“As an international sportsman, I am very lucky to be supported by people all over the world, many of who treat me as one of their own, no matter what their nationality, or indeed mine. This is the way sport should be.” PeopleWorldWayShouldMatterSportsMinesLuckyTreatsNo Matter WhatInternationalNationalitySportsman Author:Rory McIlroy
“I really enjoy playing 'Tiger Woods' on the Wii, and you can set the levels to easy, medium, or hard, so I think it's definitely a good way for kids to learn the motion of a golf swing if they want to get into the sport. It makes it more fun for them as well.” IfsThinkingWayWantWellsHardKidsFunEasySportsEnjoyLevelsGolfWoodsMediumsSwingsTigersGood WayGolf SwingWii Author:Rory McIlroy
“In most sports, your brain and your body will cooperate... But in rock climbing, it is the other way around. Your brain doesn't see the point in climbing upwards. Your brain will tell you to keep as low as possible, to cling to the wall and not get any higher. You have to have your brain persuading your body to do the right movements.” WayBodySportsBrainRocksMovementWallHigherLowsYour BodyClimbingRock ClimbingPersuading Author:Jo Nesbo
“What's endlessly complicated in thinking about women's gymnastics is the way that vulnerability and power are threaded through the sport.” ThinkingWaySportsComplicatedVulnerabilityGymnastics Author:Meghan O'Rourke
“After 'Sports' came out in the fall of 1983, everything changed for me. Four of the album's singles became top-10 hits, and by the end of June in 1984, the album was No. 1 on the Billboard chart. It was quite a ride, and for the first time I had enough money to live the way I wanted.” WayFirstsEndsEnoughWantedFallSportsFourChangedFirst TimeAlbumsJuneHad EnoughSinglesBillboardsTop 10 Author:Huey Lewis
“The weird thing about rap is that you don't get compared in the same way that athletes do, even though it's probably the most competitive sport in music. In basketball, they look at a player and say: 'This guy was the best in his prime at this sport.' But in rap it's not until you're dead or retired that people think about it like that.” PeopleThinkingWayLooksGuySportsPlayerBasketballAthleteRapPrimeThis GuyRetiredWeird ThingsCompetitive Sports Author:Chance the Rapper
“The one thing I miss is hitchhiking. Now there's no more of that. When's the last time you saw a hitchhiker? It's not that I consider it a great sport, but it was my way of seeing the country. The open road, especially in the western United States, is still very pristine, but everything else around it has changed.” WayStillsCountryStatesLastsSportsUnitedUnited StatesSawsSeeingOne ThingMissingChangedWesternMy WayLast TimeGreat SportsPristineHitchhikingOpen Road Author:Edward Ruscha
“In the Zen of sports and athletics, we seek to bring discipline and control into our physical movements, but at the same time to eliminate the self that gets in the way of perfect play.” WaySelfPlaySportsPerfectMovementHealthBuddhismDisciplineAthletics Author:Frederick Lenz
“Together with a culture of work, there must be a culture of leisure as gratification. To put it another way: people who work must take the time to relax, to be with their families, to enjoy themselves, read, listen to music, play a sport.” PeopleWayPlayTogetherCultureSportsEnjoyRelaxLeisureAnother WayListening To MusicGratificationTime To Relax Author:Pope Francis
“I never thought of what I was doing as a way to sell the NFL. I was making movies about a sport that I loved, about players and coaches that I respected. I wanted to convey my love of the game through film. And most artists convey their love through art. And my art and my love was expressed through film.” WayArtWantedFilmArtistGamesSportsPlayerSellsCoachesNflThe Love Of The Game Author:Steve Sabol
“Balanced is probably what I am, although that's just a polite way to say that you don't do anything very well.” WayWellsSportsBalancedPolite Author:Steve Yzerman
“Yes, I have had difficult times on court and at certain tournaments but you need to forget about it and go forward because that's the way it works in our world.” WorldWayNeedsCertainSportsDifficultForgetCourtOur WorldDifficult TimesTournaments Author:Amelie Mauresmo
“I look at it this way. I'm not putting age limits on what I can do. As long as I can do the job to help the team win and feel like I'm playing at a high level, which I feel I can do for a long while, I'm going to play no matter what my age is.” WayFeelsLooksLongI CanMatterPlayHelpingAgeJobsWinningSportsCan DoLevelsTeamLimitsNo Matter WhatHigh Level Author:Dan Marino
“When you are thrown onto the stage at 17 in such an enormous way, it becomes living on the edge because every step you take, every word you speak, every action you do becomes headline news. And it became, for me, life or death.” WayActionSpeakSportsStepsStageNewsEdgesEnormousThrownHeadlinesLiving OnEvery StepLife Or DeathWords You SpeakLiving On The EdgeEvery Step You Take Author:Boris Becker
“If you work hard in real life, people tend to get in your way - either from inertia or prejudice - and they stop you achieving things. It's the worst thing about real life compared with sports, where you generally get what you deserve: if you're the fastest guy, you win; there are no other games being played.” PeopleIfsWayRealHardGuyGamesWinningSportsAchieveWorstHard WorkDeservePrejudiceReal LifeWorst ThingsInertiaBeing PlayedWhat You Deserve Author:Daley Thompson
“I think the best way to find out about something is to try to do it to the max. A lot of people take up a hobby or sport and then find an excuse not to carry on with it. Once I start something, I won't stop until I'm as good at it as I'll ever be.” PeopleThinkingWayTryingSportsExcuseBest WayHobbiesMax Author:Bruce Dickinson
“Golf can be tougher than tennis when things go wrong, because you can't explain things by saying that your opponent played better than you. It's a cruel sport in that way.” WaySportsGolfOpponentsTennisBetter Than YouWhen Things Go Wrong Author:Caroline Wozniacki
“I've always loved sports and hockey is a sport I play as much as I can. I love it. In a weird way it's like church and therapy and exercise all rolled up into one. I mean when I play hockey I don't think about anything.” ThinkingWayMeanI CanPlaySportsChurchExerciseTherapyHockey Author:Michael Vartan
“In sport, mental imagery is used primarily to help you get the best out of yourself in training and competition. The developing athletes who make the fastest progress and those who ultimately become their best make extensive use of mental imagery. They use it daily as a means of directing what will happen in training, and as a way of pre-experiencing their best competition performances.” WayMeanHelpingUseHappensUsedSportsProgressTrainingPerformancesCompetitionAthleteDevelopingMotivational SportsImageryMental Imagery Author:Terry Orlick
“The sport has changed so much since 2004, it's incredible. If you look even at me, the way I'm fencing now compared to 2004, it's a completely different sport. They've changed so many things just with what [the referees] are calling, they've changed the timing of the [scoring] lights. You always have to be evolving as a fencer. The Olympics is interesting because it's such a small field compared to what we're used to. This world championships, I think we had a hundred and something [athletes]. The Olympics is going to be less than 32.” IfsThinkingWorldWayLooksDifferentLightUsedSportsInterestingFieldsThis WorldChangedCallingHundredIncrediblesAthleteEvolveTimingOlympicsChampionshipRefereeFencing Author:Mariel Zagunis