Sports Quotes · Page 152

A game manager - I wish people would call me that. That's a compliment.

— Derek Carr

If you want to be the best, you have to do things that other people aren't willing to do.

— Michael Phelps

Obviously, I love the idea of athletic quarterbacks.

— Steve Young

When my game is going well, everything gets much easier, offensively and defensively.

— Toni Kukoc

I want to take initiative; I know my game and I know what I need to do to win.

— Frances Tiafoe

I think sports stories are increasingly part of the diet of most important stories in the country.

— Will Cain

I will continue to express the fact I am for a drug-free sport and always will be.

— Marion Jones

I think fans of the sport have a good understanding now of how fit Formula One drivers need to be.

— Jenson Button

It's about this process and the relationship I have with this game of football and the men that we work with. That's…

— Mike Tomlin

I want to successfully make the transition from a life in professional sports to another life, without running into major upheavals.

— Oliver Kahn

Once I found out that track and field was an organized sport, the era I followed more closely was that of Maurice…

— Justin Gatlin

This is a sport where you get your ego checked on a regular basis, whether it's in the cage or it's at…

— Carlos Condit

An athlete must have ability to reach the top, but many who have ability and who do not live clean lives never…

— Major Taylor

In December 2010, we embarked on a slightly strange tour of India. We played every kind of gig you could imagine over…

— Ted Dwane

I know as an athlete I want to use the platform for good and make a difference in a positive way. I…

— Trea Turner

People do what they think works for them, but the sport is about instinct, movement, balance, power... it's too animalistic to get…

— Conor McGregor

Japan had the big earthquake in 2011, and the Olympics will be a good opportunity to bring strength to the people of…

— Kohei Uchimura

“If basketball was going to enable Bradley to make friends, to prove that a banker's son is as good as the next…

— John McPhee

Olympics are three times more likely to be employed than people of a similar age, ethnic and socioeconomic status who have not…

— Timothy Shriver

Number one in high school, when I was sort of entrenched in the street life, if you will, the major thing that…

— Carl Hart

I played fly-half in rugby, so I could influence the game, and midfield in hockey too. So it is part of my…

— Jonny Bairstow

Football is definitely a team sport. Without one person doing the right thing, the whole team falls. At Navy and in lacrosse,…

— Sean Price

The time will come when public opinion will no longer tolerate amusements based on the mistreatment and killing of animals. The time…

— Albert Schweitzer

I do genuinely believe that young people who play sport at a competitive level, sensibly controlled, sensibly organised, that has to be…

— Sebastian Coe

My family was upset when I told them I wanted to play sports. But that's what I wanted to do.

— John Smoltz

“You can't just avoid the game by saying you don't want to play.”

— Brandon Sanderson

I was able to retire from the sport with all my faculties and not let the sport retire me.

— Floyd Mayweather, Jr

If it was up to me, obviously I would start every game, but that decision is up to the coach.

— Klaas-Jan Huntelaar

I like all the adventure sports but I like to do them in a safe way.

— Catherine Bell

It's always exciting to get out there and play a football game.

— Sony Michel

Sport can change so quickly where confidence is such a big factor.

— Christian Horner

The more violent the body contact of the sports you watch, the lower the class.

— Paul Fussell

I think cricket is generally known as a very old and traditional sport.

— Michael Clarke

Since I've joined 'Game of Thrones,' it's been such a pleasure.

— Peter Dinklage

The best thing you can do is just go and have fun with [competition].

— Jon Gordon

“The only competition one truly has in this world is oneself.”

— Chris Cole

I love to go out. I love the outdoors. I love outdoor sports. I'm a big traveler.

— Sasha Alexander

Prosperity is always one of the challenges in pro sports because teams can strike back so quickly.

— Rick Carlisle

You know, we don't look much alike, but Denzel Washington would make a great sports agent.

— Leigh Steinberg

My baseball is about the way I go out and play the game and enjoy it. That's literally all I focus on.

— Ronald Acuna Jr