Sports Quotes · Page 194

Football in Brazil is seen as a masculine sport, even with a lot of people accepting the female sport.

— Marta

In high school I carried the ball almost every play of the game.

— Derrick Henry

I'm in this sport to win but win by being the best, not by being lucky.

— Daniel Ricciardo

Everybody looks to expand their game. That's how you keep yourself in this league, in this game.

— Robin Lopez

Succeeding in sport is about how much practise you put in.

— Victoria Pendleton

“Making games is all to do but nothing is but to do is gone.”

— Brad Northtonkinge

Golf isn't a game, it's a choice that one makes with one's life.

— Charles Rosin

I played pretty much sports games. 'NHL,' 'Madden,' stuff like that.

— Auston Matthews

When I was at The Orlando Sentinel as a sports columnist, it was embarrassing that I was the only black female sports…

— Jemele Hill

I'm a writer. I'm moonlighting on television. I never made any pretensions to that. As much as I like being on 'Real…

— Frank Deford

You can't put yourself into competition with a magazine like 'Vogue.' You have to create something new, something different.

— Carine Roitfeld

Everyone is an athlete. You want to go hiking, you want to go biking, you want to go jogging or for a…

— Ali Krieger

It is a team game, we all play for each other; obviously we win and lose as a team, but I like…

— Lonzo Ball

Like many professional footballers, I have the legacy of injuries picked up over my career but the effect on my day-to-day training…

— Charlie Austin

Nike told me, 'We can't give you royalties because you're not a professional athlete.' I told them 'I'll go to the Garden…

— Kanye West

Pros like myself played football not for money or glory, but for the simplest reason: the love of the game.

— Chuck Bednarik

Stop saying athletes do it for the love of the game. They do it for the love of their 32-room mansion with…

— Bill Maher

The unique thing about bodybuilding is that when I compete it is just me on a stage alone. There is no field,…

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

I typically like to train with the mentality of a high-performance athlete. I put in the work and do what it takes…

— Kelly Rowland

I think as far as any kind of pressure on a football team or on an individual in professional sports really depends…

— Jimmy Johnson

I consider myself a pretty rounded guy. I've done pretty elite things in business, sport and academics and all of a sudden…

— John Amaechi

Since the most important element of any concept is that its originating question be appropriately framed, any theory demanding an explanation for…

— Sarah Schulman

I wasn't one of those guys that played AAU basketball and ran track. I just played football. I dabbled in basketball in…

— Alvin Kamara

All that proves is that most of the world is too poor to build bowling alleys, golf courses, tennis courts and baseball…

— Mike Royko

I'm an athlete, but first and foremost I'm a martial artist.

— Dan Hardy

The only competition you will have is the competition between your disciplined and undisciplined mind.

— Anonymous

I'd be willing to bet you, if I were a betting man, that I have never bet on baseball.

— Pete Rose

Injuries are psychologically so hard for an athlete because you don't get to do what you love to do.

— Julian Edelman

Education is a priority over any sport because without a mind you can't contribute to society.

— Tiger Woods

I am all athlete, and that's important, that my looks have nothing to do with what I do in the WWE.

— Charlotte Flair

If I win several tournaments in a row, I get so confident I'm in a cloud. A loss gets me eager again.

— Chris Evert

Talent is everywhere, it only needs the opportunity.

— Kathrine Switzer

Sports are one of the main cultural activities on the face of the earth.

— Jack Kent Cooke

I think I am improving with each game, and I just want to keep learning.

— Ryan Sessegnon

Other than sports, only war and catastrophe can create this sort of national unity.

— Simon Kuper

Copy, not from your industry, from others. You have to go where there is no competition.

— Seth Godin

Don't hate the player nor the game, hate yourself for getting played!

— MofoVang

Sparky's the only guy I know who's written more books than he's read.

— Ernie Harwell

When I work a game as an analyst, all I do is look at the game like a coach.

— Lou Holtz

The most famous athletes throughout the history of time are fighters.

— Dana White