“If I could do anything over, I'd have spent more time with my first set of children. I would have taken more quality time with them, for sure.” IfsFirstsChildrenSportsQualityTakenIf I CouldMore TimeQuality Time Author:Lee Trevino
“I think country needs to have a sporting culture. I think if sports were taken as curriculum in school and are encouraged in right way like government of Maharashtra and Haryana have done given Marks for Sports and encouraging them with good jobs.” IfsThinkingWayNeedsCountryDoneGovernmentSchoolJobsCultureGivenSportsTakenMarkRight WayGood JobCurriculumMaharashtra Author:Gagan Narang
“I've taken a lot of crap from a lot of people. Probably more than anybody in the history of this sport. I know Hank (Aaron) and Jackie (Robinson) took a good deal of crap, but I guarantee it wasn't for six years. I just keep thinking: How much am I supposed to take?” PeopleThinkingKnowsYearsSportsDealsTakenSixGuaranteesCrapJackie Author:John Rocker
“I have never thought of participating in sports just for the sake of doing it for exercise or as a means to lose weight. And I've never taken up a sport just because it was a social fad. I really enjoy playing. It is a vital part of my life.” MeanSocialSportsEnjoyLosesTakenExerciseWeightSakeParticipatingLose WeightFads Author:Dinah Shore
“The shift from the perception of the child as innocent to the perception of the child as competent has greatly increased the demands on contemporary children for maturity, for participating in competitive sports, for early academic achievement, and for protecting themselves against adults who might do them harm. While children might be able to cope with any one of those demands taken singly, taken together they often exceed children's adaptive capacity.” ChildrenMightAbleTogetherSportsTakenDemandAchievementPerceptionAdultsCapacityHarmContemporaryInnocentMaturityAcademicExceedCompetentParticipatingAdaptiveAcademic AchievementCompetitive Sports Author:David Elkind
“It never feels good if you don't reach all of your goals, neither in sport, nor in business nor in your personal life. But the key thing is to never give up, we have taken our learnings from 2014 and developed an exciting and promising strategy for the period up until 2020.” IfsLifeGivingFeelsSportsGoalTakenKeysPeriodsGiving UpExcitingStrategyFeel GoodPersonal LifeNever Giving UpKey Things Author:Herbert Hainer
“I love the sport but it's definitely taken a toll on me. The first two years after I retired I was in pain and couldn't even sit in a chair for 2 years. 2 years! You want a sport that takes care of you the way you take care of the sport.” WayWantYearsFirstsTwoCarePainSportsTakenTake CareChairsTwo YearsRetiredTolls Author:Eric Dickerson
“I've taken magic lessons since I was five-years-old. When I was little I would wear a top hat and cape, and I'd get relentlessly beat up by jocks. That's why I don't care for sports.” YearsLittlesCareSportsTakenFiveMagicLessonsBeatsDon't CareI Don't CareFive YearsHatsFive Year OldsCapesJocksTop Hats Author:Matthew Gray Gubler
“The sports are also hard on my body, and I do have a longstanding bad back due to an injury some years ago. I don't regret any part of it though. I love what I do and my sporting career has taken me to some wonderful places and seeing the world.” WorldYearsHardBodySportsCareersTakenWonderfulSeeingRegretYears AgoDuesInjurySeeing The WorldDon't RegretWonderful Places Author:Liz Halliday