“Growing up in Huntington Beach, you were either a traditional sports athlete, a skateboarder, or a surfer. I got my first skateboard when I was five and skated off and on over the years, did a little BMX racing as a kid, and then in my freshman or sophomore year I started getting a little bit more into skateboarding.” YearsFirstsLittlesKidsBitsSportsGrowing UpFiveGrowingLittle BitAthleteTraditionalBeachRacingFreshmanSurferSkateboardingSophomoreSkateboarderSophomore YearBmxHuntington Beach Author:Jason Lee
“How can I intimidate Tiger Woods? I mean, the guy's got 75 or whatever PGA Tour wins, 14 majors. He's been the biggest thing ever in our sport. How could some little 23-year-old from Northern Ireland with a few wins come up and intimidate him.” YearsMeanLittlesGuyWinningSportsMajorsCome UpWoodsIrelandTigersIntimidatingNorthern Ireland Author:Rory McIlroy
“I receive huge support from Irish and British sports fans alike and it is greatly appreciated. Likewise I feel I have a great affinity with the American sports fans. I play most of my golf in the U.S. nowadays and I am incredibly proud to have won the U.S. Open and U.S. PGA Championship in the last two years.” FeelsYearsTwoPlayLastsSportsSupportFansHugeProudGolfBritishTwo YearsChampionshipAppreciatedAffinitySports Fan Author:Rory McIlroy
“We're having a good time. That's what I did last year. If you can't have a good time, you might as well stay home. I feel real good.” IfsFeelsYearsWellsRealHomeMightLastsSportsGood TimesLast YearHaving A Good Time Author:Sterling Marlin
“I find that I've tried to become a better hockey player every year and not just hold on. At the same time, I've also made it a point to increase or grow in some other area of my life. If I were just playing hockey, I would probably be done with the sport.” IfsYearsMadeDoneGrowsSportsPlayerAreasIncreaseMade ItHockeyHockey PlayerPlaying Hockey Author:Angela Ruggiero
“It's totally different from last year because I came in with good shape with no health worries so it was about going out there and running well and enjoying it.” YearsWellsDifferentRunningLastsSportsEnjoyWorryShapesLast YearGoing Out Author:Paula Radcliffe
“Receiving the Newcombe Medal for a third year in a row is an amazing honour. The Newcombe Medal is a great occasion for the Australian tennis community to come together and celebrate our sport, recognise people's achievements and contributions to Australian tennis.” PeopleYearsTogetherSportsCommunityAchievementThirdsCelebrateOccasionsTennisContributionHonourReceivingMedalAustralianRecognise Author:Samantha Stosur
“I'm mentally getting myself ready to talk about it all year long because I know it's going to come. My main focus is not to really concentrate on that... So many things have to line up, to be healthy and consistent for so many games, to get to that point. I know as we get closer we're going to talk about it more. But believe me, when it's done, if it gets done, it will be a huge achievement and I'm definitely going to soak it in. But at this time, it's not at the top of my mind.” IfsKnowsYearsMindBelieveLongDoneGamesSportsLinesFocusReadyHugeHealthyAchievementTrainingPreparationConsistentBelieve In MeOf My Mind Author:Anthony Calvillo
“In '87 - four years after 'Sports' was released - my family and I began vacationing in Montana. I soon bought my first piece of land in Ravalli County, in the western part of the state.” YearsFirstsStatesSportsPiecesFourLandMy FamilyWesternFour YearsCountyMontana Author:Huey Lewis
“My schedule has slowed a little. I've cut back on some of my assignments. But I still have the enthusiasm for the sports world that I had 38 years ago.” WorldYearsLittlesStillsSportsCuttingYears AgoEnthusiasmSchedulesAssignments Author:Lesley Visser
“I was always very independent and looked out for myself. I think that ability really helped me in later years both in sports and in theatre.” ThinkingYearsSportsAbilityIndependentTheatre Author:Jack Wagner
“You know over 20 years I played for a number of managers and dozens of coaches. I don't know any of them that I didn't learn something from to help make me a better player.” KnowsYearsHelpingSportsNumbersPlayerCoachesManagersDozen Author:Robin Yount
