Enos Slaughter Quotes

Sports have always been a big part of my life. At school, I played a lot of different sports, and I was competing with other schools. I did everything: running, volleyball, basketball, soccer, Olympic-style gymnastics, and more! My history with sports gave me good concentration, focus, strength, and motivation to stay healthy.

We have to play football, not concentrate on other things.

I need to go play football. I don't care about anything else.

I was always active as a child. My dad tried to place me in every sport imaginable. I had so much energy, he wanted to push me in a direction where that energy was used appropriately to keep me out of trouble and focused while I was in school.

I ran track, and basically played every sport.

Encourage kids to enjoy running and play in athletics. Don't force them to run too much competition.

The best thing about baseball is there's no homework.

I played football all my life throughout high school and ran track.

Before I got into music, I studied sport and used to run for my county.

My mom wanted me to play baseball. She didn't want me to play basketball.

Anytime I get the chance to play ball, I get excited.

I mean, I miss basketball. I didn't get to play basketball as much as I may have wanted to, but yeah, I miss baseball for sure.

My whole life, I've been training for something, whether it be baseball or football or wrestling or martial arts.

I've always loved competing; I've always loved working out - and wrestling, of course.

Soccer is an uncomfortable sport. You're running; you're getting tackled.

If I am on the pitch there is a lot of energy in my body.

Everyone is an athlete. The only difference is that some of us are in training, and some are not.

I competed in track for 10 years and have been doing kickboxing forever.

Because I just like sports, I like athletics and I like competition.

A game of soccer induces more than enjoyment, more than entertainment.

My workout was running down fly balls, stealing a base, or running for my life on the football field.

There's nothing like playing. You can coach and you can be around the game, but there is nothing like playing. It's just so much fun.

Tennis was always there for me, which was lucky. I would go play baseball, basketball, football, hang with my brother, do whatever, and at the end of the day I'd come back and say, 'Hey, Mom, would you hit 15 minutes worth of balls with me?'

There is no life without sport and no sport without competition.

I played sports in high school and in college.