Julius Boros Quotes

By the time I was 8 years old, sports had pretty much taken over my life.

I'd just like to be good at sports. I'm extremely competitive with absolutely nothing to back it up.

Volleyball was a lot of fun, but I knew it wasn't my sport.

Why did I choose to be a goalkeeper? I don't know - it is good question. I have asked myself many times when things have not being going well.

I catch the ball. You throw the ball, I catch it. You throw it close to me, I catch it. If you make me do something crazy to catch, I still catch it.

Sport is my passion but I have a way to go.

The important thing to remember, if you are trying something that is an innovation, is not to think too much about it. Because if you take too long, by the time you get there, the world will have changed. You take a risk, and if it doesn't work, you make a change. We are not betting our lives on it.

Oh God, I'm awful at sports. In gym I just try and avoid getting hit in the face.

I have spoken with many former athletes, and they tell me the best time they had was in sports. I listen to them and use their experience in my career.

I was born to play baseball.

I would never tell anybody to give up hockey - the great sports we have here - basketball, lacrosse - rugby coming into its own - we've got so many great team sports, and I say hold on to them.

The thing that all sports have in common is that they have no fantasy elements, which is a little weird.

I was a huge athlete as a kid. I was on every sports team.

I'm a runner from sports. I've been a runner, but I wasn't a cross-country runner or anything like that. I played a lot of soccer growing up.

I like to feel that I understand little things about sports.

I was a sports nut. I stayed after school probably three hours every day - from fall, to winter, to spring. I went from football to basketball to track, and it started all over again. I loved all of it. I just loved being an athlete and all that it entailed. It really accounts for who I am today and even how I think today.

I think team sports probably teach you more about giving - about being unselfish and being flexible.

For reasons that baffle me still, my high school sports coaches put me in the first division of the rugby, cricket, and soccer teams.

You see so many different personalities and mind-sets in the world of sports, just like you do with actors.

I won't have any competitive instincts in any sports, other than golf. I can't see being competitive in sports any more.

I wanted to play sports my whole life. That's all I really wanted to do.

I feel this pang of regret whenever I watch sport; this sense that I will never play a big match again.

Squash has been my life and I owe a lot to the sport.

As a youngster, I enjoyed sport and my ambition was to be a great sportsman.

I grew up playing every sport.