Erik Spoelstra Quotes

We should tell our kids to just have fun, participate and not get bent on winning or losing. But every coach, when they say that, they say it tongue in cheek, 'Don't worry about winning': If you win I'll get you ice cream, but if you lose I'm going to pout in the car.

All American males are failed athletes, and it was big time even if it was Little League. It meant a lot to you.

I’d like to bring change into the culture of the United Nations ….

Coos Bay is a sports-minded town. You had to be an athlete to be somebody.

A single person doesn't change an organization, but culture and good people do.

At some high schools, you're the star player, and everything revolves around you.

I'm committed to structural changes.

The game of football is always changing.

I've watched what coaches do for young people in our country.

I started playing in school. Lots of kids in Yugoslavia play basketball.

When I was five, I joined a club, 'Excelsior', the club of Kralingen, in the first division. I was always training. On a free afternoon, I did individual work with Aad Putters, my youth trainer. Not with the idea growing to be a star, but for fun.

I was athletic growing up and that was, of course, a big part of my household, but it wasn't something that I was necessarily passionate about.

My older brother, he did everything. He played baseball, he played basketball. Just being able to watch him as a youngster, wanting to be like him, wanting to play on the team with him and watching those older guys in my neighborhood play sports.

The popularity of rugby definitely grew in South Africa over the World Cup, and sport has great power, so hopefully it will make some difference. Even if it's just 1%, it's a bit of a change.

I don't know where sports in general will go. But when I grew up, you just played the sport. Parents just wanted to make sure that you were happy doing something.

The world always changes, and teams go through evolutions.

We are going to change the destiny of Brazil.

No one is more of a fan of the game than me: my son is a player.

I hope we win a lot of games, that's part of the job at Ohio State. But you want to have a bigger impact than that when you're done. You want to leave a legacy behind, you want to make change.

I grew up in Brixton as a young teenager playing basketball for the Brixton Topcats, which marked the beginning of my career.

I really love all sport. I watch sports when I can, but when push comes to show, I think I know it's entertainment.

If I can make a kid smile playing baseball, that's pretty awesome.

Companies can change. Culture can change.

When you're in the National Football League, and you get this window where all eyes are on you, you can use that. You can use that platform for good.

If sports has anything to do for society, football plays a great role.