Sports Quotes · Page 223

I can't be getting off my game. I need to be getting teams off their games.

— Brad Marchand

I'd rather lose a game trying to win it, than lose it trying not to get beat

— Brendan Rodgers

To win it all, winners have to be obsessive about the fundamentals and doing the little things right.

— Don Meyer

I don't know anything that builds the will to win better than competitive sports.

— Richard M. Nixon

Think positive, real volleyball happens too fast to think any other way.

— John Kessel

I don't consider lacrosse a sport. To me that's just a frat activity that got out of hand.

— Judah Friedlander

As blacks, all we got is sports and entertainment. That's the only way out the hood sometimes.

— Trey Songz

I wasn't fighting in this sport from the beginning for any other reason than being the best.

— Joseph Benavidez

We never make sport of religion, politics, race or mothers. A mother never gets hit with a custard pie. Mothers-in-law-yes. But mothers-never.

— Mack Sennett

In the sport of football, everybody knows it's a high-collision game and you've got to be able to just maintain your whole…

— Sony Michel

Golf isn't like other sports where you can take a player out if he's having a bad day. You have to play…

— Phil Blackmar

Sports create a bond between comtemporaries that lasts a lifetime. It also gives your life structure, discipline and a genuine, sincere, pure…

— Bob Cousy

I do like all different kinds of sports and stuff. I've taken up gymnastics and slacklining - you know, tightroping, basically.

— Wilson Bethel

What makes the difference between a great player and just a normal player is dedication, work, commitment.

— Thierry Henry

Anyone with an ailment or who wears glasses or anyone slightly different suddenly wears a bull's eye. I think that dodgeball derailed…

— Arthur Jones

The coach doesn't have to play the sport as well as you do. They have to watch you and get you to…

— Eric Schmidt

“Then what sport do you play?" Carlos puts down his food. Oh, no. He's got a rebellious gleam in his eye as…

— Simone Elkeles

Normally sports day is once a year for kids, where you have fun, and everybody is jostling. For us, making movies is…

— Takashi Miike

Fear has been a big battle, it runs rampant in my sport so I love to overcome that, to challenge it head…

— Laura Wilkinson

“Steve [sports psychiatrist] had already taught me to try and stop worrying so much about pleasing everyone. We knew that this was…

— Victoria Pendleton

It's just concentrating on building geometrical patterns and and the structure of the game, I'm focused on every single ball I hit.…

— Stefanos Tsitsipas

I know this stuff really does sound stupid, but this is one of the reasons why I think I've seen some success…

— Caeleb Dressel

I worked in every format - pop, hip-hop, and alternative. I did a national sports show. When I finally got to decide…

— Bobby Bones

It's a high-pressure situation to be in my position, but I've kind of gravitated toward those positions in sports. It's nothing that…

— Stephen Gostkowski

You've got to let the game come to you. You can't press.

— Christian McCaffrey

I have achieved something in sports but there's nothing like a college degree.

— Hidilyn Diaz

I love being on my bike, but I don't consider that a sport: it's too pleasant.

— John Cooper Clarke

I've played a lot of football in my life. I know the tempo and speed of the game.

— Danny Amendola

Sports end in a result. And life keeps going. Mine, I hope, is just getting started.

— Mardy Fish

Basketball has changed, and the way the game is played has changed.

— Mike D'Antoni

Sports like sailing, rowing, and bobsled have long vexed spectators and television producers.

— Mary Pilon

A lot of people notice when you succeed, but they don't see what it takes to get there.

— Dawn Staley

There is no competition. Focus on being you and the rest will take care of itself.

— Anonymous

I'm in the boxing game to be a champion. That's why I'm in boxing.

— Chris Arreola

I grew up in a bracket sport, in wrestling. You win, that does the talking, you move on.

— Ryan Bader

I love boxing, but there's a business side. I don't like a lot of people in the sport.

— Shannon Briggs

Sometimes, as an athlete, you think everything you touch can turn into gold.

— Robert Horry

When I came to Spain, I joined a tennis academy, and that was where I learnt the game.

— Garbine Muguruza

I'm an ambitious player who wants success and I want to win every game in every competition we're in.

— Bruno Fernandes

Confidence is the invisible cement that binds a team together.

— Bud Wilkinson