Sports Quotes · Page 198

What's the game coming to? Evidently the guys making all these rules never played the game of baseball.

— Pete Rose

Remember that sports are meant to be fun. Don't let someone make the sport unfun for you.

— A. J. Kitt

Walking in high heels should be made an Olympic sport.

— Mimi Pond

“A must-read full of humor with insight into the business of sports and the horse business.”

— Steve Byk

Simplify the game as much as possible. When you add, you must subtract.

— Don Meyer

I want to get to the big games where everybody's watching.

— LeSean McCoy

The AAU doesn't care about the athletes; why should I care about them?

— Steve Prefontaine

I keep asking my son about his cricket scores. I have worked hard for his passion for sports.

— Gurpreet Ghuggi

Back when I was playing I enjoyed studying films, looking for new trends in the game and examining the new players who…

— George Blanda

In an all-star game everyone is out of shape and in an exhibition game, everybody is trying something new and winning becomes…

— John Havlicek

I think an athlete should be honest. I know it's difficult, but if a guy knocked me on my can, I couldn't…

— Sugar Ray Leonard

Being a broadcaster encompasses the business of sport, which is my life today, and it encompasses the skills of being a history…

— Bill Walton

I think when you're a young kid and you get into sports, you get into them because one guy gets your attention.

— Owen Hargreaves

I played a lot of sports growing up - soccer, softball, basketball, track - and started playing on a club team when…

— Jordan Larson

“The need of exercise is a modern superstition, invented by people who ate too much and had nothing to think about. Athletics…

— George Santayana

In Basketball or in football, we have to concentrate on our aim/goal, so that we can win the match. Same in life,…

— Chakshu Aggarwal

That's the most beautiful thing that I like about boxing: you can take a punch. The biggest thing about taking a punch…

— David O. Russell

Everything we do needs to be geared toward making the sport more accessible to the fans - the rules of the sport,…

— Dale Earnhardt Jr

It is interesting that Hindus, when they speak of the creation of the universe do not call it the work of God,…

— Alan Watts

If you are not playing a player, any player, for two, three, four games, then you don't have to give a reason…

— Gary Cahill

If nobody talks about books, if they are not discussed or somehow contended with, literature ceases to be a conversation, ceases to…

— Patricia Hampl

Footwork is the foundation to my offensive game. Being able to move, pivot around and dribble better were the big things I…

— Brittney Griner

wouldn't you like to make sure all those millions you give to Uncle Sam went to schools and hospitals instead of nuclear…

— Susan Elizabeth Phillips

After 20 years of racing career the most important lessons I learned is that you need to have the passion and really…

— Sven Nys

I come from a winning team in Europe and I know what it takes to win games and to win championships.

— Ricky Rubio

Captaincy is 90 per cent luck and 10 per cent skill. But don't try it without that 10 per cent.

— Richie Benaud

Tennis is a psychological sport, you have to keep a clear head. That is why I stopped playing.

— Boris Becker

In some times of the game, you have to be more simple.

— Pep Guardiola

It doesn't matter how pretty you look it's how many runs you get.

— Steve Waugh

The trouble with jogging is that the ice falls out of your glass.

— Martin Mull

“Basketball Rule #4 If you miss enough of life's free throws you will pay in the end.”

— Kwame Alexander

You're as good as your next game, not your previous, so I'll focus on the next one.

— Alun Wyn Jones

Make sure your worst enemy doesn't live between your two ears.

— Laird Hamilton

As a sports fan, the Los Angeles Kings winning the Stanley Cup makes me feel very alive.

— Five for Fighting

For what is the best choice for each individual is the highest it is possible for him to achieve.

— Aristotle

Life is not about competition it's about making your dreams come true and becoming independent.

— Sfiso MaAphula Ngema

If writing were a sport, I would totally have a six pack.

— Kaitlen Dearing

Engaging in sports from a young age will ensure physical and mental well-being.

— Brian Lara

I'm a winner. I focus on the games and that's all that matters to me.

— Thon Maker

Athletics weren't really in the cards in my family - books, not body.

— Howard Lutnick