A boo is a lot louder than a cheer. If you have 10 people cheering and one person booing, all you hear is the booing.
- Lance Armstrong


I figure the faster I pedal, the faster I can retire.
- Lance Armstrong


It can't be any simpler: the farewell is going to be on the Champs-Elysees.
- Lance Armstrong


It's nice to win. I'll never win again. I may have to take up golf - take on Tiger.
- Lance Armstrong


Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever.
- Lance Armstrong


To all the cynics, I'm sorry for you, I'm sorry you can't believe in miracles. This is a great sporting event and hard work wins it.
- Lance Armstrong


It ain't over 'til it's over.
- Yogi Berra


Baseball is 90% mental, the other half is physical.
- Yogi Berra


It doesn't matter to me what place I get traded to. If I was traded someplace -- I'd play anywhere.
- Kobe Bryant


I'll do whatever it takes to win games, whether it's sitting on a bench waving a towel, handing a cup of water to a teammate, or hitting the game-winning shot.
- Kobe Bryant


These young guys are playing checkers. I'm out there playing chess.
- Kobe Bryant


For centuries, New York has served as the gateway for millions of people from all over the world in search of the American dream. It only makes sense that it would now serve as a gateway for the world's greatest athletes.
- Hillary Clinton


I think there are some players born to play ball.
- Joe DiMaggio


There is always some kid who may be seeing me for the first or last time, I owe him my best.
- Joe DiMaggio


Finishing races is important, but racing is more important.
- Dale Earnhardt


I woke up this morning, and I still don't believe I won the Daytona 500.
- Dale Earnhardt


I've got to win every race.
- Dale Earnhardt


It's just really hard to work and get better, building and planning for the future with the new Monte Carlo and keeping the race team intact and keeping them healthy.
- Dale Earnhardt


Second place is just the first place loser.
- Dale Earnhardt


The atmosphere seems to change once the sun goes down and the race fans get to watch a good show.
- Dale Earnhardt


You can't let one bad moment spoil a bunch of good ones.
- Dale Earnhardt


You win some, lose some, and wreck some.
- Dale Earnhardt


The only way a kid is going to practice is if it's total fun for him... and it was for me.
- Wayne Gretzky


There's no perfect coach in the world. Coaches are human, too. Mistakes are made. But, fundamentally, if you're sound, you eliminate as many mistakes as possible.
- Wayne Gretzky


You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.
- Wayne Gretzky


As athletes, we're used to reacting quickly. Here, it's 'come, stop, come, stop.' There's a lot of downtime. That's the toughest part of the day.
- Michael Jordan


I play to win, whether during practice or a real game. And I will not let anything get in the way of me and my competitive enthusiasm to win.
- Michael Jordan


I'm not out there sweating for three hours every day just to find out what it feels like to sweat.
- Michael Jordan


Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game.
- Michael Jordan


There is no "i" in team but there is in win.
- Michael Jordan


All I had was natural ability.
- Mickey Mantle


A team is where a boy can prove his courage on his own. A gang is where a coward goes to hide.
- Mickey Mantle


I don't care who you are, you hear those boos.
- Mickey Mantle


I guess you could say I'm what this country is all about.
- Mickey Mantle


I'm an athlete. I'd been working out all my life, so I thought, It won't affect me.
- Joe Montana


It's an old basketball move, ... Spin away from your man, remember?
- Joe Montana


Always be prepared to start.
- Joe Montana


In sports... you play from the time you're eight years old, and then you're done forever.
- Joe Montana


Some guys practice like all-Americans but they can't play!
- Joe Montana


They wanted me to stay, and I wanted to stay, but I just wanted a chance to play.
- Joe Montana


People will boo, but you have to handle yourself during a game.
- Joe Montana


Going to college offered me the chance to play football for four more years.
- Ronald Reagan


I've often said there's nothing better for the inside of a man than the outside of a horse.
- Ronald Reagan


To me it was never about what I accomplished on the football field, it was about the way I played the game.
- Jerry Rice


Today I will do what others won't so tomorrow I can accomplish what others can't.
- Jerry Rice


I'm in it to win.
- Jerry Rice


When you begin to lose the fire a little bit and if you're not giving 100 percent out there, then it's time for you to leave because you'll end up getting hurt, ... I want to be able to walk away on top.
- Jerry Rice


If you have a chance, that's all you want. And I feel we have a chance.
- Jerry Rice


I knew I was clumsy.
- Jerry Rice


I pretty much approach every season never thinking about what I accomplished the year before.
- Jerry Rice


My main focus is on my game.
- Tiger Woods