Sports Quotes · Page 178

“The Game gives you a Purpose. The Real Game is, to Find a Purpose.”

— Vineet Raj Kapoor

It's not an individual sport, so winning is ultimately what matters.

— Jonas Valanciunas

I worked very hard. I felt I could play the game. The only thing that could stop me was myself.

— Jim Abbott

I'm a Hall of Famer and I'm still fighting for it because I love the game and I love to play.

— Rickey Henderson

Live as if you were living already for the second time.

— Vince Lombardi

I'm a footballer first and foremost and I want to be remembered for what I do on the pitch.

— Adebayo Akinfenwa

One thing about me is that my parents didn't force me to be an athlete.

— Kamaru Usman

Good guys are a dime a dozen, but an aggressive leader is priceless.

— Earl Blaik

Sport is an important part of the development of kids, and hence, it should be made a part of their curriculum.

— Gagan Narang

As an athlete, I understood the value of my health insurance. I knew that in my profession, injuries were common and could…

— Magic Johnson

You're actually inside the surfboard... you're inside the landscape around you and the ocean is surging, you get totally inside the moment…

— Nick Carroll

It was about being wanted, it was about winning, and it was about my passion for the game. I just loved it.…

— Warren Moon

After watching 'Dangal,' I called my writer and told him that I wanted to do a sports film for Punjab because no…

— Ammy Virk

Both fighters can't win in this sport, so you have to leave it in God's hands. Losing is not the end of…

— Cris Cyborg

Football is a simple game based on the giving and taking of passes, of controlling the ball and of making yourself available…

— Bill Shankly

It is a good idea to become involved with sports and athletics. It makes you strong. You need to be strong to…

— Frederick Lenz

When Sunday loses its fundamental meaning and becomes subordinate to a secular concept of weekend dominated by such things as entertainment and…

— Pope John Paul II

I think in running, to be honest, that even though athletes are very dedicated and are willing to train and do whatever…

— Alberto Salazar

When I stepped away two springs ago, I just really wanted to shift my priorities to be able to be more available…

— Maya Moore

I think most American churchgoers are the soil that chokes the seed because of all the thorns. Thorns are anything that distracts…

— Francis Chan

Boxing is a sport of self-control. You must understand fear so you can manipulate it. Fear is like fire. You can make…

— Cus D'Amato

It hasn't yet materialized that I went into sports management, but I haven't ruled it out yet, either. I only half-jokingly remarked…

— Condoleezza Rice

That's another thing, we made up games. We didn't have equipment. When it snowed, we would play slow motion tackle football. We…

— Mike Krzyzewski

We all admire the courageous person and quite often consider the individual who lacks courage, a coward. However, that is not how…

— Bob Proctor

You know it's going to hell when the best rapper out there is white and the best golfer is black.

— Charles Barkley

In sports you often become part of something greater than yourself.

— Tom Brady

I just play in the moment, play in the game one game at a time.

— Deshaun Watson

To avoid losing a piece, many a person has lost the game

— Savielly Tartakower

Our sport probably has the best history and tradition of being engaged in international competition.

— Gary Bettman

Self-affirmbuild yourself up with honest and genuine praise.

— Lorii Myers

Breaststroke is an athletic event; butterfly is a political statement.

— Paul Tsongas

My father was just an amateur; my mother is not even an athlete herself.

— Ichiro Suzuki

Within an ensemble, like in sports, if you do your little job, it makes everybody look good.

— Stephen Hunter

Track and field is a sport that's about 'What have you done for me lately?'

— Justin Gatlin

“I. This is not a game. II. Here and now, you are alive”

— Terry Pratchett

One of the reasons I connect to the Super Bowl is that I approach my shows like an athlete.

— Beyonce Knowles

Who wins a... competition [between two traits] is massively context sensitive.

— Jerry Fodor

It's kind of mind-blowing what some of us adaptive athletes can accomplish as far as physical sports.

— Mike Schultz

I play every game to win, it is not in my nature to throw a game.

— Heyneke Meyer

I like to pick on figure skating, which is very athletic but it's not a sport.

— John Part