“I think you always have, you know, new players. Every year you see new faces, juniors coming into the seniors. I was one of them at the time long time ago now.” ThinkingKnowsYearsLongFacesSportsPlayerLong TimeSeniorLong Time AgoJuniorsNew Faces Author:Amelie Mauresmo
“I could have played football for two or three more years. All I needed was a leg transplant.” YearsTwoThreeSportsFootballNeededLegsTransplants Author:Johnny Unitas
“We've got a pretty close family. Just ended fourteen years of travel hockey with two boys. My daughter was always a part of that. So there's a lot of trips to the hockey games. As I tell idiotic, stupid, youth-sport parents, it's about the drive there and the drive back, not about the trophy or how your kid played. We've always had a good relationship with our kids. You're driving with them and talking to them at the age of eight. It became this adventure and they learned to love it. You connect, you really do. It's not for every family.” YearsTwoKidsAgeGamesSportsParentTalkingBoysStupidYouthAdventureDaughterEightDrivingMy DaughterHockeyFourteenTrophiesIdioticGood RelationshipYouth SportsClose Family Author:Jeff Daniels
“England was merry England, when Old Christmas brought his sports again. 'Twas Christmas broach'd the mightiest ale; 'Twas Christmas told the merriest tale; A Christmas gambol oft could cheer The poor man's heart through half the year.” MenYearsHeartSportsPoorHalfEnglandTalesChristmasCheerMerryPoor ManInspirational ChristmasChristmas HolidayChristmas EveXmasChristmas ThoughtsBest ChristmasAleMerry Christmas InspirationalChristmas Holiday GreetingsBest HolidayChristmas CheerInspirational HolidayPositive HolidayChristmas FriendshipMerry Xmas Funny Book:Poetical works Source: Poetical works
“What it is saying is that someone who was a world champion and who takes care of himself with a 17-year rest and applies the proper training techniques and perseverance could be successful.” WorldYearsCareSportsSuccessfulTrainingPerseveranceTake CareTechniqueChampionBeing SuccessfulWorld ChampionsDedication And PerseveranceProper Training Author:Mark Spitz
“I've been in sport for 15 years now and I'm actually shocked at the changes. We had all these things, but we couldn't utilize them. They were not accessible to us. They're actually accessible right now.” YearsSportsRight NowShocked Author:Clara Hughes
“I can't blame the drivers for making the move, and I can't blame the owners for being upset. Keep in mind, this ain't like the real world where you work somewhere and you can stay 40 years. Being able to see where you are going just a few years ahead is a pretty cool deal, and it doesn't happen too often in any sport, much less stock car racing.” WorldYearsMindI CanRealHappensAbleMovingSportsDealsCarBlameUpsetOwnersDriversWhere You AreReal WorldRacingWhere You Are GoingCar RacingStock Car Racing Author:Ken Schrader
“What better way to get to know a culture than to go there and learn their sports? And I say to people who tell me they can't travel, 'How much did you spend at the mall this year? How many times did you eat out? Take that money and go.'” PeopleKnowsWayYearsCultureSportsBetter WaysMalls Author:Dhani Jones
“Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever.” IfsInspirationalYearsMayMotivationalRunningPainLastsTimeSportsGoalHoursForeverMinutesGiving UpDeterminationPerseveranceAthleteQuittingMotivational SportsTemporaryReplacedDayBad AssInspirational SportsAthleticBodybuildingInspirational RunningToughnessI QuitReplacementsMotivational RunningMotivational Inspirational SportsGreat SportsAthlete MotivationalKeep RunningMental StrengthBest SportsReaching Your GoalsShort SportsShort Inspirational SportsGreatest SportsCross Country RunningShort Motivational SportsProfessional AthleteGreat Inspirational SportsGreat DeterminationMental ToughnessGreat Motivational SportsGreatest AthleteAthletic MotivationalAthletic InspirationalLove PainGym FitnessMotivational BodybuildingRace MotivationalGreat AthleticGym WorkoutBreast Cancer InspirationPerseverance SportsCrossfitLove Is PainMotivational SoftballPain Is TemporaryToughness In SportsMotivational SpeechSports Mental Toughness Author:Lance Armstrong
