Robert Parish Quotes

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.

Obviously I love playing the game of basketball. That's what God blessed me to do.

I am, first of all, a basketball player. I've done this for so very long... For me, it's been essential to be successful on the court.

What our kids learn to do is fight. So when you watch a Devin Booker, you look at Tyler Ulis - they fight.

I stand by my belief that individual performances are the most important part of baseball.

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

There's a lot of different ways to be successful in college basketball. Most of it stems from talent and having the ability to recruit.

You've got to be on all-league teams before you can say that you are going to be a great basketball player.

I think that's kind of the common theme when you talk about any good team. Not only do you have the talent and the type of players that allow you to win that many games, but you have to win the ugly ones.

My main focus is playing football and giving it all I got. I'm trying to go out there and make plays and help my team win.

I've always worked hard at being a well-rounded player.

My talent in playing football was not the highest but I was very hard-working, interested to learn and get better, and this focus made me better and better.

I always just take pride in being a basketball player.

That's the beautiful thing about baseball. You can be any size and be successful.

Well, I'm definitely gonna focus on being a better all-around player.

I have spoken with many former athletes, and they tell me the best time they had was in sports. I listen to them and use their experience in my career.

I was born to play baseball.

To be a professional tennis player you need to put in these sort of hours.

I want to see if the player communicates with his teammates and how he responds to coaching. Another thing to remember is players' bodies can develop better than their skills.

A coach told my mum I had talent and I would make a very good skater.

Sports were a big part of my life. I was the captain of the basketball team in high school, and captain of the basketball team at Princeton.

Some guys practice like all-Americans but they can't play!

It was all I lived for, to play baseball.

You have to have a lot of little boy in you to play baseball for a living.

I don't think I would have made it as a cricketer.