Sports Improvement Quotes

You hear peewee coaches teaching the 'trap'. What the heck are we doing teaching the 'trap'? Let the kids go, let them have fun; that's how you improve.

I think the real reason for my improvement is because I had such a long period in the off-season just working as hard as I could on all my new dives; making sure I did lots of repetition to get them consistent.

I'm trying to take wrestling to a whole different level.

Admittedly, there will be an awful lot for me to learn, but I want nothing more than to help bring consistent, championship caliber football back to Cleveland.

It's always good to be recognized, you know, for sport. I think being up there with Venus and Serena, I think, that's awesome. I'm excited. I'm happy that I am improving and getting better, and that I can be here.

First of all, in any sport where you can measure distance, height speed and all of that, you see how athletes have changed their sport and made it better. I believe, with every generation, the sport has improved. Certainly, in the men's game, that has been the case. I think that I played Pete [Sampras] at his best, I played Roger [Federer] at his best.. I believe wholeheartedly that Roger and [Rafael] Nadal have pushed the game much further than myself or Pete ever did. Their options on the tennis court are considerably more than ours.

I have vets like Antoine Walker, Greg Buckner, Mark Madsen, and Michael Doleac who keep me motivated to want to get better.

I have worked hard to improve my consistency in my driving, irons, short game, and putting.

I started changing my swing in late 1999.

When I first got into the league, I just used to run. Just run the route. Really no technique to it. I really couldn't separate myself from the defender.

When I was playing the game we never had the benefit of TV or video to analyse our techniques or look at faults, we depended on other cricketers to watch us and then tell us what they thought we were doing wrong.

There is no truth in the idea that the person who hits the most balls will become the best golfer. Golf is a bizarre sport. You can work for years on your game, without making any improvement in your score.

Playing in the Championship and starting games, I'm learning something new every day and constantly improving my game.

I surfed until I was 18, and being the athlete that I am, I got really frustrated with how I wasn't really getting any better.

Nigerian footballers who have played in Russia improved their ability here.

There are always things we can improve on, but that is normal in football.

I used to be very lazy in my teens. I didn't practise enough but I was OK when I started really getting into snooker.

I am stronger than I was last year. I am throwing the ball better now in May of 2013 than I did in May of 2012 - significantly better. I got better throughout the season.

Formula 1 need to have a good look at itself. As a show, I think we need to put on a better show for the fans.

They've certainly grown, the Japanese. I mean grown in stature, playing-wise.

Teams from Ukraine and Russia are getting better all the time.

We've got to play better basketball.

Yes, Indian wrestling has improved since foreign coaches came in because the skills and techniques they have is new to us.

My father-in-law and I always had great interest in Indian sport. At the Athens Olympics, watching the wrestling event, we started discussing the state of Indian sport - inadequate representation, lack of satisfactory results etc. We thought we should do something about it.

Baseball gets better for whatever reason.