Goose Gossage Quotes

Football has taught me so much.

Baseball as I have said before to many... many parents it's not about wins and losses. It's about the life lessons that are learned on that baseball field. The perseverance, the hard work that it takes, dealing with failure.

My father helped me become a ballplayer and take the good with the bad.

And I found out, the other part of it is that I found out and in my desire to life successfully, that baseball fit very well into my life. It's been a great teacher, trainer, mentor and you'll see what I mean in the next few minutes that I have to speak.

In football you should never take anything for granted.

There's a lot of variables you can't control in trying to win a game, but at the end of the day it does mean something to win a game in the big leagues and be on the mound.

At the end of the day, I play baseball, and I don't let anything else get in my head.

Kids in sports - it makes such an impact in life with the lessons that you learn.

If I wasn't doing this, I'd be working in a chippy. Cricket can change your life. It can teach you a lot about discipline and life in general.

I tell people all the time that football taught me about life in every single aspect.

Playing all these different sports, you learn so much from the people you get coached by.

The greatest thing about sports, to me, is just the crossover into everyday life.

Win or lose you will never regret working hard, making sacrifices, being disciplined or focusing too much. Success is measured by what we have done to prepare for competition.

And it was a great experience, you know, to travel the world and compete at a certain level. It teaches you discipline, focus, and certainly keeps you out of trouble.

One of the beautiful things about baseball is that every once in a while you come into a situation where you want to, and where you have to, reach down and prove something.

A lot of the lessons that are taught in football will promote success in anything you get into after football; for me, it just happens to be music. Being disciplined. Good character. Trying to do the right thing, and working hard.

Baseball wasn't easy for me.

Coaching is easy. Winning is the hard part.

In baseball, you've got to keep working.

Baseball gives a growing boy self poise and self reliance.

The young athlete who aspires to greatness, generally speaking, learns a number of things from several different coaches. The first one taught him the fundamentals; the second one instilled discipline in him and taught him more of the techniques that must be mastered to excel.

Yes, hard is good. When I was in high school, I spent a lot of time on my knees playing with balls. I guess it was only natural that I became a catcher.

We're all about trying to teach the kids life through basketball.

Volleyball was the hardest thing I've ever had to do.

When I first started playing team sports, I was a little too sweet for my own good. I'd be in tears because I wasn't doing well. But the healthy competition really toughened me up.