“If I was born again, I would be able to do any sport because I would have time to learn.” IfsWould BeAbleSportsBornBorn Again Author:Andy Lau
“I get the feeling a lot of politicians are there to help themselves financially, first and foremost. I don't really need to do that, and I thought if I could do something for sport in Scotland, that would be really fulfilling.” IfsNeedsFirstsHelpingFeelingsWould BeSportsPoliticianIf I CouldFulfillingScotland Author:Gordon Strachan
“For sure I would be a very emotional captain. A very hands-on captain.” HandsWould BeSportsEmotionalCaptains Author:Payne Stewart
“Here's the analogy. If my body were a car, I'd be thinking about trading it in around now. I would like to upgrade. I would be actually on the lot somewhere and some guy with a loud sports jacket would be sizing me up...kinda lookin' around goin--maybe kickin my knees. Looking behind me going: That looks a little bashed in back there...Yeah. You mind if I check under the hood?" 'Well yes I do! Thank you very much.” IfsThinkingMindWellsLooksLittlesBodyWould BeGuySportsBehindsCarYeahChecksLoudKneesTradingJacketsHoodAnalogies Author:Ellen DeGeneres
“All the charm of the angler's life would be lost but for these hours of thought and memory. All along the brook, all day on lake or river, while he takes his sport, he thinks. All the long evenings in camp, or cottage, or inn, he tells stories of his own life, hears stories of his friend's lives, and if alone calls up the magic of memory.” IfsThinkingLongStoriesWould BeLostSportsHoursMemoriesMagicSeaRiversFishesBoatEveningCharmLakesFishingCampsBrooksCottagesInnsAnglers Book:I Go A-fishing Source: I Go A-fishing
“Aquatic animals suffer from the disadvantage that they cannot scream when in pain, so we find it hard to gauge the degree of their agony. If fish could scream, angling purely for sport would be outlawed without delay.” IfsHardWould BePainSufferingSportsAnimalSeaDegreesRiversFishesBoatLakesFishingScreamAgonyDelayDisadvantagesGaugesAngling Author:Desmond Morris
“When I finished the juniors I felt, perhaps for about a year and a half, that everything was going to be the same and that I would be able to go out there and win any match. But it wasn't the case. I struggled. It took me time to adjust and to realise it was not going to happen like it did in the juniors. It was three years between the junior ranks and reaching the Australian Open, and even then, having reached the final against Hingis, I wasn't really realising what it would take to go higher.” YearsHappensWould BeAbleThreeWinningFeltSportsHalfCasesHigherFinalsFinishedReachingRealisingThree YearsJuniorsAustralian Author:Amelie Mauresmo
“I think Chris Paul is a great player. He is very unselfish and plays very hard, so he would be a guy if he plays. I think his hand is still questionable, though. I hear they are talking about resting him that weekend. I'm excited to play with all the guys. Marvin Williams is starting to play well, and Salim Stoudamire, I think he should be there.” IfsThinkingShouldWellsStillsHardPlayHandsWould BeGuySportsTalkingPlayerStartingExcitedWeekendUnselfishQuestionableMarvin Author:Andrew Bogut
“The only thing that would change would be the year, the names. It just got to be a repetitious life.” YearsWould BeNamesSports Author:Darrell Royal
“I look forward to another good year next year. It would be nice to win, too.” YearsLooksWould BeNextWinningSportsNiceBeing NiceNext YearGood Years Author:Greg Maddux
“How ironic, to be my last game that I ever played would be against Dan in a Super Bowl. The thing I always was afraid of was playing in a Super Bowl when it was raining. I can't throw a wet ball.” I CanWould BeLastsGamesSportsRainBallsIronicWetBowlsSuper Bowl Author:John Elway
“My first on the bucket list will be a night game at LSU. I don't know if I'm ever going to get there. Of all the things in college sports, that would be No. 1.” IfsKnowsFirstsWould BeNightGamesSportsCollegeListsTigersBucketsBucket ListLsuCollege Sports Author:Beano Cook
“From an athlete's perspective, to cancel the Olympics in regards to the threats would be absolutely devastating - especially since the Olympics - it's really about people meeting together through sports and putting aside their countries' differences for that time.” PeopleCountryWisdomRealityWould BeTogetherPoliticsSportsCommunityLeadershipDifferencesViolencePolicyPerspectiveEthicsRegardStrategyThreatMeetingsUnityHuman RightsAthleteTerrorismIdeologyForeign PolicyOlympicsDiplomacyCivilityDisobedienceCivil Disobedience Author:Brian Boitano
