I couldn't beat Michael Phelps. A couple of years ago, I was racing against him and it just kinda dawned on me during the race that there was no chance I was gonna beat this guy. And so I said, if you can't beat him, find a race that he won't swim. Mark Warkentin
I couldn't control Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Tom Watson or Lee Trevino. The only person I could control was me. The only person I could prepare for events was me. And if I didn't play well, I didn't play well, and I wasn't going to compete. Jack Nicklaus
I couldn't do my homework if my room wasn't clean. And it has carried on now that I am older, in a very freakish way. Shaun White
I couldn't have come close without my teammates' help because the Knicks didn't want me to make 100. Wilt Chamberlain
I couldn't imagine being from a country where all the pressure is on a particular player. Lindsay Davenport
I couldn't wait for the sun to come up the next morning so that I could get out on the course again. Ben Hogan
I couldn't wait until I grew up. I used to look at my mom's stockings and put them on with her high heels and mess with my hair. Florance Griffith Joyner
I don't have the ideal body type for BMX, but just with anything, you have your pros and your cons. And being small kind of allows me to maneuver through the other bigger riders and make passes they couldn't necessarily make. Donny Robinson
I don't like to sound egotistical, but every time I stepped up to the plate with a bat in my hands, I couldn't help but feel sorry for the pitcher. Rogers Hornsby
I felt a failure because I couldn't sustain myself from what I earned from my writing. My day jobs were what mattered, and it was hard to even get those because universities wouldn't hire me as a real writer. Sandra Cisneros