“There are very few people I trust to go high enough over my ramp channel for me to zoom past underneath, and Shaun White is one of them.”— Tony Hawk, twitter.com
“Ricky Bobby: You sick sons of bitches. I mean you walk in that door, on your two legs...all fat and cocky and lookin' at me in my chair. And you tell me its all in my head? I hope that both of you have sons... Handsome, beautiful, articulate sons, who are talented and star athletes and they have the…”— Adam McKay, Ricky Bobby, Will Ferrell, imdb.com
“You cannot possibly become better than me because you are not spending the time on it that I do.”— Koby Bryant, businessinsider.com
“Mike Baxter: Everybody gives these athletes a lot of slack. It doesn't do them any good. I mean 99% of these kids will never play for a pro team, or even the Cleveland Browns. Ed Alzate: Don't knock the Browns, Mike. If it weren't for them, the Bengals fans wouldn't have anyone to make fun of.”— Sid Youngers, Mike Baxter, Tim Allen, imdb.com
“I don't guess anybody would think much of what Joe did nowadays, including myself. But he was supposed to be a leader, so he had to live by the rules. It was the hardest thing I ever had to do, and it was to the greatest athlete I ever coached.”— Bear Bryant, content.time.com
“Why do I have three Superbowl rings and still think there's something greater out there for me?”— Tom Brady, youtube.com
“Going out, a little dancing here and there. If no ones watching, ya know. That type of thing.”— John McEnroe, youtube.com
“If you lose, then you're on the beach so then I think I'll just take it easy.”— John McEnroe, youtube.com
“It changes from "I want to do this new trick" to "I have to do this new trick".”— Shaun White, youtube.com
“Once you get that taste of victory and your like wow, well maybe I want to keep going on this path.”— Shaun White, youtube.com
“I have failed many times many times in my life. But more importantly, I’ve learned from every setback, proudly own up to my mistakes, grown from disappointments, and now I’m a glamazon bitch ready for the runway.”— Adam Rippon, twitter.com
“[I realized] that I’m a real fighter, that I have a lot of grit. ... If you work really hard, if you fight your way through and fight your way back, you can make some things happen for yourself.”— Sloane Stephens, deadspin.com
“But any active sportsman has to be very focused; you’ve got to be in the right frame of mind. If your energy is diverted in various directions, you do not achieve the results. I need to know when to switch on and switch off: and the rest of the things happen around that.”— Sachin Tendulkar, keepingscore.blogs.time.com