“I don't want to be competing in a sport where I feel that I'm here not on my talent and my hard work but because of a piece of equipment.” WantFeelsHardSportsPiecesTalentHard WorkCompetingEquipment Author:Oscar Pistorius
“Avoiding any of the tenets of amateurism, after all, certainly does not make you a good professional. Perhaps it is better to see fearless flair and professional steeliness as two ideas which must always coexist. One half of sport may be about harnessing human talent, but the other half depends on setting it free.” HumansMayDoeTwoIdeasSportsHalfTalentFootballDependsSettingSettingsFearlessSoccerAnalysisAvoidingOther HalfOne HalfCoexistFlair Author:Edward Smith
“All I can tell you is I played with Johnny Mitchell. Johnny Mitchell was one of the greatest athletic talents I ever played with, but I could never trust him. When the game was on the line and he was supposed to run an out route at 10 yards, he would run an in route at eight and slide to the outside and scream to me that he was open. But it was how he got open that really made me uncomfortable in trusting him.” MadeI CanRunningGamesSportsLinesTalentEightUncomfortableScreamYardsRoutesAthleticSlidesNever TrustTrusting Him Author:Boomer Esiason
“I think talent is dangerous to have if you take it for granted. If you use it well and put hard work with it together, it's hard to catch that guy. And I think that's what you're seeing right now.” IfsThinkingWellsHardUseTogetherGuySportsSeeingTalentDangerousHard WorkRight NowGrantedThat Guy Author:Ivan Lendl
“One of the things I noticed more in this draft than in any recent drafts was the importance of the character issue. Players who had baggage, like Justice, fell much farther than his talent dictated. But a lot of coaches didn't want to take the chance.” WantCharacterSportsJusticeChanceIssuesPlayerTalentImportanceCoachesBaggage Author:Ron Jaworski
“My chief gifts are - naturally good at all sports with a raw talent for pretty much everything, which if nurtured could develop into improper talent.” IfsSportsTalentChiefsRaw Talent Author:Michael Sheen
“Football is football and talent is talent. But the mindset of your team makes all the difference.” SportsDifferencesTeamTalentFootballMindset Author:Robert Griffin III
“Ovid lies here, the poet, skilled in love's gentle sport; By his own talents he worked his undoing. Oh, you who pass by, if ever you have loved, Think it not a burden to wish him calm repose.” IfsThinkingLoveLyingWishSportsTalentPoetCalmBurdenGentleReposeUndoing Author:Ovid
“Is duty a mere sport, or an employ! Life an entrusted talent or a toy!” SportsTalentDutyMereToys Author:Samuel Taylor Coleridge
“Liberal moms like soccer because it's a sport in which athletic talent finds so little expression that girls can play with boys. No serious sport is co-ed, even at the kindergarten level.” LittlesPlayPoliticalGirlPoliticsSportsCommunityLevelsPartyFamilyBoysGenerationsTalentHuman NatureSeriousExpressionMomIdeologySoccerFree SpeechPolitical PartiesAthleticThat GirlKindergartenPartisanship Author:Ann Coulter
“We have to move the meter in sports in Africa, especially basketball. With the growth of the NBA globally, we have to figure out more ways to develop facilities, coaching, leagues, and youth development in Africa. The talent is incredible. Especially physically. How do we get the youth to start playing at an early age just like in soccer? The future is bright. We now have an NBA office in Africa, we have legends and Hall of Famers, we have African assistant coaches, front office members, and some prominent African players over the last 10 years. So we must plan well for the next 10.” WayYearsWellsAgeLastsMovingNextSportsGrowthPlayerPlansTalentFrontsFiguresYouthDevelopmentMembersBasketballOfficeIncrediblesCoachesSoccerLeagueCoachingHallsNbaLegendsFacilityAssistantsMeterProminentFuture Is BrightFront OfficeAssistant Coaches Author:Masai Ujiri