Athlete Quotes

Finishing overall champion at the World Series in both the individual and synchro events has given me great confidence and I'm pleased I've been diving with consistency.

I'm not allowed to celebrate as normal eighteen year olds probably would but I'm going to save it for after the Olympics!

My greatest honour was to be included in the Australian Olympic team in 1992, 1996 and hopefully 2000.

Women's tennis is two sets of rubbish that lasts only half an hour.

It'll certainly give the pigeons something to do.

I call tennis the McDonald's of sport - you go in, they make a quick buck out of you, and you're out.

He is very upbeat but we hear that all the time from just about any athlete.

I had always dreamed of winning Wimbledon and when it happened it was very stressful. It was more of a relief!

There's a lot of heartache because you don't always win. You need loads of determination.

You can lead a team in a lot of different ways. It can be talking to somebody who is down or, during the course of a game, looking to penetrate and then dropping the ball off to someone else for an easy bucket.

The triangle is a foundation to an offense.

I remember when I was in college, people told me I couldn't play in the NBA. There's always somebody saying you can't do it, and those people have to be ignored.

My first dunk was actually in sixth grade.

I think people are going to like my new shoes. I like them. I had a lot of success with the one last year, but this year's shoe is going to be a little different, but at the same time it's going to be a little spin-off on last year's shoe.

I play some fighting games, but mostly I just play sports.

I just think people should be able to express themselves.

I don't care how I got here. In the books, when you look at it 10 or 20 years from now, it's not going say how he got here, it's going to say he's here and he represented the team.

I don't want or need to gain respect with what I do off the court. I want respect for what I do on the court.

Everybody is different. Everybody has different styles. Just do it the best way you know how.

There's not a thing that any of you guys can say bad about me that would hurt my feelings... I'm not coming at you, what I'm saying is that, I'm willing to take that heat for my team, if we're playing well or if we're not playing well.

Life is very interesting if you make mistakes.

Attack is only one half of the art of boxing.

You've gotta find a way to get out of your own way, so you can progress in life.

To pick up the paper and read about yourself getting slammed, that doesn't start your day off right.

To get the feel of how the slider should roll off of your index finger, use this grip and practice at half speed and roughly half the distance to the mound.

The final release point for the fastball is the tips of your fingers.

That's the past. I don't agree with retrospect.

Rooting is following, and I don't do that, but I'd like to see the Phillies win because I love Philadelphia.

Pete Rose came over to the Phillies in '79 and he became the catalyst that helped us to put it all together.

My major league debut came at old Busch Stadium on Grand Avenue in St. Louis against the Pittsburgh Pirates.