In a depression, attendance to sporting events goes down, while the percentage of people fornicating goes up, because sex is free. I know, some of you are probably thinking, Free! Where do I find those hookers?!

And I would be the first to admit that probably, in a lot of press conferences over the time that I have been in coaching, indulging my own sense of humor at press conferences has not been greatly to my benefit.

I put my heart soul and tears into the game and this is what I get I don t know what to do My wife can t sleep at night I hold my daughter all night I am ashamed I played cricket -Kapil Dev on the betting scandal

I never smile when I have a bat in my hands. That's when you've got to be serious. When I get out on the field, nothing's a joke to me. I don't feel like I should walk around with a smile on my face.

I ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career I ve lost almost 300 games 26 times I ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed I ve failed over and over and over again in my life And that is why I succeed

I ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career I ve lost almost 300 games 26 times I ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed I ve failed over and over and over again in my life And that is why I succeed

Guys care about sports teams. I'm not talking about simply rooting; I'm talking about a relationship that guys develop, a commitment to a sport team that guys take way more seriously than, for example, wedding vows.

It’s amazing how two thin pieces of clothing can hold such deep memories. Laughter, pain, victory, defeat, friendship, fatigue, elation… they’re all there, but only to the person who’s worn the uniform

You stare down your opponent, lights twinkle, but you don’t blink. This is all you and that’s all him, and it ain’t all that much. An instant later you wake up in a hospital. Your anus hurts. Long live sports.

Before I get in the ring I d have already won or lost it out on the road The real part is won or lost somewhere far away from witnesses-behind the lines in the gym and out there on the road long before I dance under those lights

Sports Jerseys: To wear another man’s name on your back is a subconscious slap in the face to who you are. Don’t fantasize about being someone else. Put in the work required to rise to the level of your greatest self.

How you harangue referees. How you fall over when you've not been touched. How you make a meal out of every tackle to try and get the other player booked. How you protest when you have nothing to fucking protest about –

A champion, he said, wins a World Series or an Olympic and is hoisted on the shoulders of teammates and fans. A hero carries the people on his shoulders. Champions live for the moment- heroes, like Jackie Robinson, transcend time.

I'd never been much of an athlete, due to a physical condition I'd had since birth (unathleticism). Perhaps if there were a sport centered around lying on your couch in a neurotic stupor all day, I'd take an interest.

When youngster come into the team they try to establish themselves try to make a name for themselves I try to share as much with youngster as I can Good teams are those which share in good and bad times Pakistan s Cricket batsman