Sports Quotes · Page 247

When age is jocond it makes sport for death. [When age is jocund, it makes sport for death.]

— George Herbert

“Stand like a beaten anvil. It is the part of a good athlete to be bruised and to prevail.”

— Ignatius of Antioch

I'm going out there, and I'm going to play football how I know to play football.

— Josh Allen

I've never tried to hide the fact that it is my intention to become the best

— Cristiano Ronaldo

It's a tough sport, and I've been at it a long time.

— Carlos Condit

Athletics really was my secondary sport, cricket was my first love.

— Colin Jackson

Boys, baseball is a game where you gotta have fun. You do that by winning.

— Dave Bristol

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

— Ryan Bader

I wasn't the class nerd, but I was weird. I could tell long stories and be funny, but I couldn't do sports.…

— Charles Ray

An Olympic Games, a Euros in our home country and then a World Cup which is three years back-to-back of the tournaments…

— Alex Greenwood

ABOYNE (vb.) To beat an expert at a game of skill by playing so appallingly that none of his clever tactics or…

— Douglas Adams

The trouble with most coaches is that they start with the assumption that everybody is a turd. And that ain't right.

— Bum Phillips

For sure, if you have a good balance between life and sport, you can play on court with the right attitude, spirit,…

— Roberto Bautista Agut

We overload in our workouts so that the game slows down in real life. It helps you become a smarter basketball player.

— Stephen Curry

I grew up in a sport that didn't allow you to grow up. There was always the threat of younger competition. So…

— Cathy Rigby

I'd shift disciplines, whether it was musical instruments or sports or whatever, and it's the same with that.

— Benedict Cumberbatch

This social media era is giving us a more in-depth look at our favorite people, and it's all aspects, from music to…

— Matt Barnes

I don't want to say names, but there are certain companies I won't work with because of previous people they've worked with.…

— Alex Morgan

It is not heroin or cocaine that makes one an addict, it is the need to escape from a harsh reality. There…

— Shirley Chisholm

My favorite thing about being linked to Oakley is getting to hang with the cool people, the cool athletes - like the…

— Bubba Watson

I think I want to show fans what it is actually like to be an athlete. Tennis is a part of it,…

— Gael Monfils

When I was in high school I asked myself at one point: "Why do I care if my high school's team wins…

— Noam Chomsky

Karate is not a game. It is not a sport. It is not even a system of self-defense. Karate is half physical…

— Mas Oyama

I no longer needed a reason for my existence, just a reason to live. And imagination, free will, love, humor, fun, music,…

— Ricky Gervais

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

— Shannon Briggs

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 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

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

— Christian McCaffrey

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

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

— Richard M. Nixon

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

— Don Meyer

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