Sports Quotes

"I think playing cricket taught me more about working in teams and leadership that has stayed with me throughout my career." "t's just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up." "If God would have wanted games to end in a tie, she wouldn't have invented numbers." "I don’t want to be the next Michael Jordan, I only want to be Kobe Bryant." "Sports is such a great teacher. I think of everything they’ve taught me—camaraderie, humility, how to resolve differences." "No matter what the injury—unless it’s completely debilitating—I’m going to be the same player I’ve always been." "I want to learn how to become the best basketball player in the world. And if I’m going to learn that, I gotta learn from the best. Kids go to school to be doctors or lawyers, so forth and so on and that’s where they study. My place to study is from the be" "I’m here. I’m not going anywhere. No matter what the injury—unless it’s completely debilitating—I’m going to be the same player I’ve always been. I’ll figure it out. I’ll make some tweaks, some changes, but I’m still coming." "The beauty of coaching is growing the players from the ground up. That journey continues." "We all know what flopping is when we see it. The stuff that you see is where guys aren’t really getting hit at all and are just flailing around like a fish out of water." "I have never heard anything that affected me like those words: ‘Heavyweight Champion of the World.’" "I may have been the best fighter, but I was also the poorest. I had never been able to afford a first-class mouthpiece to protect my teeth. I had to wait until other fighters finished so I could borrow their headgear, or their trunk or bandages." "I do love a locker room. It smells like potential." "I got speed and endurance. You’d better increase your insurance." "When I was a kid at four years old, that’s when I started amateur wrestling with my dad and family. And when that’s instilled in you, it never goes away." "The strength of the individual player is not as important as the strength of the team." "The beauty of basketball, like the beauty of anything, is in the eye of the beholder." "Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships." "My motivation comes from playing the game I love" "Without football, my life is worth nothing."