sports

Martial Arts does not teach you how to fight, it teaches you why not to.

In my opinion any activity during which you can enjoy a beverage is not a sport. It is a party.

When you're a sportswriter, you learn how to use your imagination and to flex your literary muscle, because it's the same game played over and over again. There's nothing unique or marvelous. It's not an earthquake, or a weird mass murder. It's just the same old game played over and over, and you have to bring out the personalities. You have to drag them kicking and screaming out into the light of day, or you're not a good sportswriter.

One of the privileges of being an athlete is that on days when I have practice and games, I__ present whether I__ present or not. It__ not fair, but that__ the system. What can I do about it?

I'll play baseball for the Army or fight for it, whatever they want me to do.

It's nice to be pushed, when you're being pushed in the right direction.

I've often told people that the greatness of this football program will emerge when The Streak ends. I hope you will all live up to that. It's all numbers. It's nothing. It's not what we're about. It's not what this school represents." -Coach Frank Allocco

Rhythm is everything in boxing. Every move you make starts with your heart, and that__ in rhythm or you__e in trouble. Your rhythm should set the pace of the fight. If it does, then you penetrate your opponent__ rhythm. You make him fight your fight, and that__ what boxing is all about.

A scout never comes out to scout a team it's the player that they are scouting.

It__ amazing how two thin pieces of clothing can hold such deep memories. Laughter, pain, victory, defeat, friendship, fatigue, elation_ they__e all there, but only to the person who__ worn the uniform

We hear about Tiger Woods as a prodigy at three years old. For every Tiger Woods, there are thousands of kids who never want to touch a golf club again.

I love that aspect of sports where you can see what kind of work, how much work, an athlete's been doing by how her body is carved.

Winners have a tendency to be forgiven in this town.

Victories are a byproduct of a larger vision. It begins with a question: How much do we owe one another?Each coach's and player's individual answer is one of the building blocks of The Streak. De La Salle separates itself from the competition because everyone from the head coach to the least accomplished player on the roster is willing to make the sacrifices necessary to be their absolute best.

Fishing is much more than fish. It is the great occasion when we may return to the fine simplicity of our forefathers.

Basketball Rule #4If you missenough of life'sfree throwsyou will payin the end.

He cried like a jockey who'd just lost the Kentucky Derby by a few nostril hairs.

It__ the Olympics. If you can__ get up to swim early in the morning, don__ go.