Sports Quotes · Page 175

I know I am only one, but I am one, and just because I'm one should not stop me from

— Edward Everett Hale

I collect misspellings of my last name. Jame McRoy, McGros, Legras - it's become kind of a sport.

— James LeGros

I believe the brain is like a muscle - like any other it can be improved.

— Ivan Lendl

I am not interested in rules or conventions. Photography is not a sport.

— Bill Brandt

In F1, we see teams spending ridiculous amounts of money. That's the sport.

— Lance Stroll

Children's plays are not sports, and should be deemed as their most serious actions.

— Michel de Montaigne

He who controlleth the backboard, controlleth the game.

— Adolph Rupp

I tried to play every sport. I wasn't great at most of them, but at least I tried!

— Britt Robertson

I'm a filmmaker and I'm proud of the movies I've made. But in the background of my life I was also very…

— Joel Silver

I'm reverent toward my sources. History is a team sport, and references are how you support your teammates.

— Rick Perlstein

When someone decides to come into the UFC, and they don't have a combat sports background, you're kind of thinking, 'Does he…

— Ben Askren

I was a huge fan of 'Game Of Thrones.' I hadn't read the books but had watched the series from the beginning.

— Nathalie Emmanuel

As a football player, as an athlete, as a competitor - that dream of being able to play in the Super Bowl,…

— Chris Hogan

Yes, I do realize that men in sports media also face criticism and backlash, but the vitriol that is directed at women,…

— Jemele Hill

I think that in most sports, outside of golf and maybe some other things, it benefits you to be in the best…

— Jason Kelce

That's what sport can do to you: it gives you a lot of heartache and pain, and sometimes the ultimate rewards.

— Andrew Strauss

You've got this world, these pathologists that are, day in and day out, taking apart bodies, coming up with theories about how…

— Milo Ventimiglia

Heaven is by favor; if it were by merit your dog would go in and you would stay out. Of all the…

— Mark Twain

I suppose, because I am a sportsman and travel all over Australia, I see every day Australians doing small and large and…

— Steve Waugh

Amateurism is the strongest form of discrimination in sports. Because it discriminates against the underprivileged, it discriminates against the poor. If we…

— Carl Lewis

Right before they named the (2014) team, I stepped back and I allowed myself to realize what I had accomplished. I got…

— Kelly Clark

The word 'geek' today does not mean what it used to mean. A geek isn't the skinny kid with a pocket protector…

— Olivia Munn

Success and excellence are not the same. Excellence grows within a person, is largely within that person's control, and its meaning lasts.…

— Joe Paterno

So what if I never win my fifth gold medal; It's only one end of the string. It's competing that matters. It's…

— Al Oerter

When I was younger, I thought maybe one day I'd be involved in sport in terms of career.

— Jamie Dornan

I know that I have to run all the game and don't stop or I will be useless to the team.

— Fred

They wanted to buy out my contract, but I couldn't make change for a $20, so they had to let me stay.

— Abe Lemons

Sometimes the game of golf is just too difficult to endure with a golf club in your hands.

— Bobby Jones

I actually used to be a front for the largest national sports-betting syndicate in America.

— Ashton Kutcher

Sports are my passion and I really enjoy connecting with others who share my love of the game

— Tessa Bonhomme

I grew up very active, and my parents made me try every single sport there was.

— Nina Agdal

Anytime you play a team sport, the success of the team really makes everything better. It's nice.

— Ricky Williams

COVID is part of our society. Wasn't caused by football or caused by sports.

— Jim Harbaugh

Life is a full-contact sport, and there's a score up on the board.

— Phil McGraw

My brother David was a great athlete and I knew there was no way I could live up to that.

— Billie Joe Armstrong

The time your game is most vulnerable is when you're ahead, never let up.

— Rod Laver

Practice like it's a game; play the game like it's practice.

— Mike Candrea

In sports, big names and celebrities drive events, and that's what people gravitate to.

— Donovan Bailey

I went through baseball as a player to be named later.

— Joe Garagiola

I think every athlete is afraid for their career to be over.

— Jordan Burroughs