Sports Quotes · Page 205

Obviously I love playing the game of basketball. That's what God blessed me to do.

— Tristan Thompson

To know the rules of the game, you have to be educated.

— LL Cool J

One of the most common misconceptions about Olympic sports is that they only happen at the Olympics.

— Lauren Gibbs

Sport has built me as a man and taught me not just to compete, but to lead the team as well.

— Vlade Divac

I'm just trying to win games. If I keep doing that, it's all that matters.

— Andy Dalton

That's the biggest gap in sports, the difference between the winner and the loser of the Super Bowl.

— John Madden

This game you can never win, cause they love you then they hate you then they love you again.

— Kanye West

The exhilaration of flying is too keen, the pleasure too great, for it to be neglected as a sport.

— Orville Wright

Throwing out the first pitch at the Cubs game and having 40,000 people give me a standing ovation was probably one of…

— Patrick Kane

It's a fight. You only get one cheque if you lose, you think this is a game? You think this is a…

— Jeremy Stephens

I started playing ball when I was a kid. My dad was a pro ball player and he passed on his knowledge…

— Kurt Russell

Some players thrive in the open-style, AAU games - the all-star games. But when it comes to playing in an actual system…

— D'Angelo Russell

I train with track athletes, which is weird for bobsledders. I love training with track athletes because they help me work on…

— Elana Meyers

The Olympics are every four years and I think every athlete who competes in the Olympics wants the gold medal, and I…

— George Gregan

My athletic ability has taken me everywhere I wanted to go, from Canada to Germany, playing for England, playing for Man United.…

— Owen Hargreaves

What makes this game so delightful is that when both teams get the ball they are attacking their opponents goal.

— Jimmy Hill

Going into a game, I know that I'm going to run a lot. I know I'm going to have a lot of…

— Christian McCaffrey

Well, my dad was into music, but he wasn't into me being into music. In my house when I was a kid,…

— Todd Snider

You're not going to eliminate concussions. Anytime you hit your head, you have a chance of getting a concussion, in any sport,…

— John Madden

What we have seen is that sports is definitely developing in India. I can see a lot of positive things happening in…

— MS Dhoni

I'd like to be a professional athlete. And I wish I were more active, to be honest. I admire people that really…

— Ethan Hawke

Our society loves to romanticize the idea of the single, solo inventor who, working late in the lab one night, makes an…

— Nguyen Quyen

Coaching is something that takes place only when learning does. No matter what you are doing in your practices, if your players…

— John Kessel

I cannot consider fighting in competitive Manly Fun any more than I can consider pitting my running, swimming or climbing body against…

— Hal Porter

We are athletes, and we work very hard in our way to the title.

— Demian Maia

I think the main thing is I'm doing what I love and I really respect the sport.

— Bernard Tomic

NASCAR : The most exciting sport for people who have never seen a fucking freeway.

— Nikhil Saluja

We have a heard of gold, and that's what this medal is right here. It's a team that will never give up.

— Joseph Hagerty

I refuse to compete with other people. I am only in competition with myself.

— Leslie Grossman

I think that there's only one nationality and one language in the sport, and you call it performance.

— Wladimir Klitschko

I want to be a footballer. I don't want to do anything else.

— Thiago Alcantara

The Heat run a first-class organization. They have one of the best organizations in all of sports.

— Maverick Carter

Concentrate on defense because the offense will come.

— Andrew Bogut

The game shouldn't be called baseball. It should be called adjustments.

— Orel Hershiser

Now that I am no longer President, I find I can no longer win every game of golf I play.

— George H. W. Bush

I had the opportunity to run up and down the court with the greatest athletes in the world.

— Tim Donaghy

Life is a game how high you bounce back when you hit bottom.

— Kishore Bansal

I'm not just an athlete doing something for likes on social media.

— Sean Doolittle

Being up in the game is always encouraging - you just have to keep the lead.

— Jaren Jackson, Jr

I wouldn't say I'm a phenomenon, just a great athlete.

— Usain Bolt