Shannon Sharpe Quotes

It's in all of our interests to keep pushing athletes to see the big picture, and that's sometimes very difficult.

Ninety percent of hockey is mental and the other half is physical.

I don't know anything that builds the will to win better than competitive sports.

There were butterflies, otherwise, you're not really ready to play. The locker room, I remember, was quiet and we were very focused on playing that game.

I think being an athlete prepares you for more things than people give us credit for.

I'm a sports junkie, and I am interested in athletic will - how you exceed the expectations of your own performance when it counts to deliver something beyond yourself so that you can win.

It's the philosophies of being an athlete that carry me today.

Having my dad play for the Falcons, what it did was really to expose me to a whole bunch of other elite-level athletes, which I think gives me an advantage and allowed me to understand what goes into sports. It is more than going out onto the field and going out onto the ice and competing.

You can't hold up in a FIBA game if you don't have great competitive spirit.

I know my game pretty well, and that is the secret to success in most sports.

My coach has taught me since 5 years old, and he stresses not just the quality of training but the mental part. Technique and the mental game have to mesh, balance.

As a competitor, as an athlete, you want the ball to come to you.

My advice to young wrestlers is that your surroundings really make a difference. You want to put yourself in good, positive surroundings.

I was very slender and small. All my friends were on the team, so I had to make it too. I was a very aggressive player. I wanted to be one of the best, but I just ended up as one of the good ones.

There's steps that I've taken already, and each week, talking with the sports psychologist on a routine basis and working with the different programs that we're going through. This is all stuff that you can say you're going to make a difference, but I'm putting it into action.

You can teach all the other stuff, you know. You can teach shooting the ball, you can teach having a good touch... passing and whatnot, but when you get out there on the field, it's just a mindset you need to go into the game with.

As a professional athlete, I believe that I need to explore my opportunities to the maximum, in order to excel and continue to play the best football I can.

Athletes have to be confident and I am thinking like that.

I watch a lot of sports. One of the reasons I watch is to see how these guys handle pressure, how they respond to situations.

I think being a competitive diver for years helps you focus and dedicate yourself to what's needed.

I'm really trying to focus myself on playing tennis, and I think that's really important.

You must relate athletic experiences to life.

Never played football, but I'm an athlete. I'm a competitor.

I think every athlete will tell you no matter what sport you're in, when you train so hard and when you care so much about doing what you do, there's a little bit of nerves that come with that. But nerves that won't prevent you form performing, nerves that, hopefully, allow you to be that much more motivated and inspired to do well.

Sport is something that is very inspirational for young people.