Most of us who aspire to be tops in our fields don't really consider the amount of work required to stay tops. Althea Gibson
I don't want to be put on a pedestal. I just want to be reasonably successful and live a normal life with all the conveniences to make it so. Althea Gibson
I know my swing is going to be there. I don't need 600 swings in the cage; I know where it's at. Jason Giambi
I've learned that you have to take responsibility for yourself in this game and lead yourself through it. Jason Giambi
This game, it seems when you play it the best, is when you're not really thinking a lot and just reacting and keeping it at its simplest point - just see it and hit it. Jason Giambi
You get to the plate and nothing is going through your mind. You see the ball, you see the seams. Jason Giambi
No matter what players say or people say, you want to be liked and appreciated, even if you've had a downfall. Jason Giambi
What are you going to do? Admit to yourself that the pitchers have you on the point of surrender? You can't do that. You must make yourself think that the pitchers are just as good as they always have been or just as bad. Lou Gehrig
In the beginning I used to make one terrible play a game. Then I got so I'd make one a week and finally I'd pull a bad one about once a month. Now, I'm trying to keep it down to one a season. Lou Gehrig
I'm not a headline guy. I know that as long as I was following Ruth to the plate I could have stood on my head and no one would have known the difference. Lou Gehrig
There is no room in baseball for discrimination. It is our national pastime and a game for all. Lou Gehrig
The ballplayer who loses his head, who can't keep his cool, is worse than no ballplayer at all. Lou Gehrig
The greatest memory for me of the 1984 Olympics was not the individual honors, but standing on the podium with my teammates to receive our team gold medal. Mitch Gaylord
A team championship doesn't happen because three people score 10s, it happens because all the guys score well. In my opinion, everyone deserved 10s, we're all 10s on this team. Mitch Gaylord