“Confidence is the most important thing in this sport, and the confidence from winning Wimbledon would make it easier to win the Olympics, too. Either would be very difficult, both even more-but the player who wins Wimbledon will be the favorite for the Olympics. It can happen.” ImportantHappensWould BeWinningSportsDifficultPlayerEasierImportant ThingsOlympicsWimbledon Author:Rafael Nadal
“All that the Y.M.C.A.'s horse and rings really accomplished was to fill me with an ineradicable distaste, not only for Christian endeavor in all its forms, but also for every variety of calisthenics, so that I still begrudge the trifling exertion needed to climb in and out of a bathtub, and hate all sports as rabidly as a person who likes sports hates common sense. If I had my way no man guilty of golf would be eligible to any office of trust or profit under the United States, and all female athletes would be shipped to the white-slave corrals of the Argentine.” IfsMenWayPersonsStillsStatesWould BeChristianFormHateSportsWhiteUnitedCommonUnited StatesNeededExerciseOfficeFemaleHorseGolfSlaveAthleteProfitRingsLikesCommon SenseGuiltyVarietyMy WayAccomplishedClimbsEndeavorExertionTriflingBathtubsDistasteFemale AthleteCalisthenics Author:H. L. Mencken
“I consider skateboarding an art form, a lifestyle and a sport. 'Action sport' would be the least offensive categorization.” ArtWould BeActionFormSportsLifestyleOffensiveSkateboardingCategorizationSkateboarder Author:Tony Hawk
“Fencing is more a sport than a martial art. It would be like basing your knowledge of roman phalanx warfare on NFL football.” ArtWould BeSportsFootballNflMartial ArtsWarfareFencingNfl Football Author:Patrick Rothfuss
“Basketball gave me a lot, which is why I want to stay connected with this sport later on, maybe working with young people. But it would be more in the background. Being in the spotlight was never really my thing. I never wanted to be famous.” PeopleWantWould BeWantedYoungSportsBasketballConnectedBackgroundsSpotlight Author:Dirk Nowitzki
“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.” IfsWorldWellsWould BeEyeRunningSportsRaceSituationDareCrushIf I CouldNcaa Author:Gerry Lindgren
“I received a phone call from the chief executive of my principal sponsor [Marlboro], who actually told me that it would be in the interests of the sport if I started to lose races. Which, I mean, just blew my mind.” IfsMindMeanWould BeSportsInterestLosesRacePhonesChiefsExecutivesPrincipalPhone CallsSponsorsChief Executives Author:Ron Dennis
“First of all, it would be great for world football to have a competitive Chinese team as China traditionally has deep relation to sports in general.” WorldFirstsWould BeSportsTeamFootballRelationChinaChineseSports In General Author:Berti Vogts
“In the future I would like to try other forms of racing, testing Formula cars or single seaters would be good, but again it is finding the time as I am incredibly busy. I don't think I have the time to try any other new sports. I have already cut skiing out of my routine in order to manage the racing and riding relationship. By the looks of things I am going to be busy for quite a few years.” ThinkingTryingYearsLooksWould BeFormOrderSportsCuttingCarFindingsBusyBe GoodManageRoutineFormulasRacingRidingTestingSkiing Author:Liz Halliday
“I've always been quite an active person especially when I was younger. When I was in primary school, I used to play lots of sports. I was a sprinter and I did basketball and swimming and Gaelic football and things like that. So I always thought, I guess, that it would be fun to incorporate that much physical activity and work into a dramatic piece.” PersonsPlayWould BeSchoolUsedFunSportsPiecesFootballActivityBasketballActivePrimariesDramaticSwimmingPhysical ActivityPrimary SchoolGaelicSprinters Author:Saoirse Ronan
“The place where I had so much success as a driver would be where I had my first win as a team owner.” FirstsWould BeWinningSportsTeamOwnersDrivers Author:Bobby Rahal
“I'm a citizen in a democracy. To call me an activist would be redundant. It's not a spectator sport. If we all become non-participants, it no longer works.” IfsWould BeSportsDemocracyCitizensCall MeActivistSpectatorsParticipantsRedundant Author:Michael Moore