Athlete Quotes

There's not too many teams that can succeed on and off the field together.

New York came after me aggressively and that's what sealed the deal.

It's getting better and better. You know, guys are feeling more comfortable and they are not afraid to speak up and be a leader. I mean, our team, we have 25 players, we have about 25 leaders, too. So whatever someone says, people listen.

I went out as a free agent in Boston and had a great year and I priced myself out of there market, at the time.

I just go out and play.

I fell in love with Boston, so hopefully, I'll be here for a long time.

I feel like I've been a Yankee my whole life.

I don't understand some people, using biblical terms to criticize me when this is just a game.

But I dig myself, and especially if my wife digs me, I dig myself more.

At least, in this situation, I know my chances of coming back could be slim because of the young talent the Yankees do have.

You know, a lot of people say they didn't want to die until the Red Sox won the World Series. Well, there could be a lot of busy ambulances tomorrow.

People have the right to say what they want, but as long as I can go to bed at night and look myself in the mirror, I'll be all right.

I know who I am. And I know I'm a good person.

I'm gaining weight the right way: I'm drinking beer.

We have got a problem winning games in the league. We have to educate ourselves and maybe we have to not play the lovely football that we have been.

The scoreline is a bit flattering really.

Paul Lambert has assembled a great bunch of lads and training has been going very well. I am just desperate to get into the team and do my best for the club.

It has been an honor and a privilege to have had the chance to come back to Liverpool Football Club as manager.

I am absolutely delighted to get back into football with Livingston.

I was putting myself under enormous pressure to be successful.

I had to know if I could make it somewhere else. I did not want to go through the rest of my life wondering what might have been without putting myself to the test.

What is called for is dignity. We need to set an example.

Training hasn't been consistent for the last week or so which was a bit annoying, but going into the competition I just had to get myself into the right mind frame.

There are some great divers in Europe and I'm really excited about going to Eindhoven.

Obviously in 2008 it was 538 (to win an Olympic gold) and most of my scores have been over that this year.

It means so much to be European champion again with a personal best and I couldn't have asked for anything more.

I was World Series champion in individual and synchro for the first time which was awesome.

I think the real reason for my improvement is because I had such a long period in the off-season just working as hard as I could on all my new dives; making sure I did lots of repetition to get them consistent.

I think if I am to win an Olympic medal I'll have to score like I did today.

I didn't look at any of the newspapers, I look at the pictures sometimes, but apart from that I don't read them.