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I don't want any sports anymore, except fighting which is the only sport I really watch - whether it's boxing or UFC. I don't know why. I think maybe it's an aspiration I didn't get the chance to explore more, but I don't think my father expected anything from me, I think it's more what I put on myself.

I don't want someone to watch sports in bed. That drives me nuts.

I don't want to be a Major League coach.

I don't want to embarrass any other catcher by comparing him to Johnny Bench.

I don't want to have to say, Honey, you know, could you turn off the sports channel because I'm not a big sports fan, and I don't love the television being on just for the sake of turning on. I'd like turning on for some thing specific.

I don't want to be competing in a sport where I feel that I'm here not on my talent and my hard work but because of a piece of equipment.

I don't want to be famous famous. I'm happy on the second tier, where I have autonomy on a professional level but I can still go out to the movies without being recognized.

I don't want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments.

I don't want to give anyone an edge in my mind. Every time I walk out on the court, I have to feel I'm the best so I can compete well. A lot of times, my chief rival is just me.

I don't watch a lot of television. Sports and news, that's it.

I don't want to leave the sport saying I could have run faster. I just want to be tapped out, like I gave it my all.

I don't want to prove to anyone or prove to myself. I'd rather just enjoy and show myself that I am capable of doing it and actually going through the process.

I don't want to lose myself in football and that's what a coach has to do to be successful.

I don't watch the news, I don't care about politics, I don't care about other sports.

I don't watch TV but occasionally I'll read the Washington Post. I will say that sports are the only "real thing" on television.

I do think, as crazy as it sounds, that sports is an addiction and that it should be accorded some of the same supports as any other addiction.

I do think that sports is really rich dramatically that, and this is kind of a self-serving thing to say, but I wonder why there aren't more, better sports novels.

I do think we can be a little less PC when it comes to sports, though. Just once I want to hear an announcer go 'God, black people are fast. Holy cow! All of them. They're fast. Back to you Bob.'

I doubt that I would have been successful in my career and happy in my personal life if I hadn't prioritized health and fitness. Staying active ensures mental preparedness and the courage to try new things. It helped me to stay focused on work but also to have fun and try new approaches and explore new places. That's the spirit behind Virgin Sport - we wanted to introduce fitness activities that are enjoyable, accessible and part of your overall lifestyle.

I'd really like to get to do some fighting, some martial arts training, because I think that would be really fun I do gymnastics and ballet, and I'm very, very into the physically acrobatic end of sport.

I'd rather see you drink a glass of wine than a glass of milk. So many people drink Coca-Cola and all these soft drinks with sugar. Some of these drinks have 8 or 9 teaspoons of sugar in them What's the good of living if you can't have the things that give a little enjoyment?

I'd rather have more heart than talent any day.

I drew my strength from fear. Fear of losing. I don't remember the games I won, only the games I lost.

I'd shift disciplines, whether it was musical instruments or sports or whatever, and it's the same with that.

I'd walk through hell in a gasoline suit to play baseball.

I ended up in the US for a month or so, before moving to Montreal with some Romanian friends.

I dunno. I never smoked any Astroturf. (When asked whether he preferred grass or Astroturf

I encourage girls to play sports and play hard.

I earned that the strong will always beat the weak, but the smart will beat the strong. Boxing is a tough guy sport. But in the end, the tough guy gets to clean the streets and be a bodyguard. In the ring, the tough guy is going to get hurt; at the end of the day, he's going to talk funny. Only the smartest win. So, I know it's cliché, but power - real power - comes from knowledge, comes from smarts.

I enjoy sports, and love being involved in any outdoor sport from volleyball to softball. I'm not being immodest when I say I'm a natural athlete.

I enjoyed every bit of my swimming career. I think that's the most important advice - to enjoy what you do

I enjoy going to the Y. I take all the fitness classes that my dad takes; that's sort of our bonding - anything athletic, anything sports related.

I enjoy playing the game. It's hard for me to just watch it, even while broadcasting.

I enjoyed watching good-looking idiots looking at each other. A great spectator sport.

I enjoy talking to my football men and my chemistry classes and I feel sure that they are quite interested in what I have to say.

I enjoy singing, and the instruments which truly move me are the horn, the trumpet and the cello.

I expect big things from myself but as long as I can keep the commitment and dedication and put the hard work in, I don't see why there's any reason not to handle it OK.

I expected this reception. All men hate the wretched; how, then, must I be hated, who am miserable beyond all living things! Yet you, my creator, detest and spurn me, thy creature, to whom thou art bound by ties only dissoluble by the annihilation of one of us. You purpose to kill me. How dare you sport thus with life? Do your duty towards me, and I will do mine towards you and the rest of mankind. If you will comply with my conditions, I will leave them and you at peace; but if you refuse, I will glut the maw of death, until it be satiated with the blood of your remaining friends.

If a guy hits .300 every year, what does he have to look forward to? I always tried to stay around .190, with three or four RBI. And I tried to get them all in September. That way I always had something to talk about during the winter.

If a little knowledge is dangerous, where is the man who has so much as to be out of danger?

If all the year were playing holidays; To sport would be as tedious as to work.

If all human lives depended upon their usefulness - as might be judged by certain standards - there would be a sudden and terrific mortality in the world.

If a man can beat you, walk him.

If a manager of mine ever said someone was indispensable, I'd fire him.

I fancy our chances at the European Championships.

If and when I decide to retire I want to perform. I want to be on the ice. I want to continue contributing to the sport. I feel like I still have a lot to offer.

If a person has enough desire, he will acquire the talent, he will build his skills.

If architecture is, as is sometimes said, music set in concrete, then football and basketball may be said to be creativity embodied in team sports.

If a reporter doesn't like the person he's writing about, it shows up in his article.

If a player demonstrated that he is the best, and a team decides, even so, we don't want to pay him, as in any other business, he should be able to play elsewhere.