Sports Quotes · Page 263

What I spent, I had; What I kept, I lost; What I gave, I have.

— Henry Ward Beecher

I love sports. So if I was like a sports anchor or something like that. I would love to do that.

— Jana Kramer

If all the year were playing holidays; To sport would be as tedious as to work.

— William Shakespeare

Encourage kids to enjoy running and play in athletics. Don't force them to run too much competition.

— Arthur Lydiard

Im not the chick you spit your game to, Im the girl you give your last name to.

— Anonymous

Gymnastics is my favorite Olympic sport, hands-down.

— Brandon Victor Dixon

An athlete is responsible whatever she takes - be it food supplement or whatever.

— P. T. Usha

Bridge is one of the last games in which the computer is not better.

— Bill Gates

Everyone I know who is successful has issues with their father, regardless of whether it was sports or business or entertainment.

— Bret Easton Ellis

I told him, 'Son, what is it with you? Is it ignorance or apathy?' He said, 'Coach, I don't know and I…

— Frank Layden

When I would play in big games at Ohio State, if the Goodyear Blimp was there, you knew it was a big-time…

— Kirk Herbstreit

The Coach does not play in the game, but the Coach helps the players identify areas to improve their game.

— Lord Byron

I know, when I'm walking out on the court before for the game, it's like, man, if you wanna compete, here it…

— Nick Nurse

The mastery of the true self, and the refusal to permit others to dominate us, is the ultimate in living and self-expression…

— Percy Cerutty

I'm obsessed with this sport. I'm obsessed with getting better. I'm obsessed with winning. Losing's part of it. It challenges you to…

— Cody Garbrandt

We should learn ... to do our best for the sake of our communities and for the sake of those for whom…

— Ruth Bader Ginsburg

I feel like my competition is everything else that's competing for people's attention, not just other print magazines, newspapers and cable. It's…

— Nancy Gibbs

Growing up in Aliquippa is very tough, a tough town. There's not a lot of jobs after the steel mills went down.…

— Darrelle Revis

The APR provides a real-time snapshot of what is happening with our individual student-athletes today. However, it does not address some of…

— DeLoss Dodds

By putting pressure on myself to develop a great game, I had less pressure to win. These days, I tell kids that…

— Pete Sampras

Though little known in the U.S., the Dakar is a sports juggernaut in Europe, where France's state broadcasting company runs more than…

— Jonathan Miles

Now I'm 'Blake Lewis' to the world, but I will always still be Bshorty from Bothell... I've never looked at it like…

— Blake Lewis

It's - I mean, the Olympics, what is it? It's an international competition to foster friendship and - and competition across -…

— Sunita Williams

I really do fervently believe that every child deserves to have the kind of access to educational opportunities, broadly defined, including music…

— Condoleezza Rice

Just getting away from the game, getting away from basketball was a good thing for me.

— Paul Millsap

Everyday there's something that reminds me why I love this sport.

— Bernard Hinault

Cricket is not a rational sport in India, and we go overboard.

— Harsha Bhogle

Running for money doesn't make you run fast. It makes you run first.

— Ben Jipcho

I grew up on North American sports teams as well as English soccer clubs.

— Ian Astbury

MMA in my opinion is the hardest sport in the world, no doubt.

— Derek Brunson

There's a lot of politics in boxing and it's destroying the game.

— Kell Brook

I play cricket with passion. I just want to win games for the country.

— S. Sreesanth

Boxing, mixed martial arts and tennis are the hardest sports to train for.

— Andy Murray

I may win and I may lose, but I will never be defeated

— Anonymous

It's a game. Don't put too much pressure on yourself that you can't have fun.

— Greg Oden

There are not a lot of athletes that are going to get their own shoe.

— Keyshawn Johnson

I like contact sports like football. I like collisions, and I was good at it.

— Paul Orndorff

I always wanted to be a professional athlete. I love my life.

— Billy Horschel

You can't be a gymnast if you're afraid of getting hurt. Gymnasts get hurt on a daily basis.

— Anonymous

You can always add to your game or your skillset, and definitely looking forward to that.

— Jordan Poole