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The only place you can win a football game is on the field, the only place you can lose it is in your hearts.

The only side effect of too much training is that you get into better shape. There is nothing wrong with that.

The only reason these kids keep score in these games is for the parents and coaches satisfaction. Who cares? They're 10 years old.

The only reason I'm coming out here tomorrow is the schedule says I have to.

The only reason I started swimming was for water safety. Then, once I started falling in love with sports, I got more comfortable with it.

The only thing bad about winning the pennant is that you have to manage the All-Star Game the next year. I'd rather go fishing for three years.

The only thing I can do is play baseball. I have to play ball. It's the only thing I know.

The only thing I want to be able to do is come in and learn the offense, go out there and compete, show what I am capable of doing and try to get better as a football player.

The only things that interested me were sports, girls, adventures, celebrities - in short, life.

The only thing that helps you win the game is preparation and getting your mind ready to go to battle. That's what you've got to do.

The only sure thing about luck is that it will change.

The only thing that keeps this organization from being recognized as one of the finest in baseball is wins and losses at the major league level.

The only thing that counts is your dedication to the game. You run on your own fuel; it comes from within you.

The only thing that would change would be the year, the names. It just got to be a repetitious life.

The only thing wrong with the NBA - or any other professional sport, for that matter - is a wild epidemic of Dumbness and overweening Greed. There is no Mystery about it, and no need to change any rules.

The only time I got the absolute most insanely nervous in my life was at the Olympic trials, because archery is a horrible spectator sport. Nobody goes and watches an archery tournament. Because the targets are three-quarters of a football field away. Who can tell who's winning? You can't even see your own target from where you are.

The only way I'd worry about the weather is if it snows on our side of the field and not theirs.

The only way of finding a solution is to fight back, to move, to run, and to control that pressure.

The only way to get back the confidence is to play and win matches. You can practise as much as you like, but you need confidence that comes from playing and winning matches.

The only way to stop Jim Brown was to give him a movie contract.

The only way to maximize potential for performance is to be calm in the mind.

The only way to prove that you're a good sport is to lose.

The opponents and I are really one. My strength and skills only half of the equation. The other half is theirs. An opponent is someone whose strength joined to yours creates a certain result.

The opportunity and the concept of merging music culture with actual boxing is exciting. It's bringing a younger demographic to the sport.

The opening and closing ceremonies of the London Olympics are mass satanic rituals disguised as a celebration of Britain and sport. Their medium is the language of symbolism.

The Oscars are a really strange concept to me, that films and acting can be competing against each other. We're not running the same race. It's like we're all doing different sports in fact.

The other day Aks and I went up to your ranch for a day's fishing. I cannot remember any day when we have had more fun on a stream. We had along with us three newspaper men and a few secret service people, many of whom had never seen a trout stream, so we did the thing up right by borrowing frying pans, bacon and corn meal from the wife of your rancher - and we cooked an outdoor meal for the crowd. It was really quite a day.

The original feminists wanted two things. They wanted the right to vote, from which we could work to get more equality. And we have made progress. We did pass the anti-discrimination law, Title 7, Title 9, equality in the workplace, equality in education and in sports and in all these other areas. But enforcement is very hard. Changing stereotypes is very hard.

The other sports are just sports. Baseball is a love.

The other deals with my life and my livelihood and my family and all that I stand for.

The owner of the New York Yankees, Mr. George Steinbrenner who I had the greatest respect for, I want to thank him for giving me the opportunity to win that special ring in 1996.

The people that hunt are the guys that really vehemently protect the environment. You find that people that live on ranches tend to want to keep it that way, and I've always loved that about the hunters that I've known. They eat what they kill, and they carry it out. They don't shoot for sport.

The people we talk about around water cooler at work or at school, they're all the people who are visible in our media whether it's a sports star or a movie star or a writer or a politician. They are people that have received media exposure and have become important to us in a way that's not realistic.

...the people who talk most about the need to regulate guns are also usually the same people who know the least about them. Ask these gun prohibitionists about the Second Amendment and they'll usually mention hunting or sport shooting.

The perfect Christmas gift for a sportscaster, as all fans of sports clichés know, is a scoreless tie.

The person who has inspired me my whole life is my Mom, because she taught me commitment. She sacrificed.

The person who proclaimed me Best Dressed Man never saw me in my sport outfit.

The pessimistic coach complains about the play. The optimistic coach expects it to change. The realistic coach adjusts what he can control.

The pitcher has got only a ball. I've got a bat. So the percentage in weapons is in my favor and I let the fellow with the ball do the fretting.

The phrase 'off with the crack of the bat', while romantic, is really meaningless, since the outfielder should be in motion long before he hears the sound of the ball meeting the bat.

The physical exercise and emotional stretching that children enjoy in unorganized play is more varied and less time-bound than is found in organized sports. Playtime—especially unstructured, imaginative, exploratory play—is increasingly recognized as an essential component of wholesome child development.

The Pilgrims didn't have any experience when they landed here. Hell, if experience was that important, we'd never have anybody walking on the moon.

The place where I had so much success as a driver would be where I had my first win as a team owner.

The playoffs are the wedge between the season and the World Series. If you lose, it means you won't be going to the greatest sports event in this country...You're forgotten by Thanksgiving.

The pool is terrible, but that doesn't have much to do with my record swims. That's all mental attitude.

The plays and sports of children are as salutary to them as labor and work are to grown persons.

The possession of muscular strength and the courage to use it in contests with other men for physical supremacy does not necessarily imply a lack of appreciation for the finer and better things of life.

The point about football in Britain is that it is not just a sport people take to, like cricket or tennis. It is built into the urban psyche, as much a common experience to our children as are uncles and school. It is not a phenomenon : it is an everyday matter.

The power of a sports team in a community it's almost indescribable.

The pressure makes me more intent about each shot. Pressure on the last few holes makes me play better.