My grandfather was one of the very, very first, if not the first, Samoan wrestlers to become known on a worldwide basis.

Whoever the coach is, my job is to talk to him, understand him and be a better player under him and give my best.

If the American people don’t love me, their descendants will.

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

What life half gives a man, posterity gives entirely.

I was a naturally aggressive left-back, a cut-throat tackler.

People who think you could wave a magic wand and the legacy of the past will be over are blind.

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

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

No matter what happens in life, be good to people. Being good to people is a wonderful legacy to leave behind.

If it wasn’t for baseball, I’d be in either the penitentiary or the cemetery.

I regard golf as an expensive way of playing marbles.

I like sports, and I enjoy playing basketball and lifting weights.

Winning the title in England is the biggest challenge of them all.

At the end of 2003, my game was complete. Shooting, defense, using the dribble, transition, midrange stuff was all there. Then it was about fine-tuning and trying to improve in each area.

You know, I’m just 6’9 and 260. And just so happen to be very good at playing the game of basketball.“

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

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

An agent won’t help you get drafted higher, won’t make you win more games, and won’t make you faster or stronger.

There has never yet been a man in our history who led a life of ease whose name is worth remembering.

My grandfather once ventured upon publishing a volume of hymns. I never heard anyone speak in their favour or argue that they ought to have been sung in the congregation. In that volume, he promised a second if the first should prove acceptable. We forgive him the first collection because he did not inflict another.

To win a national championship, you’ve got to be a little lucky.

I had talked to a lot of people in Golden State’s front offices before the draft. They said they liked me, but they had a lot of guards, so I didn’t think that I would end up there.

I used to play a lot of different sports. Now when I look back, I understand that it really helped with my hand-eye coordination.

Whenever a high-profile leader dies, people immediately attempt to summarize that person’s life in a sentence. Often, critics and commentators get caught up looking at the leader’s style, or which political or philosophical camp they represented.

Hopefully I won’t be the last big splash at Under Armour.

Soon, I’ll be like all the others. The time will come for all of us, but the ideas of the Cuban Communists will remain.

I treated it like every day was my last day with a basketball.

The greatest legacy one can pass on to one’s children and grandchildren is not money or other material things accumulated in one’s life, but rather a legacy of character and faith.

I don’t think of Kurt as ‚Kurt Cobain from Nirvana‘. I think of him as ‚Kurt‘. It’s something that comes back all the time. Almost every day.

The first two games for Churchill, I was so jittery that I didn’t know what to do. I was running more but didn’t know what to do. I’ve no bones accepting the fact that I didn’t know what was happening in the game.

I can’t say this enough – the food that you put into your bodies can actually help you get better grades. And it can also affect your performance in sports and other activities too. You see, when you give your body the best possible fuel, you have more energy, you’re stronger, you think more quickly.

I try to encourage all my teammates, and I sure hope that some day all athletes – my kids, high school kids – get the same level of care I get. Because you can play for a long period of time without having knee replacements, without having all the major head trauma that people are dealing with.

Every time I get in the McLaren I feel more comfortable, my confidence increases and I feel more at home with the team.

As a father and now a grandfather to three wonderful grandchildren, I know how magical the first year of a child’s life is but also how much hard work it takes. Being able to spend as much time as possible with your loved ones is absolutely vital, especially early on.

I can remember earning £5,000 a game playing for Hibs at the end of the Seventies. They let me commute from London, train on the Friday and play on Saturday. That lasted until my friends at the Inland Revenue decided to take two-thirds. That wasn’t very entertaining for me.

To be able to finish opportunities that I do get in the paint, that makes a difference.

The more minutes you play and the more grind and physical play you endure through the course of a season, you have to re-charge and get your body right for the next season. Be in that weight room and conditioning and that kind of deal.

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 would as soon leave my son a curse as the almighty dollar.

The way I figured it, I was even with baseball and baseball with me. The game had done much for me, and I had done much for it.

I am pretty chill before games. Have a go-to routine that keeps me busy until we are ready to take the court so I’m not just sitting around anxious for the game.

I don’t believe in personal immortality; the only way I expect to have some version of such a thing is through my books.

I believe everyone should have a good death. You know, with your grandchildren around you, a bit of sobbing. Because after all, tears are appropriate on a death bed. And you say goodbye to your loved ones, making certain that one of them has been left behind to look after the shop.

My grandfather was smart and had a whole lot of pride. He didn’t speak a terrible amount, but you could tell there was a ton on his mind – like a quiet acceptance of how life had turned out.

Where would I be without baseball? Who am I without baseball?

After the first day of practice, there’s not one guy who’s playing at 100 percent or who feels great. Sometimes, getting up in the morning and brushing your teeth is the hardest part of the day – it just hurts.

People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors.

It obviously bothers people when Real Madrid win. It makes them jealous. There isn’t a level playing field.

Today, Negroes play on every big league club and in every minor league. With millions of other Negroes in other walks of life, we are willing to stand up and be counted for what we believe in. In baseball or out, we are no longer willing to wait until Judgment Day for equality – we want it here on earth as well as in Heaven.

I would like to be remembered as someone who did the best she could with the talent she had.

Lot of players lose hope because of lack of motivation.

In my heart, I am always a Raider.

Contrary to popular belief, I don’t spend a whole lot of time following soccer. But as I have traveled around the world to better understand global development and health, I’ve learned that soccer is truly universal. No matter where I go, that’s what kids are playing. That’s what people are talking about.

But I’ve got to think of myself as the luckiest guy. Robert Johnson only had one album’s worth of work as his legacy. That’s all that life allowed him.

My priority is cricket. Everything that I get apart from it is a result of the effort on the field. Everything else follows. I am pretty aware of my priorities, and I don’t really focus on things that are not as important to me as cricket.

Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.

Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn’t matter to me. Going to bed at night saying we’ve done something wonderful, that’s what matters to me.

You want me to own a team and deal with these rich, spoiled stubborn athletes, and try to get them to perform? No thank you.

My superhero has always been Tendulkar, and it will be Tendulkar for life. He is someone who has inspired me immensely. Just watching him play for India, I used to dream of winning games for India, because he used to do it single handedly.

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.