Sports psychology Quotes · Page 2

Arrive at the net with the puck and in ill humor.

— Fred Shero

He has the players too happy.

— Red Auerbach

The smaller the detail the greater the value.

— Doug Johnson

Quick guys get tired; big guys don't shrink.

— Marv Harshman

You play to win the game.

— Anonymous

Men, I want you just thinking of one word all season. One word and one word only: Super Bowl.

— Bill Peterson

But the real tragedy was that 15 hadn't been colored yet.

— Steve Spurrier

You guys pair up in groups of three, then line up in a circle.

— Bill Peterson

You just listen to the ball and bat come together. They make an awful noise.

— Darrell Johnson

The two most important things in life are good friends and a strong bullpen.

— Bob Lemon

The coaching profession doesn't hand you any gifts.

— Randy Carlyle

Are you saying that the assistant had the answers all along, he just wasn't telling anyone?

— Jim Valvano

I'm not really interested in sports psychology. It makes me feel like a crazy person.

— Michelle Wie

This is a hump you have to get over, and it usually comes in the first series. You get over the hump…

— Al Arbour

There should be a new way to record standings in this league; one column for wins, one for losses and one for…

— Gene Mauch

“Culture. [...] That most people don't do what we tell them to do. They do what they can get away with.”

— Anonymous

To win takes a complete commitment of mind and body. When you can't make that commitment, they don't call you a champion…

— Rocky Marciano

There were mornings when I just didn't want to get out of bed. But once again, I'm in an adverse situation and…

— Picabo Street

I think it's my personality to overcome things, learn from them and become stronger, both personally and professionally. To be honest, I…

— Hope Solo

Maybe one of the qualities of being a great coach is being [a jerk]. There are quite a few of them around.

— Larry Robinson

There's so many great things I learned at Mizzou. I took a sports psychology class. It was kind of eye-opening on certain…

— Max Scherzer

Just give me 25 guys on the last year of their contracts; I'll win a pennant every year.

— Sparky Anderson

Earl gave me his version of what happened and asked me not to suspend the umpires.

— Lee MacPhail

Remember this, the choices you make in life, make you.

— John Wooden

Excuses are like rear ends. Everybody has one and they stink.

— Tom Curle

Everyone wants to win, but not everyone is willing to prepare to win.

— Bobby Knight

Sparky's the only guy I know who's written more books than he's read.

— Ernie Harwell

Success is that place in the road where preparation meets opportunity.

— Branch Rickey

It wasn't as easy as you think. It's hard to stay awake that long.

— Hugh Campbell

It's like you came to a controversy and a ball game breaks out.

— Matt Keough

Perhaps the truest axiom in baseball is that the toughest thing to do is repeat.

— Anonymous

I've kind of got an out in cancer. It keeps things in perspective for me.

— Eric Shanteau

Even championship-winning teams don't play well all the time.

— Teddy Sheringham

The rewards are going to come, but my happiness is just loving the sport and having fun performing.

— Jackie Joyner-Kersee

If you approach Billy Martin right, he's Okay. I avoid him altogether.

— Ron Guidry

“Whatever is going on inside your head has everything to do with how well you end up performing.”

— D.C. Gonzalez

Coaching is making men do what they don't want, so they can become what they want to be

— Tom Landry

Other people go to the office. I get to coach. I know I've been blessed.

— Jim Valvano

You have to play this game like somebody just hit your mother with a two-by-four.

— Dan Birdwell

Playing for Billy Martin is like being married to him. Right now, we're all sleeping on the couch.

— Matt Keough