Athlete Quotes

The only reason we make good role models is because you guys look up to athletes and we can influence you in positive ways. But the real role models should be your parents and teachers!

Treat everyone the way you would want to be treated... this can be applied to any situation.

You know, I think I had a great career; there's not much I think I'd do different other than get a title shot much earlier. I didn't get one till 49 or 50 fights into my career.

You know looking back on it now I used the fight and after the fight as motivation, to make sure I was going to be the best middleweight in the world for a long time.

There are a lot of things and in order to be at the top and maintain your focus you have to have something that motivates you. For me, it was what I perceived as a lack of respect from the boxing world as well as the media, which made me want to work so hard and be great.

The situation right after the fight wasn't too good; I believe I'm still the only champion in the world who never received the belt inside the ring once you've won the title. I held that against the English fans for a long time but I felt that also motivated me.

Sitting here now today, I can forgive a lot of the English people because it only takes a hand full of bad people to do something stupid like that and it can make the whole country look bad.

People still look at me as the champion and that's very important to me.

In some ways that fight gave me more respect around the world and helped me be even more popular because so many people felt my pain and saw that I was robbed.

Oh yeah, I mean every fighter has got be dedicated, learn how to sacrifice, know what the devotion is all about, make sure you're paying attention and studying your art.

Well, you can't trust most people in this game, period; it can be a very shady business.

Even though the outcome wasn't the way it should have been, publicly I still feel in my heart I won the Sugar Ray Leonard fight.

There is no tragedy in missing a putt, no matter how short. All have erred in this respect.

No one remembers who came in second.

My dear, did you ever stop to think what a wonderful bunker you would make?

It is the addition of strangeness to beauty that constitutes the romantic character in art.

Make the hard ones look easy and the easy ones look hard.

You're only here for a short visit. Don't hurry, don't worry. And be sure to smell the flowers along the way.

You want to play in every game, and you especially don't want to be in the penalty box for five minutes and give the other team a chance to get a power play, and you don't want to hurt anyone on the other team.

There are guys out there faster than me.

I never want to hurt anyone on the ice. That's not the type of player I am.

You should be able to have good matches against anybody.

They called to tell me that I was going to be returning to RAW. I left immediately to run home and tell Jackie. She said, I have some news for you-I'm expecting.

Edge will be missed. It was an honor to share the ring with him, and compete against him.

Even when I'm tired, when I come home and think about catching up on my sleep, I'd rather stay up and hold my daughters.

White Hart Lane was always a place where I felt I belonged.

The Centre is very important to me; it's about trust - about truth.

Nice, the club where I started my career in 1983, want me to see out my playing days there.

Nearly 30,000 fans turned out to support the tribute match and provide one of the best atmospheres at the ground for ages. I was so happy to be part of it.

It never ceases to amaze me the lengths that some people will go to to try and speak to me or meet me.