Quotes of the Week - March 9, 2010:
"Young players, young boys, rich boys - this is the problem."
-- Fabio Capello the England soccer football manager, says money is
spoiling the game.
"I want you to know, Mrs Obama, that I'm your husband's No 1 fan.
And not just because he's a black man. He's mixed. And I wouldn't really
know what that looks like anyway." --Stevie Wonder greets Michelle
Obama, wife of US president.
"I've only been with two men my entire life. I've never even come
close to having a one-night stand." -- Actress Megan Fox says she
is no man-eater.
Topic: Athletics Quotes - Famous Athletics
Quotes, Athletics Sayings, Quotations by Athletes
Doctors and scientists said that breaking the
four-minute mile was impossible, that one would die in the attempt.
Thus, when I got up from the track after collapsing at the finish
line, I figured I was dead. Roger Bannister After becoming first person to break
four-minute mile, 1952.
My thoughts before a big race are usually pretty simple. I tell
myself: Get out of the blocks, run your race, stay relaxed.
If you run your race, you'll win....Channel your energy. Focus. Carl Lewis American athlete and winner 9 Olympic gold
medals.
If you set a goal for yourself and are able to achieve it, you
have won your race. Your goal can be to come in first, to improve
your performance, or just finish the race it's up to you. Dave Scott American tri-athlete and six-time Ironman
World Champion.
I can feel the wind go by when I run. It feels good. It feels
fast. Evelyn Ashford
Can't anything be done about calling these guys student athletes?
That's like referring to Attila the Hun's cavalry as "weekend
warriors". Russell Baker American columnist and humorist writing
about basketball, 1991.
What inner force drove this first athlete? Your guess is as
good as mine. Better, probably, because you haven't had four
beers. Dave Barry
Athletes have studied how to leap and how to survive the leap
some of the time and return to the ground. They don't always
do it well. But they are our philosophers of actual moments
and the body and soul in them, and of our maneuvers in our emergencies
and longings. Harold Brodkey
The reason Armstrong has become the world's most indomitable
cyclist and America's greatest athlete is two-pronged: He has
both the physiology and the passion for his chosen vocation.
Still, what truly distances Lance from the (pack) isn't just
the pleasure he gleans from being on his bike. All the lads
love cycling and certainly the celebrity it buys them. What
they don't share is his love for suffering . . . The more Lance
hurts (and) the more wasted he becomes, the happier he is. Rob Fernas
We learn by practice. Whether it means to learn to dance by
practicing dancing or to learn to live by practicing living,
the principles are the same . . . One becomes in some area an
athlete of God. Martha Graham
The only athletic sport I ever mastered was backgammon. Douglas William Jerrold
I find the three major administrative problems on a campus are
sex for the students, athletics for the alumni, and parking
for the faculty. Clark Kerr President of the University of California.
The mere athlete becomes too much of a savage. Plato
Successful colleges will start laying plans for a new stadium;
unsuccessful ones will start hunting a new coach. Will Rogers
All the best coaches are in the stands. Author Unknown
Scientists have proven that it's impossible to long-jump 30
feet, but I don't listen to that kind of talk. Thoughts like
that have a way of sinking into your feet. Carl Lewis
One of the great lessons I've learned in athletics is that you've
got to discipline your life. No matter how good you may be,
you've got to be willing to cut out of your life those things
that keep you from going to the top. Bob Richards
To me, we must learn to spell the word RESPECT. We must respect
the rights and properties of our fellowman. And then learn to
play the game of life, as well as the game of athletics, according
to the rules of society. If you can take that and put it into
practice in the community in which you live, then, to me you
have won the greatest championship. Jesse Owens American Athlete, 4 time Gold Medalist
in Track and Field at the 1936 Olympic Games, 1913-1980.
There is no substitute for athletics. Robert Kennedy U.S. attorney general and adviser, 1925-1968.
For too long the world has failed to recognise that the Olympic
Games and the Olympic Movement are about fine athletics and
fine art. Avery Brundage American sports Administrator and President
of the International Olympic Commitee (IOC) from 1952 to 1972.
1887-1975.
I find the three major administrative problems on a campus are
sex for the students, athletics for the alumni, and parking
for the faculty. Clark Kerr
The brawny mix of extraordinary sights-weather, politics, races,
imagination, corruption and athletics. They clash and mingle
here where the broad prairies that are the world's most fertile
collection of farm fields meet the vast Great Lakes that are
the world's largest collection of fresh water. Andrew H. Malcolm
Athletics is a luxury. Roger Bannister
Because I just like sports, I like athletics and I like competition. Trishelle Cannatella
Coming from a farming background, I saw nothing out of the ordinary
in running barefoot, although it seemed to startle the rest
of the athletics world. I have always enjoyed going barefoot
and when I was growing up I seldom wore shoes, even when I went
into town. Zola Budd
Encourage kids to enjoy running and play in athletics. Don't
force them to run too much competition. Arthur Lydiard
Football, that's just athletics. But in the business world doing
everything people are competing. So you need good work ethics,
and I think it helped me to develop good work ethics, being
in a small town. Herschel Walker
I think everybody ought to be allowed to be engaged in athletics
at whatever level the audience will accept. Gerald McRaney
For too long the world has failed to recognise that the Olympic
Games and the Olympic Movement are about fine athletics and
fine art. Avery Brundage
I could produce spurts of speed and after taking up athletics
I found myself running quite quickly over 400m. Michael East
If you set a goal for yourself and are able to achieve it, you
have won your race. Your goal can be to come in first, to improve
your performance, or just finish the race it's up to you. Dave Scott
I didn't get an athletics scholarship at a major school. Edwin Moses
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