Companies that support sports developmental programs in our communities should also be applauded. Mary Lou Retton
Competing in both track and field and basketball for the Bruins I have a lot of great memories to choose from. But my all-time favorite moment in collegiate sports has to be in 1982 when we won UCLA's first NCAA title in track. Jackie Joyner Kersee
Competing in sports has taught me that if I'm not willing to give 120 percent, somebody else will. Ron Blomberg
Denver is home to me, and to be recognized for my achievements in the sports community here is a great honor. Carmelo Anthony
Don't force your kids into sports. I never was. To this day, my dad has never asked me to go play golf. I ask him. It's the child's desire to play that matters, not the parent's desire to have the child play. Fun. Keep it fun. Tiger Woods
Don't sell yourself short because without that you can't go far in life because after sports the only thing you know is sports and you can't do anything else with that. Bo Jackson
EA SPORTS has a strong partnership with adidas and through this relationship they approached adidas about using some of their top players from around the world. Claudio Reyna
Ethnic prejudice has no place in sports, and baseball must recognize that truth if it is to maintain stature as a national game. Branch Rickey
Ever since I was a child I always wanted to be WWE Champion. I've been in love with sports-entertainment for my entire life, and I always wanted to do that. David Otunga
Everyone I know who is successful has issues with their father, regardless of whether it was sports or business or entertainment. Bret Easton Ellis
Everyone thought I was going to die like a year later, they didn't know. So I helped educate sports, and then the world, that a man living with HIV can play basketball. He's not going to give it to anybody by playing basketball. Magic Johnson
Growing up in the time of Title IX - it was passed when I was 10 - I got a front-row seat to so many great moments in women's sports. Of course I didn't know it at the time. Jackie Joyner Kersee
Growing up, I looked up to major league baseball players, and now these young women have amazing, incredible women all across the board, from swimming to gymnastics to softball to basketball. It is incredible how far women have come and women in sports have come.Jennie Finch
I always had two or three jobs at the same time. I started doing yard work when I was 7 or 8. When I was 13, I got my first state job doing road construction. Between working, sports and school, I hardly ever had free time. Breaux Greer
I am so grateful to everybody that supports the Sheckler Foundation, and gives us the ability to continue to help kids and injured action sports athletes. Ryan Sheckler
I believe God created sports for a good reason. It's recreation. It's something that we enjoy. It teaches us a lot as well... I believe God is a sports fan. Luke Scott
I can't say Boston is 'home-home.' It's definitely a place I'm growing accustomed to. It's such a great sports town. Wes Welker
I don't care what they say about me when I'm through with sports. I don't want to be known as anything else in life but a great father. Deion Sanders