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What would Sports and Entertainment be without outstanding Blacks? Check out these witty quotes from African-American sports and entertainment legends.
Being champion is all well and good, but you can't eat a crown.
Althea Gibson
I fought, I fought harder . . . but one cell at a time, panic crept into my body, taking me over.
Jesse Owens
If you don't try to win you might as well hold the Olympics in somebody's back yard. The thrill of competing carries with it the thrill of a gold medal. One wants to win to prove himself the best.
Jesse Owens
If you're paid before you walk on the court, what's the point in playing as if your life depended on it?
Arthur Ashe
In sports, you simply aren't considered a real champion until you have defended your title successfully. Winning it once can be a fluke; winning it twice proves you are the best.
Althea Gibson
In the field of sports you are more or less accepted for what you do rather than what you are.
Althea Gibson
Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game.
Michael Jordan
Looking at the ball going over the fence isn't going to help.
Hank Aaron
My main focus is on my game.
Tiger Woods
The game is my life. It demands loyalty and responsibility, and it gives me back fulfillment and peace.
Michael Jordan
The ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally tight.
Arthur Ashe
There is a syndrome in sports called 'paralysis by analysis?.
Arthur Ashe
You got to play a hundred and fifty games a year, so pick your spots. You can miss two games a month; so pick the days you're gonna be hurt, or you're gonna rest or you're gonna have a drink or two. The rest of the time, be on that field.
Hank Aaron
You have to be able to center yourself, to let all of your emotions go... Don't ever forget that you play with your soul as well as your body.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar