Practice as if you are the worst, perform as if you are the best.

Practice as if you are the worst, perform as if you are the best.

Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, disregard of all read more

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.

When I was 40, my doctor advised me that a man in his 40s shouldn't play tennis. I heeded his read more

When I was 40, my doctor advised me that a man in his 40s shouldn't play tennis. I heeded his advice carefully and could hardly wait until I reached 50 to start again.

He's a guy who gets up at six o'clock in the morning regardless of what time it is.
(on read more

He's a guy who gets up at six o'clock in the morning regardless of what time it is.
(on the spartan training regimen of heavyweight Andrew Golota)

In my many years of coaching, he is the most focused in terms of the important aspects of his life read more

In my many years of coaching, he is the most focused in terms of the important aspects of his life and his goals. He is a giver, not a getter, and a product of two amazing parents.

What is both surprising and delightful is that spectators are allowed, and even expected, to join in the vocal part read more

What is both surprising and delightful is that spectators are allowed, and even expected, to join in the vocal part of the game... There is no reason why the field should not try to put the batsman off his stroke at the critical moment by neatly timed disparagements of his wife's fidelity and his mother's respectability.

How you respond to the challenge in the second half will determine what you become after the game, whether you read more

How you respond to the challenge in the second half will determine what you become after the game, whether you are a winner or a loser.

Durability is part of what makes a great athlete.

Durability is part of what makes a great athlete.

Wrestling is ballet with violence.

Wrestling is ballet with violence.