In India, people are really glued to the Premier League and La Liga.

When you are in good form, you keep hitting the target. You may have the best match but you may still not have the goals. But scoring is most important and it feels so good that I have been knocking them in. It really boosts the morale.

Nothing extraordinary happens to a cricketer if you time his career – which is very short.

I’m a football fan, a sports fan, a fan of competition.

The day I think I’m not enjoying the game and contributing the way I would like to, I’ll hang up my boots.

My goal is to be number one in MMA.

If Everton were playing down the bottom of my garden, I’d draw the curtains.

My 2020 Vision for India is to transform it into a developed nation. That cannot be abstract; it is a lifeline.

I’m not comparing myself with anyone, but I am very confident about my captaincy, as I have already led India and in the IPL also. I have confidence I can bring out each player’s ability fully and also give them a lot of confidence… I would like to stick to what I know best and what I have confidence in.

I am very happy to be signing for the best team in the world and especially proud to be the first Portuguese player to join United.

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

When the NBA adopted their uniform that they had to wear, I thought that was very interesting. And you see the way NBA players dress: It’s very cool.

Yesterday’s home runs don’t win today’s games.

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

We’re not going to go 82-0 and blow everybody out. We are going to be challenged.

Baseball changes through the years. It gets milder.

My first assistant-coaching job in football was at William & Mary in 1961.

The diversity of India, of our civilization, is actually a thing of beauty, which is something we are extremely proud of.

If you watch me during the game, I celebrate when we press the ball and it goes out.

The more players I have, the more difficult choices there are for me, but the better it is for LFC.

People have asked me a lot of times, because I didn’t hit a lot, how long a dozen bats would last me. Depending on the weight and model I was using at that time – I would say eight to 10 cookouts.

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

I don’t want to be called a point guard, but I can’t stop it.

Personally yes I want our country to have one league. When it’s going to be one league, which we all are hearing, it has to be abiding by AFC rules.

Cobb is a prick. But he sure can hit. God Almighty, that man can hit.

The English game is not faster than the German game. Perhaps there are a few more sprints. But there is a different style of football here, partially due to the weather.

A lot of football success is in the mind. You must believe you are the best and then make sure that you are.

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

Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, disregard of all rules and sadistic pleasure in witnessing violence. In other words, it is war minus the shooting.

Men like a ref decision because they just want to get back to the game.

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.

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

I think my top salary was maybe in 1966. I made $17,000 and 11 of that came from selling other players‘ equipment.

On the field, aggression can sometimes be a positive emotion. It boosts performance and can lift your game. But over the years, I have learnt that restrained aggression is a better animal. That way, you will conserve your energy and won’t spend yourself quickly.

Never put your money against Cassius Clay, for you will never have a lucky day.

I’ve been so blessed to play for the greatest coach at a time when our organization has done incredible things. I’ve played with the best teammates. Playing for Mr. Kraft and what his influence on the team has been.

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

Who in their infinite wisdom decreed that Little League uniforms be white? Certainly not a mother.

That’s what you live for as a sportsman. You have to put up a fight.

The old Dodgers were something special, but of my teammates overall, there was nobody like Pee Wee Reese for me.

I think the positive competition between states in India is one of the most positive dynamics that the country has.

Lot of players lose hope because of lack of motivation.

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

Football is all about fans.

All that I know most surely about morality and obligations I owe to football.

An atheist is a man who watches a Notre Dame – Southern Methodist University game and doesn’t care who wins.

To other countries, I may go as a tourist, but to India, I come as a pilgrim.

Without football, my life is worth nothing.

Wrestling is intimate. You can reach out and touch the wrestlers.

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.

‚Rocky‘ and ‚Rocky III‘ were the best.

In Boston, they love their sports celebrities. And it’s great.

In college, a loss is pretty devastating. That feeling kind of goes away in an 82-game season. You hate to lose, but you also have a lot more games to make up for it.

Most home teams have chapels, so when I’m on the road I’ll probably go to their services.

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.

I was a huge Mike Tyson fan growing up; his fights were always on in my house.

My goal is to make everyone and anyone a Kevin Hart fan.

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.

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

I hope to play until I’m, like, 38 or something, and that’s a lot of years in the game and a lot of travel and a lot of sacrifice on my family’s part.

Playing basketball all my life, I’ve collected a lot of different basketball shoes. It’s pretty much all I wear.