#sports

Outcasts may grow up to be novelists and filmmakers and computer tycoons, but they will never be the athletic ruling class. ↗

— Chuck Klosterman

#sports #humor

It took me seventeen years to get three thousand hits in baseball. It took one afternoon on the golf course. ↗

— Hank Aaron

#golf #humor #sports #humor

Sports bars are also a great place for guys to meet other guys--either for sex or for wrestling, whichever feels more right. ↗

— Eugene Mirman

#relationships #sports #humor

Philippine culture was clearly different. It wasn't the fan's duty to remain aloof in the presence of stars; it was the player's responsibility to show gratitude to the average Filipino. ↗

— Rafe Bartholomew

#love

After joyfully working each morning, I would leave off around midday to challenge myself to a footrace. Speeding along the sunny paths of the Jardin du Luxembourg, ideas would breed like aphids in my head—for creative invention is easy and sublime when air cycles quickly through the lungs and the body is busy at noble tasks. ↗

— Roman Payne

#health #jardin-du-luxembourg #nobility #noble #paris

Sometimes your world falls apart. And it’s okay for you to let people in and let them see you crumble ↗

— Jaci Burton

#change

Hockey is a sport for white men. Basketball is a sport for black men. Golf is a sport for white men dressed like black pimps. ↗

— Tiger Woods

#basketball #black #dressed #golf #hockey

One of the supreme paradoxes of baseball, and all sports, is that the harder you try to throw a pitch or hit a ball or accomplish something, the smaller your chances are for success. You get the best results not when you apply superhuman effort but when you let the game flow organically and allow yourself to be fully present. You'll often hear scouts say of a great prospect, "The game comes slow to him." It mean the prospect is skilled and poised enough to let the game unfold in its own time, paying no attention to the angst or urgency or doubt, funnelling all awareness to the athletic task at hand. ↗

— R.A. Dickey

#inspiration #sports #inspirational

Think of yourself as an athlete. I guarantee you it will change the way you walk, the way you work, and the decisions you make about leadership, teamwork, and success. ↗

— Mariah Burton Nelson

#empowerment-of-women #sports #women #change

I'm not doing it for media attention, not doing it for sponsors, not for money. ↗

— Nastia Liukin

#gymnastics #sports #money