoalsSki Racing Author:Ted Ligety
“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
“The presidents of colleges have to have some courage to step forward. You can't limit alcohol in college sports, you have to get rid of it.” SportsPresidentStepsCourageCollegeLimitsAlcoholSteps ForwardCollege Sports Author:Dean Smith
“Refined indifference is a sports psychology precept: train like there's no tomorrow and then accept whatever happens. Once you step on the field realize that whatever is meant to be is meant to be.” HappensSportsRealizingAcceptingStepsPsychologyFieldsTomorrowTrainIndifferenceMeant To BeRefinedWhatever HappensSports Psychology Author:Scott Hamilton
“I never let track define me. That's something that's really important to me. That's what I do and it's what I love, but I think by having other things I'm passionate about and interested in, it helped me to come back. It helped me to have renewed love for the sport by being able to step away and then come back.” ThinkingImportantAbleSportsStepsPassionateTrack Author:Allyson Felix