“In the early years of the Roaring Twenties, American women not only won the right to vote but they also earned headlines along side their male counterparts during the Golden Age of American sports. Michael Bohn shares an engaging story of how two sports heroines, tennis player Helen Wills and swimmer Gertrude Ederle, helped embolden women to seek self-fulfillment by challenging the status quo.” YearsTwoSelfStoriesAgeSportsSidesChallengesPlayerShareVoteTwentiesMalesGoldenFulfillmentTennisStatus QuoEngagingHeadlinesHeroinesRight To VoteGolden AgeRoaringCounterpartsAmerican WomanSwimmerHelenTennis PlayerGertrudeChallenging The Status QuoSelf FulfillmentRoaring Twenties Author:Donna de Varona
“I've called Chicago home for nearly 25 years. It's a city of broad shoulders and big hearts and bold dreams; a city of legendary sports figures, legendary sports venues, and legendary sports fans.” WorldYearsHeartHomeDreamBigsTogetherAmericaSportsRaceCitiesFansFiguresShouldersBroadsChicagoNationalityLegendaryVenuesBig HeartSports FanRace And Religion Author:Barack Obama
“Retaining 'Monday Night Football' simply did not make smart financial sense for ABC. We could not reconcile the fees against the revenue. We love football at ABC. It's been a love affair for 36 years. It will go down in the history of sports television, being created on ABC and with this magnificent run. But at this point, given the success we're having with our entertainment product and the financials, we deemed that this was the proper move for us. We're not looking back .” YearsRunningMovingNightGivenSportsTelevisionFootballProductsSmartAffairFinancialEntertainmentMagnificentLooking BackMondayRevenueLove AffairReconcileFeesRetainingMonday NightMonday Night Football Author:George Bodenheimer
“I've been involved with Fantasy Football for more than 10 years now, and I'll keep competing each year as long as I'm still having fun. I like to play sports, and I like to compete, but I also have a wife and three daughters. This lets me stay involved with the sport I love and still spend quality time with my family too.” YearsLongStillsPlayThreeFunSportsQualityFantasyWifeFootballInvolvedDaughterMy FamilyLet MeHaving FunCompetingQuality TimeThree DaughtersFantasy Football Author:Stevie Richards
“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
“Exactly how intricate a sport is jogging? You were two years old. You ran after the cat. You pretty much had it mastered” YearsTwoSportsCatRanTwo YearsIntricateOld YouJoggingTwo Year Olds Author:Rick Reilly
“Many years before when I had serious back pain from a sports injury, the surgeons said they would explore my spine and "figure it out." Out of frustration I had impulsively opted for the procedure. They ended up fusing the vertebrae. It left me debilitated. In hindsight, I blamed myself more than the surgeons. I had pressed them for a solution when in fact none was apparent because the cause of the pain was obscure.” YearsSaidFactsPainLeftCausesSportsFiguresSeriousSolutionsTherapyInjuryFrustrationObscureProceduresSurgeonsSpineHindsightBack Pain Author:Jerome Groopman
“These guys have been criticized the last few years for not getting to where we're going, but I've always said that the most important thing in sports is to keep trying. Let this be an example of what it means to say it's never over.” TryingYearsMeanHas BeensSaidImportantLastsGuyWinningSportsExampleLosingImportant ThingsNbaKeep Trying Author:Jerry Sloan
“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.” IfsMenFeelsYearsI CanEndsOpportunityGamesWinningLeftSportsChallengesSituationBasketballPhiladelphiaThoughts On LifeNewbornDenverBasketball Game Author:Allen Iverson
“I have been amongst the best players in the world for 8 years. None at that level played as many ties as I did.” WorldYearsHas BeensSportsLevelsPlayerTiesBest Players Author:Amelie Mauresmo
“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
