The stories about Jerry Rice's unparalleled work ethic are as much a part of his legend as numbers that made him the NFL's greatest ...

“I think we are coming of age. We are growing and getting better every day. That is really from us challenging each other more in practice. ...

"If I don’t practice one day, I know it. If I do not practice the next day, the orchestra knows it. If I do not practice the third day...

" The will to win. The attitude 'that you can win if you want to badly enough' means that the will to win is constant and no am...

"At night when I go to bed, I ask myself, 'If I don’t wake up tomorrow, would I be proud of how I lived today.'” -Muhammad Al...

"The minute you get away from fundamentals, the bottom can fall out.  Fundamentals were the most crucial part of my game in the NBA. Ev...

"I do know that I didn't enjoy little league baseball for the fun of playing.  I can't help it -- but that's true.  When i ...

“The best teams are teams in any sport that lose themselves in the team. The individuals lose their identity. And their identities come abou...

"If you're not a competitor, you've just got to go home." -Venus Williams

“The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stairs in the world, but if they don’...

"It's better to look ahead and prepare than to look back and regret." -Jacki Joyner-Kersee

“The nine years I was in pro ball, I never quit trying to make my mind an encyclopedia of every possible detail — about my teammates, about ...