Woody Harrelson Quotes

And from the first time I picked up a basketball at age eight - I had a lot of difficulty when I first picked up a basketball, because I was a scrub - there were things that I liked about it.

OK, the wonderful thing about soccer is, a football is a perfectly round object, and it doesn't make mistakes. The player using it makes mistakes. And the more you use it, the less mistakes you make.

My job is to get out there and try to become the best basketball player I can be.

As a footballer, you just have to try to learn what you've done bad and what I could do good.

To succeed in hockey, you need teamwork.

In football, I need full concentration even though I really enjoy it.

The first good player I watched as a kid was Joe DiMaggio, and that was like ballet. Since then, I played sandlot and college ball and came to understand how difficult it can be.

Playing football was like being trapped in a rhythm, and my whole career was like that. You have very little time to switch off.

It wasn't until I was at 39 that I joined my first real hockey team. Which was great. I scored a couple of goals here and there, but I wasn't the most graceful thing you've ever seen.

Today's Little Leaguers, and there are millions of them each year, pick up how to hit and throw and field just by watching games on TV. By the time they're out of high school, the good ones are almost ready to play professional ball.

Growing up as an athlete, I started skating very young. My parents didn't know anything about the sport, so they went with the flow. I had two great coaches who gave great advice and gave guidelines for my parents. My parents let the coaches dictate what was going on on the ice.

The way children are taught football doesn't encourage skill; the focus is on other areas.

The most important competition is always the next match.

I push myself to the limit to do what I most like doing, which is playing football.

When you are young, you sometimes play one good game and then one bad game.

A football player at any level must set goals.

I'm very proud because, all my life, I worked very hard to be a football player.

Training-wise, you have to work on your weaknesses, preparing yourself properly for the game, on and off the field.

We want to be better players than we do a pest, but you have to find something to do coming into the League.

I knew I was going to be a football player; I just didn't know how. It was the only thing I was doing, the only thing that I knew. Always training, training, training, training.

As a cricketer, you need to keep moving and learning every day.

I think football is a team sport.

Individually, I am very happy because I can play in every game. I can be on the pitch and do what I like to do, which is play football.

Brazil was a very good experience. I learned a lot about how to play football, both technical and physical. There would be a hundred kids of all ages, training and doing classes together.

I think all children like futsal. Making quick decisions, moving fast when you're in difficulties on the pitch; it teaches you a lot. I'm passionate about this sport.