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You get the kids today into the sport, and then they can't get to the "next level." I mean, come on, that's a bunch of junk.

You go to Holland, France, Germany, every community, the tiniest village, they have magnificent, pristine sports facilities.

You gotta be a good sport! So when I would lose, I would say, "That guy was better than I was; what do I have to do to be better next time?

You get very tired, and there was a certain amount of pain and you slow up. Your legs are so tired that you are in fact slowing. If you don't keep running, keep your blood circulating, the muscles stop pumping the blood back and you get dizzy.

You go for it. All the stops are out. Caution is to the wind, and you're battling with everything you have. That's the real fun of the game.

You gotta learn that if you don't get it by midnight, chances are you ain't gonna get it, and if you do, it ain't worth it.

You had to be into sport and, sad to say, I'm a traitor to my country because I don't have a sporting bone in my body.

You guys line up alphabetically by height.

You had to decompress the pressure before the race. I taught my heart to relax. I lay down before the race. It gave me more energy just before the race.

You guys have to understand that I started in as deep of waters as there is. I've been the underdog since the first time I put gloves on. I love my fans but I don't give a crap about who thinks who is gonna win or not. This isn't a team sport. I'm the one that has to deal with the person fighting in front of me.

You have a lot of people on the run and really don't have time to sit down and eat a balanced meal.

You have a very powerful mind that can make anything happen as long as you keep yourself centered.

You have to adjust to where you are but the French are all together - the guys and the women. It's good.

You have people telling you how good you are and all of a sudden, you might start believing it and forget what it takes to be good.

You have to believe in yourself when no one else does.

You have to be like a clock spring, wound but not loose at the same time.

You have to be extreme to be exceptional. I couldn't revel in being number one. I had to get to zero. When my fitness was at its peak, I was intimidating. I made guys cave in. They'd be dejected in the locker room after matches, and I'd go out for a run, as if it wasn't enough. I'd rub it in their faces. I meant to do that.

You have to dream big and go for it. Surround yourself with people who believe in you and ignore those who try to bring you down. Never give up, no matter what - overcoming obstacles makes you stronger!

You have to enjoy it. It is not going to happen every year, so this is the year that it is happening and we have got to go out there and enjoy it.

You have to find that love within yourself. If you love yourself, you feel good about yourself, and sports help you feel good about yourself.

You have to go understand that life and baseball is littered with all kinds of obstacles and problems along the way. You have to learn how to overcome them to be successful in life.

You have to find it. No one else can find it for you.

You have to give 100 percent in the first half of the game. If that isn't enough, in the second half, you have to give what's left.

You have to know how to score.

You have to have passion for anything you do. Whether it's sports, whether it's music, whether you want to be Mother Theresa, you have to have passion for what it is you do, or what's the point in getting up in the morning and getting out of bed?

You have to perform at a consistently higher level than others. That's the mark of a true professional.

You have to remember that no matter how big your goals or how many you have, there are going to be times when you miss by a little bit. You have to be realistic and flexible. One reason I have so many smaller goals is that even if my big goals don't happen, I've still achieved so much along the way, I don't feel the loss.

You have to read a lot so you know what good writing looks like and you get inspired. You have to write a lot because it's like a sport - you have to practice. And, also, you have to persevere. Don't give up. I got rejected on my first book, like, 14 times, but I just kept going. So believe in yourself and don't give up.

You have to remember that baseball really was the American pastime in the Forties, not football, basketball or any other sport.

You have to list all your special skills on a form when you get an agent. There's fencing, stage combat, horse riding, motorbike riding, Spanish, French, German, whatever. I just ticked everything. I talk about 10 languages according to that form. I even ticked the extreme sports box.

You have to remember something: Everybody pities the weak; jealousy you have to earn.

You hear all the time about European players playing the game. These players that come over at 17, 18 and 19, they just don't all of a sudden become skilled. From the time they were little fellas, they learned the fundamentals of the game. Let them create.

You hear the same thing every year but that is because it is true. In a short series, pitching is very dominant.

You just listen to the ball and bat come together. They make an awful noise.

You know, a football coach is nothing more than a teacher. You teach them the same subject, and you have a group of new guys every year.

You know, heroes are ordinary people that have achieved extraordinary things in life.

You know how sports teach kids teamwork and how to be strong and brave and confident? Improv was my sport. I learned how to not waffle and how to hold a conversation, how to take risks and actually be excited to fail.

You know, he would go and look at different funny books because he wanted his character to be different and make different faces. I saw a funny book in his room and it looked like the same character he was playing. It was about a duck.

You know how in sports baseball players, they hit home runs. Football players, they throw and they score touchdowns. I get to do something that very few people get to do - I get to touch the human brain, and every day I get to hit home runs, I get to score touchdowns.

You know, everybody has a slogan, and once you beat people over the head with it so much, then that's what you'll eventually be called once you retire from the sport or whatever.

You know, if you need 100 rounds to kill a deer, maybe hunting isn't your sport.

You know, I love wearing heels. I wish I could wear them all the time, but, you know, my sport doesn't really permit it.

You know it as soon as you walk in Yankee Stadium. The electricity is there every time, every day.

You know, it's a different deal - throwing a football as opposed to throwing a baseball.

You know it's going to hell when the best rapper out there is white and the best golfer is black.

You know, I wouldn't even call snowboarding a sport, you know for me it's just a way of life

You know, I never looked down the road and said, 'Hey look, one day, the Hall of Fame.' It's always about playing each and every game 100 percent and I thank my teammates for getting me into the Hall because football is a team sport, not an individual sport.

You know, I think when I reflect on it, I think there's certainly a sense of history. When you have ambitions to play this game, you want to be one of the best ever, and you want to play so well and be so effective that you want people to remember your name 100 years from now.

You know, some of the action stuff, I tend to have a pretty good sense of humor about it. Even when I direct and have a lot of pressure, it teaches me to laugh at stuff. I think that comes also from sports, from combat sports, where you've got to learn to laugh at it and take it in stride. Otherwise, you just can't deal with it.

You know, we don't look much alike, but Denzel Washington would make a great sports agent.