“I'm not that good a player, and I'll be the first to admit that. I might be a three or four grand-slam winner; I might be a two grand-slam winner, I don't know.” KnowsFirstsTwoMightThreeFourPlayerWinnerSlam Author:Patrick Rafter
“In club football you have your players and staff with you all the time, preparing for two games a week, you know them inside out, you have a discipline over them.” KnowsTwoGamesPlayerWeekFootballDisciplineClubsStaffPreparing Author:Graham Taylor
“In Valdosta, Ga., during a mini-tour event, a player named James Black bet me $20 he could put five golf balls in his mouth and then close his mouth all the way. I tried it but could get only two in there.” WayTwoBlackFivePlayerEventsMouthsBallsGolfGolf Ball Author:Gary McCord
“When you're not practicing, someone somewhere is. And when the two of you meet, assuming roughly equal ability, the other person will win.” InspirationalPersonsTwoWinningSportsAbilityPracticePlayerHard WorkVictoryPoliticianEqualLosingCompetitionAssumingCompetitorsHard Work Pays OffPractice Makes Perfect Author:Bill Bradley
“As someone who's very competitive, I'm someone who abhors losing more than I enjoy winning. In that regard, it hasn't been a great two months, but I think our players' attitude remains pretty resolute.” ThinkingTwoWinningEnjoyAttitudePlayerMonthsLosingRegardRemainsTwo MonthsResolute Author:Skip Prosser
“I won player of the year and players' player, two cups and two championship medals, had a great time.” YearsTwoPlayerCupsChampionshipMedalGreat TimesHad A Great Time Author:Paul Gascoigne
“Only two players made me cry when watching football, one was Diego Maradona and the other Ryan Giggs.” MadeTwoPlayerCryFootballMaradonaMade Me CryGiggsWatching Football Author:Alessandro Del Piero
“But I'm confident that my work — and the work of my staff — with our many young players over the last two years will begin to pay off for Mr. Taylor and Timberwolves fans. Now, as important new players are added to the mix, the future of this franchise should be a bright one, and I am thankful for the chance I had, to play a part in shaping that future.” ShouldYearsTwoImportantPlayLastsYoungChancePayPlayerFansTwo YearsStaffI Am Thankful Author:Kurt Rambis
“You've got to remember, the older you get the slower you get. I've seen a lot of players get old ... if I can have a good season in 1972 and come back with another good one, well, that's different. I might not quit. But two bad ones back to back and staying home would be written on the wall.” IfsWellsI CanTwoDifferentHomeMightWould BeRememberPlayerWrittenWallSeasonsQuittingStaying Author:Hank Aaron
“Chess, which exists predominantly in two dimensions, is one of the world's most difficult games. Three-dimensional chess is an invitation to insanity. But human relationships, even of the simplest order, are like a kind of four-dimensional chess, a game whose pieces and positions change subtly and inexorably between moves, whose players stare dumbly while their powerful positions deteriorate into hopeless predicaments and while improbable combinations suddenly become inevitable. To make matters worse, some games are open to any number of players, and all sides are expected to win.” WorldHumansKindTwoMatterMovingOrderThreeGamesWinningDifficultSidesPowerfulNumbersPiecesFourPlayerPositionExpectedChessInevitableCombinationStaringInsanityDimensionsHopelessSimplestInvitationsHuman RelationsHuman RelationshipsImprobablePredicaments Book:Time and the Art of Living Source: Time and the Art of Living
“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
“It seems the baseball player of today will not be satisfied until he plays two weeks in the big league and is able to retire at twenty-two.” TwoPlayBigsSeemsTodayAblePlayerWeekBaseballTwentiesSatisfiedLeagueRetiringTwo WeeksBaseball PlayerTwenty Two Author:Joe Garagiola
“Managers are never 100 percent in control. You're at the mercy of the players. When you're a player, you're driving. I'm the navigator. I hardly ever think about driving anymore, unless there's two out in the bottom of the ninth.” ThinkingTwoPlayerPercentMercyBottomDrivingManagersNavigators Author:Dusty Baker
“I was doing all the coaching schools so that I'd be able to stay in the game, and I gave myself a chance by doing that. I was only an average player, could score a goal or two, that sort of thing, but I wasn't a Bobby Charlton or a Messi, or Ronaldo. There are very, very few really great players who have become great coaches.” TwoAbleSchoolGamesGoalChancePlayerAverageCoachesCoachingScoreReally GreatMessiGreat Coach Author:Alex Ferguson