Quotes by Athletes

The fans know their football, you can't kid them. Richard Gough

You Fans Kid Football Know Them

My Mother is Swedish and my Father is Scottish, he played for Charlton in the 1960's and was in the Army, he captained the British forces team. We then moved to S.A. because a lot of players did that at the time. Richard Gough

Time Army Mother Father Charlton He Forces Because Lot Scottish Did Moved Then Swedish Team Played Players British

I played as a 17-year-old with Walter Smith, who must have been about 32. So I've known Walter for 21 years. Richard Gough

Must About Smith Known Been Years Who Played

We train in the mornings, and then I go home and rest or sleep, and usually I go for a meal with Abel of a night, as we're the two with no family here, so we tend to hang around together. Richard Gough

Home Family Together Rest Meal Tend Mornings Around Go Go Home Train Hang Then Here Night Two Sleep

I've got an opinion on everything, so I should go into management. Richard Gough

Management Everything Opinion Got Go Should

The plan was that I was going to retire and take a job with the American Federation, but Nottingham Forest offered me a contract and there was interest from West Ham and another Premiership club. Richard Gough

Me Job Club Take Federation Retire Another Ham West Contract Forest Offered American Going Interest Plan Premiership

Businessmen... were not born chief executives. They were often people first. Richard Jefferson

People First Born Executives Were Chief Often Businessmen

I'm insanely optimistic. For odd, weird reasons, things always work out. Richard Jefferson

Work Out Weird Always Odd Optimistic Work Out Reasons Things

I want to play for a championship team. I want to win a championship. Richard Jefferson

Win Want Team Play Championship Championship Team

Roddick can challenge him as well if he serves big consistently for the entire match. If he does that, then he is tough to break even for a guy like Federer. Richard Krajicek

Challenge Tough Big Consistently Entire Guy He Federer Like Well Him Match Does Break Then Even Serve

Now that I have retired, and even though I wanted to play more, I can always look back and say that at least I won Wimbledon; also, winning the tournament in Rotterdam in 1995. Richard Krajicek

Back Say Though Wimbledon More Winning Tournament Retired Look Also Always Least Won Wanted Even Now Play

My father's coaching Misha and I just might help from time to time. Richard Krajicek

Time Father From Time To Time Just Might Coaching Help

Hewitt is such a fighter on the court; he never gives up. They all have qualities to beat him. Richard Krajicek

Fighter Gives Beat Never He Qualities Him Court Up

Guys like John McEnroe, Bjorn Borg and Stefan Edberg were also very good grass court players. Richard Krajicek

Good Grass John Guys Like Also Court Were Very Players

But, then, Sampras won Wimbledon six times and that automatically puts him among the greatest. Richard Krajicek

Wimbledon Puts Him Greatest Won Times Six Automatically Then Among

But the problem with coaching is that it is a full-time job. By that I mean for at least 40 weeks in a year you have to be with the player, either travelling or training. Right now I don't want to do that. Richard Krajicek

You Training Problem Job Year Weeks Least Want The Problem With Either Mean Coaching Full-Time Full-Time Job Now Travelling Right Player

I'd rather be called King than other things I've been called. Richard Petty

King Other Rather Been Than Things

No one wants to quit when he's losing and no one wants to quit when he's winning. Richard Petty

Losing Winning No-One He Quit Wants

Cats know, comin' out of four, they better be standin' on it, else they'll be standin' in it. Richard Petty

Cats Better Else Out Know Four

If guys don't respect themselves, they don't respect other people. That's times and personalities. And all of them are not that way. But it don't take but one or two to screw up the whole crowd. Richard Petty

Respect People Other Way One Or Two Guys Crowd Take Up Times Screw Personalities Them Themselves Whole Two

I may see a way I want to do something, and I understand when you have a team, everybody can't do their own thing. I'm willing to put my own agenda aside to do what's best for the team. Richard Seymour

Best You Own Everybody Way Willing See Something My Own Put Understand May Want Agenda Aside Team Thing