“Well, baseball was my whole life. Nothing's ever been as fun as baseball.”
Mickey Mantle
“I am submitting several. 1. "Be Nice.." 2. "Be Nice..Its easy" 3. "A Smile - Very powerful, yet underated and underutilized" 4. "Right attitude creates opportunity" 5. "Love has the power to hurt or to heal" 6. "Time heals" 7. "Love overcomes" 8. "True Love hurts.." 9. "Parents- They gave me life. Mines looks like they are capable of taking it back! "”
Naushad Velani
“I was lucky. My grandmother stepped up for me and said she would take responsibility for me and a compassionate juvenile judge took a chance and gave me one. They were getting ready to send me away to do real time, but they sent me instead to a juvenile alternative day school. And I guess that was the beginning of my turnaround.”
Contributed by: Andy James
Bob Beamon
“Go play the game because you love it, not because you want to be great at it.”
Sean Nielsen
“When I step onto the court, I don't have to think about anything. If I have a problem off the court, I find that after I play, my mind is clearer and I can come up with a better solution. It's like therapy. It relaxes me and allows me to solve problems”
Michael Jordan
“When you stand on the victory stand, you must be able to ask yourself: 'Did I win this medal?”
Kip Keino
“When I did this three years ago, it was like death. When I did it last year, it was like near death. This year, it was just really hard.”
John Howie
