Famous Quotes & Sayings

Bobby Douglas

Trent will be OK. There is no reason to risk anything when the Big 12 meet is two weeks away.

Jessica Savitch

The single life is not one I willingly chose for myself.

Debi Thomas

It is great to be a part of the whole skating family, and it makes me feel ecstatic that my name will be among the greats of the sport.

Andre Agassi

But, I would say when I was four years old and I was at the Alan King Tennis Tournament and I was hitting with all the pros that would come to town. They would get me on the court or take notice and that stayed with me.

Andre Agassi

First of all, in any sport where you can measure distance, height speed and all of that, you see how athletes have changed their sport and made it better. I believe, with every generation, the sport has improved. Certainly, in the men's game, that has been the case. I think that I played Pete [Sampras] at his best, I played Roger [Federer] at his best.. I believe wholeheartedly that Roger and [Rafael] Nadal have pushed the game much further than myself or Pete ever did. Their options on the tennis court are considerably more than ours.

Andre Agassi

This sport has given me so much that my hope would be to give back as much as I can for as long as I can.

Andre Agassi

When I was 7 years old I saw Jimmy Connors make someone carry his bag, as though he were Julius Caesar. I vowed then and there that I would always carry my own.

Andre Agassi

Sometimes it's just harder to remind yourself about what you're doing and why you're doing it... Other times, you have a great desire for it, but physically you're not responding the way you want. That presents other challenges. Then sometimes it all comes together.

Chuck Klosterman

I love sports, but I don't like live sporting events, because I don't like sitting in the crowd. I like listening to records, but I don't like going to concerts, because I don't like standing in the crowd. I guess I just don't like being in the crowd itself.

Chuck Daly

Though I'd have to say it was generally the guys in Detroit, as a group, that won the two Championships. They were terrific and I always look back very fondly.

Chuck Daly

The important thing is to get the right players on the team so Mike can be successful.

Boethius

Love binds people too, in matrimony's sacred bonds where chaste lovers are met, and friends cement their trust and friendship. How happy is mankind, if the love that orders the stars above rules, too, in your hearts.

Annie Dillard

You do not have to sit outside in the dark. If, however, you want to look at the stars, you will find that darkness is necessary. But the stars neither require nor demand it.

Anna Quindlen

For most of my life the only ceremonies I've been to at which women were the stars were weddings. So I like weddings.

Angie Dickinson

I didn't care about being the 'star. ' I just wanted to make a living and have a consistent career.

Claire Bloom

When I was in England doing Romeo and Juliet as a child star, I was interviewed by the British press, who are even more vicious and cruel than the Americans. So I have been extremely guarded ever since.

Cindy Sheehan

I can't speak for the other people whose children have died, but I can speak for my family and the other members of Gold Star Families for Peace. We believe we're honoring our children by working for peace.

Chuck Norris

It's amazing because people come up to me and say, 'Chuck, you're the luckiest guy in the world to be a world karate champion and a movie and TV star.' When they say this to me, I kind of smile because luck had nothing to do with it; God had everything to do with it.

Alfred Bester

Gully Foyle is my name And Terra is my nation Deep space is my dwelling place The stars my destination

Alfred de Musset

I deeply wished I could make the stars all come down and breathe them; disappear in them