Quotes about american-athlete
american-athlete believe career ended nba nobody tried
I didn't like how my NBA career ended because I wanted to go out on my own terms. But nobody tried to believe in me, that I could go back and play. I can still play at 39. Tim Hardaway
american-athlete people run team time
If the right people do the right things, we can walk, we can have a future. But if people don't put time into it to make it run in a right way, I don't think your team will work.
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They've pushed me down a big ravine, but I'll get back up to the top. Tyler Hamilton
american-athlete great hard
When you are as great as I am it is hard to be humble. Muhammad Ali
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It got to be so easy that I was actually disappointed. Kelli White
american-athlete merciful perhaps
Perhaps it's more merciful to forget the dead instead of remembering them. Jose Bergamin
american-athlete believe conceit job
Conceit is bragging about yourself. Confidence means you believe you can get the job done. Johnny Unitas
american-athlete best
One of the best ones out there was a guy named Howard Cosell. He was the best. Larry Holmes
american-athlete foreman
I think George Foreman must have gained about 350 lbs and is slow as ever.
american-athlete joe louis punches
I don't think Joe Louis could take the punches today fighting in this era.
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I am still quick at 250 to 260 lbs and I am smarter.
american-athlete muhammad power punching straight
Those guys were made for me and Muhammad because they come straight in and don't back up but you had to watch out for his punching power but if we could have neutralized that then we would have been fine.
american-athlete felt good mind
I always felt good about myself. I was just an average person. I always felt I could do anything anyone else could. If an average person makes up their mind to do something, they can.
american-athlete visualize
I would think about the outcome. Visualize sometimes. Because it never comes out the way you want it to. Fight the way I know how to fight. Whatever comes up, comes up.
american-athlete fighters good hand muhammad speed time
Muhammad could take a very good punch. He was slick, he could move, he could hit, make you miss, good hand speed and combinations and one of the greatest fighters of all time in my opinion.
american-athlete business care continue enjoy happy plans relax sit wife
I don't really make plans and I just want to be happy and continue with my business and take care of my wife and kids. I want to sit back, relax and enjoy life.
american-athlete last stop team traveling type year
I really want to make this the last stop of my career. I don't want to be a vagabond, so to speak, and be traveling from team to team, year in and year out. I'm not that type of guy. I like to be settled. Jeff Garcia
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I am not God, but I am my creator.
american-athlete terms
Stop thinking in terms of limitations and start thinking in terms of possibilities.
american-athlete confines entire life living matter
No matter where you go or what you do, you live your entire life within the confines of your head.
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If you don't appreciate it, you don't deserve it.
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Never let inexperience get in the way of ambition.
american-athlete closer kids matter practicing realized school social
Sometimes it was difficult to make friends and be social in school because I was always practicing while other kids were getting together and doing things. But it just made me closer to my family, and I realized that they would always be there no matter what. Nancy Kerrigan
american-athlete race technique totally
When I am totally race fit, I don't worry about breathing or technique - they take care of themselves. Frank Shorter
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What you did was live on very little. I think all of us that were competing - Bill is the same way - you don't need much to live.
american-athlete greatest leaving time
I was leaving probably one of the greatest organizations in hte world at that time for what was probably one of the least like, and, by God, this is America. Curt Flood
american-athlete difficult fans understand
It was so difficult for the fans to understand my problems with baseball.
american-athlete
But I want you to know that what I'm doing here I'm doing as a ballplayer, a major league ballplayer.
american-athlete came court decided gave grand laid people supreme waiting white work
All the grand work was laid for people who came after me. The Supreme Court decided not to give it to me, so they gave it to two white guys. I think that's what they were waiting for.
american-athlete hard kicked tried worked
Remember when I told you about the American dream? That if you worked hard enough and tried hard enough and kicked yourself in the butt, you'd succeed? Well, I think I did, I think I did.
american-athlete apart itself lend though
Customary though it may be to write about that institutionalized pastime as though it existed apart from the general environment, my story does not lend itself to such treatment.
american-athlete babe born cartoon grew mean ruth though time until
Honestly, at one time I though Babe Ruth was a cartoon character. I really did, I mean I wasn't born until 1961 and I grew up in Indiana. Don Mattingly
american-athlete worst
I'd like to say this was our worst game. Unfortunately, I can't.