Even if soccer is not number one in the United States, they do things very well here. There’s much our country can learn from the U.S.A., because we all know that soccer is not the main game in India. We can still do more things, like provide better facilities for the players so they can perform well.
Sunil ChhetriAppraisals are where you get together with your team leader and agree what an outstanding member of the team you are, how much your contribution has been valued, what massive potential you have and, in recognition of all this, would you mind having your salary halved.
Theodore RooseveltIt is not our purpose to become each other; it is to recognize each other, to learn to see the other and honor him for what he is.
Hermann HesseI focus on one thing and one thing only – that’s trying to win as many championships as I can.
Kobe BryantDon’t worry when you are not recognized, but strive to be worthy of recognition.
Abraham LincolnAt 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.
Kobe BryantI don’t want to be the next Michael Jordan, I only want to be Kobe Bryant.
Kobe BryantI’m a golfer, and what are the two sports you can do till you drop? Golf and surfing. They’re great for you limber-wise, they’re great for you health-wise, and they put you in sweet locations.
Matthew McConaugheyBaseball is a universe as large as life itself, and therefore all things in life, whether good or bad, whether tragic or comic, fall within its domain.
Paul AusterThe next MVP of the Super Bowl is just as likely to have been a full-time grocery store bagger last year as a Heisman Trophy winner.
Hunter S. ThompsonIt’s cool to be recognised by your peers.
Frank OceanIf I’m a star, then the people made me a star.
Marilyn MonroeI treated it like every day was my last day with a basketball.
LeBron JamesThere is something that is much more scarce, something finer far, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability.
Elbert HubbardIn Dortmund, they say the derby is more important than the championship. You can feel it around the game.
Jurgen KloppPeople see me on the street, and they point to me, and they’re like, ‚Hey! All right, all right, all right!‘
Kevin HartIf anyone remembers me, it’s about my hard work.
Sunil ChhetriI just want to do well with the national team.
Sunil ChhetriIt feels good to have your work respected again.
EminemI support Real Madrid. I’m a big fan of Cristiano Ronaldo.
Virat KohliTruly it is an evil to be full of faults; but it is a still greater evil to be full of them and to be unwilling to recognize them, since that is to add the further fault of a voluntary illusion.
Blaise PascalI like playing. I wouldn’t be a good coach. I don’t have the patience to be a coach.
Tom BradyApplause waits on success.
Benjamin FranklinNothing surprises me anymore in the NFL.
Tom BradyWould I swap what I have achieved as a cook if I could have been as successful as a footballer? Definitely.
Gordon RamsayHow do you catch a knuckleball? You wait until it stops rolling, then go pick it up.
Bob UeckerBaseball changes through the years. It gets milder.
Babe RuthHopefully I won’t be the last big splash at Under Armour.
Stephen CurryI am not a dreamer. I am a football romantic.
Jurgen KloppWhile playing golf today I hit two good balls. I stepped on a rake.
Henny YoungmanIf it wasn’t for baseball, I’d be in either the penitentiary or the cemetery.
Babe RuthThe best football is always about expression of emotion. Always.
Jurgen KloppAt the start of the season, there are 16 teams in the top division looking behind them, making sure they avoid relegation. The fear starts in the boardroom, comes down to managers and through to players. The fans sense it.
George BestYou can’t reverse fame. You can lose all the money, but you’ll never lose people knowing you.
J. ColeMy 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.
Virat KohliI 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.
Michelle ObamaTo get a name can happen but to few; it is one of the few things that cannot be brought. It is the free gift of mankind, which must be deserved before it will be granted, and is at last unwillingly bestowed.
Samuel JohnsonHow you played in yesterday’s game is all that counts.
Jackie RobinsonWhen you have box-office results, Hollywood treats you different. Hollywood stands up. Once you get to the point where Hollywood sees that you create results, then the demand for you becomes higher.
Kevin HartWhat the ISL has done is create the hype and buzz around football that it very badly needs.
Sunil ChhetriBobby Knight told me this: ‚There is nothing that a good defense cannot beat a better offense.‘ In other words a good offense wins.
Dan QuayleI rate Fabien Barthez and played with two great keepers in Alex Stepney and Harry Gregg.
George BestI make impact plays. I make game-changing plays.
LeBron JamesLike a baseball game, wars are not over till they are over. Wars don’t run on a clock like football. No previous generation was so hopelessly unrealistic that this had to be explained to them.
Thomas SowellI hate all sports as rabidly as a person who likes sports hates common sense.
H. L. MenckenWhen my first semester grades came out, my mom and dad told me I wouldn’t be playing football.
Joe BidenMy goal is to be number one in MMA.
Conor McGregorI was a naturally aggressive left-back, a cut-throat tackler.
Gordon RamsayI know I’m more on television, and I’m more recognisable than maybe even the players because they run and train, but I just stand there, and my face does all these funny things that everyone can see all the time.
Jurgen KloppIt confuses me and disappoints me when somebody says, ‚What does he do? What does he do?‘ My records are some of the biggest anthems ever. What do you think, they magically just appear? Obama walked out to my record.
DJ KhaledTalking to a player helps, but in our sport the majority of learning happens from watching another player. You pick up things like being punctual, being nice to everyone, making sure you give your 100 per cent even in training.
Sunil ChhetriYou can’t score if you’re turning it over. It’s like a punt. If you go out and you punt 12 times, you’re not scoring points. That’s not good. So, when you turn the ball over and throw interceptions, you’re giving the other team more opportunities and your team less opportunities.
Tom BradyIt’s a great, great experience to finally get the reception that you know you rightfully deserve.
Kendrick LamarTo me, football is so much about mental toughness, it’s digging deep, it’s doing whatever you need to do to help a team win and that comes in a lot of shapes and forms.
Tom BradyMost home teams have chapels, so when I’m on the road I’ll probably go to their services.
Stephen CurryI won at every level – all the way since I started playing the game of basketball at nine. I’ve won at every level, won championships at every level. And, you know, it won’t be fulfilled until I win at the highest level.
LeBron JamesThe movies are the only business where you can go out front and applaud yourself.
Will RogersWhen I was in Portugal I hardly played six-or-seven matches. Although I would train daily to keep my shape. Even then it was really difficult when I came back to get in shape and represent my country.
Sunil ChhetriIf I hit a man, his head is gonna go into the bleachers.
Conor McGregorI had no future with the Dodgers, because I was too closely identified with Branch Rickey. After the club was taken over by Walter O’Malley, you couldn’t even mention Mr. Rickey’s name in front of him. I considered Mr. Rickey the greatest human being I had ever known.
Jackie Robinson