Famous Quotes & Sayings

Hugh Mackay

How have we managed to dodge the rather obvious point that happiness only makes sense by contrast with sadness - or perhaps with tedium - and that uncertainty, the very essence of imperfection, is our default position?

Satchel Paige

How old would you be if you didn't know how old you were?

Tony Hawk

I consider skateboarding an art form, a lifestyle and a sport.

Floyd Patterson

I could never be with a woman during training. Because my knees would get very weak. My opinion is based on personal experience.

George Brett

If I stay healthy, I have a chance to collect 3,000 hits and 1,000 errors.

Jennifer Capriati

I feel like I've started a new chapter in my life, and I need to leave the past behind.

If I had a personal wish for the new ideas in this new book it would be that every parent, every counselor, every teacher, every professor, every sports coach that deals with young people would understand the three circle concept.

I desire an special interest in your prayers that my faith fail not in the day of adversity.

I could produce spurts of speed and after taking up athletics I found myself running quite quickly over 400m.

Carl Hubbell

As far as control and stuff is concerned, I never had any more in my life than for that All-Star game in 1934.

Bobby Rahal

As anybody will tell you that's ever driven one of those races, so many things can happen. Just staying out of everyone's way is half the battle.

John Hannah

Higher education must lead the march back to the fundamentals of human relationships, to the old discovery that is ever new, that man does not live by bread alone.

Leonard Little

It's always in the back of my mind no matter if you're at the Super Bowl or anything bigger than that. It's always there and I always think about it.

Alexander Downer

It will help curb identity fraud and possible misuse by people smugglers, terrorists and other transnational criminals.

I've never been scared of contact. Now I get to bring it, that's what I love to do, so I'm going to bring it.

Kevin Richardson

I've always loved music, not necessarily just the Osmonds.

John Elway

I've been able to run an organization the best way I think that I should. Winning a championship makes me think we did something right.

I've always been interested in the relationship between sound, music and image, how together they can bring things to life in a magical way.

Tim Hardaway

I wanted to do something in basketball-NBA or something like that. Being an assistant coach, GM, president, something like that.

Michael Moorer

Thank you to all my supporters who supported me over the years and boxing has been very good to me and hopefully in return I was good to boxing.

So, that single idea of always first who, then what, has had a huge influence on me and I hope to continue to be able to make progress on it.

Mary Lou Retton

In L.A., we had a game room with a new sensation called Pac-Man.

Mark Spitz

In my case, when my lifestyle was pretty good - I ate foods low in cholesterol and fat and exercised three or four times a week.

The last two years we got beat in this round. They came out with the motivation to win.

Satchel Paige

Ain't no man can avoid being born average, but there ain't no man got to be common.

The first is that instead of writing a sequel, which is what most people do, this is in fact a prequel. Although we didn't know that when we began the process.

Lee Haney

The commercial health and fitness industry is full of all types of quick fix schemes, making it frustrating to know what to believe in or trust.

And an integrated life is one where you're able to fit the different pieces of your life together in seamless fashion.

Nolan Ryan

And because of our friendship and Tom pushing me, I think I got in the best shape of my life during the years that I was with the Rangers.

And I don't know where I'm heading. I mean, I've got a pretty good idea of what I want in life.

And I definitely have an affinity with the piano.

Charles Barkley

I know that I'm never as good or bad as any single performance. I've never believed my critics or my worshippers, and I've always been able to leave the game at the arena.