Boxing is the only sport you can get your brain shook, your money took and your name in the undertaker book. Joe Frazier
By the time you get to your ball, if you don't know what to do with it, try another sport. Julius Boros
I never ever wanted to change my sport... Figure skating was my outlet, it was my breath, it was how I could live and transmit everything I was feeling and everything I had worked for and given up and all these sacrifices I'd made throughout the years. It was how I could make them all worth it. Johnny Weir
I want to see where I measure up against everyone in the world and everyone who has ever competed in the sport, and there's that innate sense of wanting to challenge myself. I'm competitive in all aspects. Ashton Eaton
I was very pleased that the positive things about me and my game outshone the aggressive style of play I use. I would never tone that down, because I believe in that style of play, and I believe that you can play rough on the court and still be a good sport. Sue Wicks
If I had to name the number one asset you could have for any sport I'd say speed. In baseball, all a guy with speed has to do is make contact. Ron Fairly
More enduringly than any other sport, wrestling teaches self-control and pride. Some have wrestled without great skill - none have wrestled without pride. Dan Gable
My sport taught me what I could do with my talents, whether in the rink or in the rest of my life. Peggy Fleming
Sometimes people think that if you're always helping people up and never hit someone with a hard foul, you're automatically a good sport. I don't believe that. Sue Wicks
The first thing is to love your sport. Never do it to please someone else. It has to be yours. Peggy Fleming
There are a lot of eating disorders in our sport, so I try very hard not to get consumed by all that. Laura Wilkinson
You always see people coming back to the sport, and I've always thought, 'Gosh, when you're done playing, wouldn't you just want to stay at home?' Lindsay Davenport
'm so fortunate to have done what I love to do for so long, but the day I retired was one of the best days of my life. Not because I was happy to get away from the sport, but because it was clear in my mind that I had done all I possibly could, and that it was time to go. Carl Lewis
After I went through two years of not winning an event, what kept me going was winning one more major. Once I won that last U.S. Open, I spent the next six months trying to figure out what was next. Slowly my passion for the sport just vanished. I had nothing left to prove. Pete Sampras
All of the sports have a safety net, but boxing is the only sport that has none. So when the fighter is through, he is through. While he was fighting his management was very excited for him, but now that he is done, that management team is moving on. Gerry Cooney