Sports Quotes · Page 252

I do not participate in any sport with ambulances at the bottom of the hill.

— Erma Bombeck

How a man plays a game shows something of his character, how he loses shows all of it. . .

— Rick Sutter

As an Olympic champion gymnast, I have always stayed involved in my sport.

— Nadia Comaneci

Grateful for this opportunity with Roc Nation Sports. It’s go time.

— Kevin Durant

It's safe to say that if sucking it in were a sport, I'd be an Olympian.

— Anonymous

I think competition is very important; it breeds many good things in a person.

— Brian McBride

You have to play every game like it's the last, like it was a final.

— Raul Jimenez

I'm the strongest bodybuilding who ever lived, I think.

— Franco Columbu

In front of the world, all of a sudden I'm a great athlete and I'm put into an environment with 25 other…

— Hope Solo

Any other business, you want your competitors to go out of business. In sports, you just don't want them to have as…

— Jerry Reinsdorf

I had this inferiority complex as a child, as I was not good at speaking. I was also not good in studies…

— Suriya

The NBA has been extraordinary in its use and embrace of social media; they are by far the leader in professional sports.

— Casey Wasserman

Now that the sport has gone mainstream, there's a lot of money in fighting. It's always what I've loved to do.

— Frank Shamrock

When it comes down to competition, it's not always about the best skater, it's about who skates the best in that competition.

— Gracie Gold

If you don't try to win you might as well hold the Olympics in somebody's back yard. The thrill of competing carries…

— Jesse Owens

To brag little - to show well - to crow gently, if in luck - to pay up, to own up, and…

— Oliver Wendell Holmes

In the early years of the Roaring Twenties, American women not only won the right to vote but they also earned headlines…

— Donna de Varona

My background is in dance. No, I'm kidding. I was actually really uncoordinated as a child, when it came to dance, but…

— Beth Riesgraf

I'm at the point where you look back on your life and reflect. I've always been an unbelievable critic of me. If…

— Jerry West

One of the most popular games to watch on eSports is 'League of Legends,' a game that blends role-playing, managing resources and…

— Rob Manuel

Hype covers every surface of mass culture, and sports fans are intimately familiar with it - the heavy-breathing buildup that leads, inevitably,…

— Steve Rushin

Hiking is great because it's a lifelong sport and you're outdoors, active, so whether you call that a sport or a hobby…

— Jennifer Pharr Davis

“Bloody rain” says Mr Chivers Bouncing a basketball On the one dry patch of court bloody rain” he nods to our Sports…

— Steven Herrick

Sports have the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire, the power to unite people in a way…

— Nelson Mandela

Baseball is like driving, it's the one who gets home safely that counts.

— Tommy Lasorda

If being a douche was an Olympic sport, I know some people that would have a gold medal!

— Anonymous

The only thing I want is tennis to be the biggest sport on the planet.

— Patrick Mouratoglou

I just play my football, do the best that I can. You just want to play your football.

— Callum Hudson-Odoi

To me, the game of basketball has always been about love.

— Vlade Divac

I'll always treat every game the same, no matter who I'm playing.

— Justin Jefferson

The great thing about football is that it's a game that involves so many people.

— Steve Young

When I race, I don't think about it; it just happens.

— Michael Phelps

In athletics, the idea of possibility is presumed. It's not 'if;' it's 'how.'

— Aimee Mullins

We want to promote the great quality of athletics - and maintain it's integrity - all over the world.

— Alberto Juantorena

If you're thinking something good about your players, say it; don't save it for later.

— Vic Braden

I love sport as long as it's kept as an entertainment - not a meaning of life.

— David Icke

Baseball's still a game. I don't want it to be work. I want it to be a game.

— Don Mattingly

I want to leave this sport with a little bit of my brains left.

— Shannon Briggs

Of course I want to play every game, but only 11 can start.

— Willian

I couldn't find the sports car of my dreams, so I built it myself.

— Ferdinand Porsche