It's amazing how much of this is mental. Everybody's in good shape. Everybody knows how to ski. Everybody has good read more

It's amazing how much of this is mental. Everybody's in good shape. Everybody knows how to ski. Everybody has good equipment. When it really boils down to it, it's who wants it the most, and who's the most confident on his skis.

I like to be against the odds. I'm not afraid to be lonely at the top. With me, it's just read more

I like to be against the odds. I'm not afraid to be lonely at the top. With me, it's just the satisfaction of the game. Just performance.

A good hitter has timing.
A good pitcher upsets timing.

A good hitter has timing.
A good pitcher upsets timing.

There are people who think that wrestling is an ignoble sport. Wrestling is not sport, it is a spectacle, and read more

There are people who think that wrestling is an ignoble sport. Wrestling is not sport, it is a spectacle, and it is no more ignoble to attend a wrestled performance of suffering than a performance of the sorrows of Arnolphe or Andromaque.

I don't know why people question the academic training of an athlete. Fifty percent of the doctors in this country read more

I don't know why people question the academic training of an athlete. Fifty percent of the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their classes.

Baseball is a game where a curve is an optical illusion, a screwball can be a pitch or a person, read more

Baseball is a game where a curve is an optical illusion, a screwball can be a pitch or a person, stealing is legal and you can spit anywhere you like except in the umpire's eye or on the ball.

It's almost like we have ESPN.
(on how well he and James Worthy work together)

It's almost like we have ESPN.
(on how well he and James Worthy work together)

Don't count the days, make the days count.

Don't count the days, make the days count.

I'm a golfer -- not an athlete.

I'm a golfer -- not an athlete.