Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ashton Eaton

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.

Arthur Ashe

My potential is more than can be expressed within the bounds of my race or ethnic identity.

Jamie Foxx

I've been a sports fan all my life, and like most other actors, I'm convinced I could have been a pro athlete if Hollywood hadn't come calling.

Carroll Shelby

In 1964, when Lee Iacocca said, 'Shelby, I want you to make a sports car out of the Mustang,' the first thing I said was, 'Lee, you can't make a race horse out of a mule. I don't want to do it.' He said, 'I didn't ask you to make it; you work for me.'

Charles Barkley

There's nobody you'd rather beat than your good friend.

Jason Collins

I'm a 34-year-old NBA center. I'm black. And I'm gay. I didn't set out to be the first openly gay athlete playing in a major American team sport. But since I am, I'm happy to start the conversation. I wish I wasn't the kid in the classroom raising his hand and saying, 'I'm different.' If I had my way, someone else would have already done this. Nobody has, which is why I'm raising my hand.

Bobby Knight

Do what needs to be done, when it needs to be done the best way it can be done, and do it that way every time.

Bobby Knight

You play ball against yourself; your opponent is your potential.

Bruce Dickinson

I think the best way to find out about something is to try to do it to the max. A lot of people take up a hobby or sport and then find an excuse not to carry on with it. Once I start something, I won't stop until I'm as good at it as I'll ever be.

Emraan Hashmi

I used to do films for money earlier. I never knew what perception meant. I didn't give too much attention to scripts. It was either to buy a house or to buy a car. There was a certain frivolity to the way I used to pick up things. I wasn't taking my career seriously.

Al Yankovic

I don't really look at myself as the kind of person who craves attention, but I've never been to therapy so there's probably a lot of stuff about myself that I don't know.

Michael Franc

There is a sense this year that anything is possible, that they have the rapt attention of the leadership.

Kelley Hester

There is a pretty good supporting cast. But she attracts most of the attention because she is good and she is local.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

There are some people who are close to him that say that he is just starving for attention and that's the way he gets attention. Other people said, look he's not working and he just feels like he should maybe get involved in politics, ... Instead, I just think that maybe he is jealous that I did jump in. I find it silly, because I respect his work.

James Walston

Berlusconi is desperate and he's latching on to what he can to deflect attention away from the economy; it's the most prominent chink in the armor. That's why he's jumped on the wiretapping scandals.

G. H. Hardy

Believe me, we have considered just about everything else. What we are hoping is that there are other sites that wouldn't otherwise have been brought to our attention or would be available.

Travis Leffew

Bobby has helped calm me down. He's told me not to pay attention to a bunch of stuff, not to look at the hype. He told me just to wait and see what happens. It's impossible to know what will happen. A bunch of teams talk to you and tell you stuff, but it is a business. They have to do what is best for the organization and you never know what might happen on draft day.

Richard Baldwin

BMW will now be able to turn its attention back to its core brands.

Arlen Specter

I should stay away from a discussion of specific cases,

Rob Cline

We've been through this before. There's been discussion about it, but nothing ever really happened. I wonder this time if it won't just because of the speed that they're getting all this information out.