Sports Quotes · Page 195

Newsflash: competitive athletes fight sometimes. They also are egomaniacs.

— Jemele Hill

Somebody will always break your records. It is how you live that counts.

— Earl Campbell

It's about giving your all in the game, having fun, and hopefully winning.

— Kai Havertz

The Test arena is a place I have been desperate to get back to, it is the pinnacle of the sport

— James Taylor

When I was in high school I was a super serious athlete. I wasn't fun at all.

— Anonymous

“Train hard while others don't, so you can win while your opponents wont.”

— Andre Bramble

Being the heavy favorite is not always a good thing because of the amount of pressure on an athlete.

— Mirai Nagasu

The only way you can get match fitness is by playing games.

— Aaron Ramsey

I used to go play football matches in the morning, and Id go straight from me football game to a dance competition.

— Tristan MacManus

As you get older you play in more important games and that is when you start thinking about what will happen if…

— Wayne Rooney

I play really hard. I put my body on the line every damn practice. Every day in the games. That's my passion.…

— Jimmy Butler

Good athletes will be there at good competitions, but I don't think about them; I just think of bettering my own time.

— Hima Das

In the Soviets' view, chess was not merely an art or a science or even a sport; it was what it had…

— Pal Benko

As a footballer, you always want to get better personally. And if you get better personally, you make the team better.

— Marc-Andre ter Stegen

Rooting from the sidelines is the most democratic of sporting rites: no skyboxes, no tickets required, just an unabashed will to holler…

— Nancy Gibbs

With 'Dear Black Boy,' I wanted to encourage BIack boys to dream outside of sports and think differently.

— Martellus Bennett

I like both athletic girls and girly girls. It depends on their personality. I like girls who can go out and play…

— Josh Hutcherson

I would love to fall in love and get married and have beautiful children. I mean that's one of the goals in…

— Tiesto

Olympism is a philosophy which, by blending sport with culture, seeks to create a way of life based on the joy found…

— Juan Antonio Samaranch

Somewhere behind the athlete i've become, the hours of practice, the coaches that pushed me, the team-mates that believed in me, the…

— Nathan Josey

Doing risk sports had taught me another important lesson: never exceed your limits. You push the envelope and you live for those…

— Yvon Chouinard

“I didn't cry when they buried my father - I wouldn't let myself. I didn't cry when they buried my sister. On…

— Greg Garber

Be true to the game, because the game will be true to you. If you try to shortcut the game, then the…

— Michael Jordan

I can definitely take more off my world record - a lot more. I have no doubt about that. I'm by no…

— Grant Hackett

I am now a legend. I am also the greatest athlete to live.

— Usain Bolt

When you're playing against a stacked deck, compete even harder.

— Pat Riley

“Playing a game is the voluntary attempt to overcome unnecessary obstacles.”

— Anonymous

Tennis is more than just a sport. It's an art, like the ballet. Or like a performance in the theater.

— Bill Tilden

Every team, in some sense, plays dirty. The game of football is dirty.

— Andrew Whitworth

Football is not about possession or playing a nice passing game. Football is about winning games.

— Michael Ballack

There are so many egos in this game - maybe we all need to come down a notch.

— Jay Sean

You've got to stay ahead of the game to be able to stay in it.

— Kate Moss

Learn to swim. It is a sport all the peasants can play.

— Mao Zedong

I believe that you don't essentially need to know the sport to enjoy a sports film.

— Kabir Khan

I grew up playing sports, and being athletic was just something I have always hung on to.

— Taylor Louderman

I want people to see the passion I have for swimming and become more involved in the sport.

— Ryan Lochte

In sport, Americans are prominent in the Premier League - both on and off the pitch.

— Louis Susman

You have to be adaptable. I don't think you can go into a game with any fixed plan.

— Eoin Morgan

I just want people to see me as a hard-working footballer and someone who is passionate about the game.

— David Beckham

I've always prided myself on being a football player.

— Christian McCaffrey