“We have a high ceiling. We're still young. We're still learning coach's system and we're still learning how to play hard every night. I think that's been a bad habit of ours the last few years. It's a habit that's hard to shake, too. I think if we keep pushing, we'll be alright this season.” IfsThinkingYearsStillsHardPlayLastsYoungNightSportsHabitSeasonsCoachesShakesPushingEvery NightCeilingsAlrightBad HabitsPlay Hard Author:Andrew Bogut
“Last year we had so many people coming in and out they didn't bother to sew their names on the backs of the uniforms. They just put them there with Velcro.” PeopleYearsLastsNamesSportsBotherLast YearUniformsVelcro Author:Andy Van Slyke
“Martina and I went through a very bad five years. Everything's very good between us now, but it was a long haul.” YearsLongSportsFiveVery GoodFive YearsHaulLong Haul Author:Billie Jean King
“Every jock gets up and tells the world how lucky he is. But I feel that I may be the luckiest one of all in terms of timing and being at the right place at the right moment-even though, for the last 30 years, I was told I was born 20 years too soon, for obvious reasons.” WorldFeelsYearsMayReasonMomentsLastsSportsTermBornLuckyObviousGet UpTimingRight PlaceRight MomentJocks Author:Bob Cousy
“I was literally fabricated over in France and born about six months after the boat landed at Ellis Island. This was the heart of the Depression. For the first 12 years of my life we lived in a terrible ghetto on the East River.” YearsFirstsHeartSportsBornMonthsTerribleSixRiversEastBoatFranceIslandsSix MonthsGhettoEllis Island Author:Bob Cousy
“I guess when you have that one monster season, it's good because you're recognized. If it weren't for that season, not as many people would know about my career. But it also kind of diminishes what I did in other years.” PeopleIfsKnowsYearsKindSportsCareersSeasonsMonstersDiminish Author:Brady Anderson
“I know for a stretch, at least nine years, I was one of the best lead-off hitters in baseball” KnowsYearsSportsBaseballNineNine Years Author:Brady Anderson
“I'm realistic. And realistically, I'm not that type of player that earns that type of money any more. So I'd be willing to take a little cut to get a couple of extra years.” YearsLittlesSportsCuttingPlayerWillingTypeCoupleExtrasRealistic Author:Brett Hull
“I always looked up there, because I remember a time when the only things on the walls in Fenway were the Jimmy Fund sign and the retired numbers. Never in a million years did you think you'd ever be up there with those guys.” ThinkingYearsRememberGuySportsNumbersMillionsWallFundRetiredJimmy Author:Carlton Fisk
“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
“The Yankees won the pennant, we went on to the World Series, 41 years after that in the city of Toronto. The great city of Toronto, and all the provinces in Canada, everybody reached out and they were excited because we won the first World Series ever, across the border.” WorldYearsFirstsSportsCitiesSeriesExcitedBordersCanadaYankeesProvincesTorontoGreat CitiesWorld Series Author:Dave Winfield
“They developed a platform for me to put up another 12 years, and that was my ticket to Cooperstown. Those were the best years of my life. It was like magic.” YearsSportsMagicPlatformsTicketsBest Year Author:Dennis Eckersley
“And then to end up with a total of 347 wins, averaging 10 regular season wins for 33 years and the best winning percentage, and I'm very proud of this, of any professional team from 1970 to 1996.” YearsEndsWinningSportsTeamProudSeasonsPercentages Author:Don Shula
“I coached against Dave the last couple of years, and I was very proud to be the first time a father ever coached against his son. He beat me for 30 minutes the first time and 59 and a half minutes the second time.” YearsFirstsLastsFatherSportsHalfMinutesSonProudCoupleBeatsFirst TimeDave Author:Don Shula
“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
“Technically, the last number of years, partially from the injury, it's been difficult to push forward but I felt even before the injury that I still could do more and was sort of at a stalemate.” YearsStillsLastsFeltSportsDifficultNumbersInjuryStalemate Author:Elvis Stojko
“I look forward to another good year next year. It would be nice to win, too.” YearsLooksWould BeNextWinningSportsNiceBeing NiceNext YearGood Years Author:Greg Maddux