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What really makes baseball so hard is it's retributive capacity for disaster if the smallest thing is done wrong, and the invisible presence of defeat that attends every game.

What separates sports from entrepreneurism, however, is that in business we constantly have to overcome undefined and unpredictable challenges. Athletes train for specific events and conditions, whereas entrepreneurs generally have little idea what they will encounter along the way.

What sparked my interest in the combat sports in general was my older brother. I guess older brothers are supposed to pick on their young brothers, but mine took it to a whole new level. He broke my collarbone, broke my rib, and knocked my teeth out.

What's the benefit of hatha yoga? Physical. What do you need to do hatha yoga? Physical body. That's it. Breathing and spirit is a part of any sport. So that's why hatha yoga can be a sport.

What we need are positive, realistic goals and the willingness to work. Hard work and practical goals.

What we should be very concerned about is the excesses and the abuses. Where we see hunts where the fox is torn away out of the hole and thrown to the hounds, we have to be very concerned. Where we have hunts where foxes are bred for the sport of it, that is not pest control. That is pure bloody sport.

What you lack in talent can be made up with desire, hustle, and giving 110 percent all the time.

What's a good tournament for him? Winning it. He's good enough.

What's really hit me over the years is that you go to every race and see all the well-wishers, and you really feel like you are connected with people after all these years.

What's more important than who's going to be the first black manager is who's going to be the first black sports editor of the New York Times.

What's the difference between a three-week-old puppy and a sportswriter? In six weeks, the puppy stops whining.

What's the worst thing that can happen to a quarterback? He loses his confidence.

What the new mate, sports car, or unexpected check could never do, Christ says, "I Can." You'll love how he achieves it. He reconnects your soul with God.

What track needs to figure out: how to engage us between the races. Instead, the entire off-the-track conversation is about doping. This is how you kill a sport.

What they call "play" (gym, travel, sports) looks like work.

What to do with a mistake: recognize it, admit it, learn from it, forget it.

What was really funny is that as I got older all those guys who called me a sissy in junior high school wanted me to be their best friend because they wanted to meet all the girls that I knew in figure skating.

What you want to see [in Formula One] is a highly competitive sport - and the more equal it is the more exciting it is... the more volatile in the sense of results. If you have just one winner continuously it dulls the enthusiasm.

What you do when no one else is looking will determine how good you'll be.

What you feel spiritually. I think a lot of that has to do with it. If you have no spiritual life, chances are everything is going to aggravate you, you're going to fly off the handle at everything and that's what I did in the past. I've kind of got that under control now.

When a great team loses through complacency, it will constantly search for new and more intricate explanations to explain away defeat.

When a child grows up without a father, there is an empty place where someone must stand, providing an example of character and confidence.

What you see happening right now with some of the consolidation is all about more spectrum and capital formation that give you the scale, scope and resources to invest in that 3G world.

What you have to remember is that baseball isn't a week or a month but a season - and a season is a long time.

When a batter swings and I see his knees move, I can tell just what his weaknesses are then I just put the ball where I know he can't hit it.

WHEN AT 15, MY GIRLFRIENDS STARTED DROPPING OUT OF THEIR BELOVED SPORTS TEAMS, BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T WANT TO APPEAR MUSCLE-Y, WHEN AT 18, MY MALES FRIENDS WERE UNABLE TO EXPRESS THEIR FEELINGS, I DECIDED THAT I WAS A FEMINIST.

When asked if he was a basketball player he replied No I clean giraffe ears.

When an opponent comes forward, move in and greet him; if he wants to pull back, send him on his way.

[When asked how tall she is:] I'm five feet, 15 inches.

When asked about which team is the toughest team in the league, responded with an answer that all volleyball players must comprehend. He said simply that it was, 'The team you are playing.'

[When asked how someone 6'3" had dared take up golf:] I was too tall to make the chess team in my high school, so I tried golf.

When asked what he thought of sports, Oscar Wilde replied, "I approve of any activity that requires the wearing of special clothing.

When a sports movie really works, it gets you on all levels, because the stakes are high. It's black and white. It's win or lose.

When baseball is no longer fun, it's no longer a game.

When cerebral processes enter into sports, you start screwing up. It's like the Constitution, which says separate church and state. You have to separate mind and body.

When bright young minds can't afford college, America pays the price.

Whenever I wasn't watching the planes, I was playing community baseball, football, or something like that.

When considering the stature of an athlete or for that matter any person, I set great store in certain qualities which I believe to be essential in addition to skill. They are that the person conducts his or her life with dignity, with integrity, courage, and perhaps most of all, with modesty. These virtues are totally compatible with pride, ambition, and competitiveness

When did I know I had talent? I think it started when I first started playing sports, organized sports.

When God wants me to lose, then that's when I'll lose. But until then, I'm going to be at the top of my game and keep working hard anddedicating myself to the sport of boxing and to being the best entertainer that I can be.

Whenever you're playing sports with people who are better than you are, it makes you rise to the occasion.

When everyone has good players, teaching will be a telling difference.

When I came into boxing, I brought it to the next level with adverts and doing pantomime and people just got jealous of me doing that.

When I came to America Al Unser, Jr. was very difficult. And Bobby Unser.

When I am trying to understand the method of winning in the endgame with two bishops against the knight, chess is a science, when I admire a beautiful combination or study, then chess is art, and when I am complicating position in the approaching time trouble of my opponent, then chess is sport.

When I first came to the Eagles, I found a bunch of guys shell-shocked from losing. They had been through some lean years, they just didn't know how to handle the pressure. They were quiet; they kept to themselves. I said, " Hey, this has gotta change. Let's make pressure fun.

When I entered the sport of boxing I wanted to be one of the best and be undefeated. And I was able to attain that, not just one championship title, but four.

When I fight someone, I want to break his will. I want to take his manhood. I want to rip out his heart and show it to him.

When I look back at the tapes, your first everything, your first All-Star Game, your first playoff experience, it just seems like it went by really fast.

When I'm able to see the ice ahead of time when I get the puck, I'm able to make some pretty good plays.