My uncle played rugby, and my dad played football, and they used to argue which game was the roughest – and everybody agreed rugby was. It’s a great team sport, and to be successful, every person has to play in the same level.

I failed to make the chess team because of my height.

We have a very open culture at the company, where we foster a lot of interaction between not just me and people but between everyone else. It’s an open floor plan. People have these desks where no one really has an office. I mean, I have a room where I meet with people. But it has all glass, so everyone can see into it and see what’s going on.

If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help… Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive. Somebody invested in roads and bridges. If you’ve got a business – you didn’t build that. Somebody else made that happen.

I swim like a fish and I have an amazing kick.

I was so used to going out and winning state championships and playing in the postseason.

Well, I mean, to me, I think my ultimate – my ultimate goal is winning championships and – and I understand that me going down as one of the greats will not happen until I, you know, win a championship.

It’s nice when little teams win.

Only the guy who isn’t rowing has time to rock the boat.

If you’re going to change things, you have to be with the people who hold the levers.

Baseball is like a poker game. Nobody wants to quit when he’s losing; nobody wants you to quit when you’re ahead.

Oh, I can’t play soccer, and I’m not a great swimmer. I won’t drown, but you won’t see me doing laps in a pool.

Fortunately for a quarterback, you can play for a long time because you don’t get hit very often.

In 1962 I was named Minor League Player of the Year. It was my second season in the bigs.

One thing is certain in business. You and everyone around you will make mistakes.

Taking in a baseball game on TV is also a big treat.

I’m more than comfortable just sitting back and scoring 21, 22 points or whatever and getting 10, 11 assists whatever the case might be. More than comfortable with that. It’s just a matter of the pieces that you have around you and what you can do to elevate everybody else.

As an athlete, you’d better laugh at yourself when you slip in the mud.

I have surrounded myself with very smart people.

There are a lot of inaccuracies out there when it comes to the SEAL training process. You will see guys carrying logs around on television. They think that the hardest part about being on a SEAL team is getting through that training. The fact of the matter is, if you have a good attitude, that training is fun. I had a blast.

Dividers seek to make themselves look or feel better by making others feel worse. They damage relationships, fracture teams and organizations, and create havoc in people’s lives.

The commander in the field is always right and the rear echelon is wrong, unless proved otherwise.

I don’t think a coach becomes the right coach until he wins a championship.

I’d just as soon play tennis with the net down.

The most genius thing about the way I create is to create with other geniuses.

Sports are basically our way of feeling sorry for ourselves. Most men can’t become athletes. We’re watching guys who actually made it. We see them dunking and making touchdowns. Then we think about ourselves when we were younger.

The only time my prayers are never answered is on the golf course.

The trouble with referees is that they know the rules, but they do not know the game.

It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.

Working with J Balvin has undoubtedly been an unparalleled experience.

Be a player; don’t play yourself. And don’t play basketball. That’s not your sport, Jeb Bush.

We can succeed only by concert. It is not, ‚Can any of us imagine better,‘ but, ‚Can we all do better?‘

When a team takes ownership of its problems, the problem gets solved. It is true on the battlefield, it is true in business, and it is true in life.

A coach, especially at a college level – much more at a college or high school level, than at a pro level – you’re more of a teacher than an actual coach.

We were the first generation to have to deal with the modern stardom of football. Some handled it better than others.

I get a little bit emotional during a game!

My main focus is always to do well on the field for the Indian cricket team. When people say good things about me off the field, I am more than happy to accept them.

I’ve always been an unselfish guy, and that’s the only way I know how to play on the court and I try to play to the maximum of my ability – not only for myself but for my teammates.

Over the years, all my coaches and my teammates have contributed a lot to shape my career. I can never forget their contribution and help.

I love football and the intensity of football in Liverpool, this is what is very good for me.

I was a good football player, and I had a chance to play with some great players.

In T20, you don’t have time to get distracted – it’s so quick, you have to run around in the field, and while batting, you don’t actually think about anything else.

I don’t want to be the next Michael Jordan, I only want to be Kobe Bryant.

Boxing is a lot of white men watching two black men beat each other up.

I like playing. I wouldn’t be a good coach. I don’t have the patience to be a coach.

I’m proud to be an actor. See, as an actor, you live longer. Football players, the brain and all that stuff, ooh-eee, that’s not good.

You can sometimes play some really good football and not score.

Of course it would be nice for everybody and myself if we could win but we can still have a personal or a team win if we achieve a target that is effectively a win for us.

Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.

When you have that respect from your teammates, it makes it a lot more comfortable.

All the top players in the world play 45-50-60 games. You need that many games, even the strikers need that many games.

As a part of the NFL, things change every year.

We had hundreds of thousands of people all dedicated to doing the perfect job, and I think they did about as well as anyone could ever have expected.

In an individual sport, yes, you have to win titles. Baseball’s different. But basketball, hockey? One person can control the tempo of a game, can completely alter the momentum of a series. There’s a lot of great individual talent.

Everyone loves a win in India. No one wants to lose a match. It is the cricketer who absorbs all the pressure.

The thing that motivates me is a very common form of motivation. And that is, with other folks counting on me, it’s so easy to be motivated.

I don’t really care how the Patriots are perceived, truthfully. I really don’t. I really don’t. Look, if you’re a fan of our team, you root for us, you believe in our team, and you believe in what we’re trying to accomplish. If you’re not a fan of us, you have a different opinion.

The joy of doing well as a batsman for your country is much more than that little joy of going for a party and enjoying music. It is a completely different high, and I get high by performances. That’s what I enjoy now.

I have learned, in my life and work as a sportswriter, that big-time Sports and big-time Politics are not so far apart in America. They are both a means to the same end, which is victory… And why not? Victory is good for you, and don’t let anybody tell you different.

Sectional football games have the glory and the despair of war, and when a Texas team takes the field against a foreign state, it is an army with banners.

Sometimes the hardest thing to do is to trust your team. It’s a lesson I’ve had to relearn quite a few times.