Sports Quotes · Page 268

Retail is about change. It's challenging and fast-paced. It's a team sport.

— Doug McMillon

ESPN is a very, very good operation, and it's a gold mine. It's an even bigger gold mine than Fox News.

— Rupert Murdoch

You have a very powerful mind that can make anything happen as long as you keep yourself centered.

— Wayne Dyer

I would probably say that being a commissioner in sports is one of the hardest jobs in the world.

— Landon Donovan

We weren't trying to walk him; he just wouldn't swing at any bad pitches.

— Bobby Cox

I think the worst thing that's happened to sports is 'sources say.'

— Blake Griffin

Every game is mentally and physically tough but we get through it and it makes you stronger.

— Simon Mignolet

McGregor has no respect for the sport, for the person. That's it. He's not good for the sport.

— Jose Aldo

Elite athletes learn entitlement. They believe they are entitled to have women serve their needs. It's part of being a man. It's…

— Jackson Katz

God, I'm glad I grew up in a time when kids followed sports in the newspaper and on TV and knew every…

— Michael Wilbon

I think women's soccer is so important. Soccer is the biggest sport for little girls. It's so important for us to give…

— Lauren Holiday

You want to get something changed, you send sport. Look what happened when Pee Wee Reese puts his arm around Jackie Robinson.…

— John Layfield

Ten thousand casks, Forever dribbling out their base contents, Touch'd by the Midas finger of the state, Bleed gold for ministers to…

— William Cowper

I used to beat myself up everyday if I did not win an event. I am quite open about those things now…

— Leisel Jones

Girls gave sex to get love and boys gave love to get sex and conning girls was the favorite indoor sport.

— Merle Shain

A good career is a long-lasting career. When you're there in every competition doing a good job you're a part of an…

— Blanka Vlasic

I'm a big golfer, so in the offseason, that's all I do - golf and play basketball. But during the season, I…

— Mike Conley Jr

Relaxation is a physical and moral necessity. Animals, even to the simplest and dullest, have their games, their sports, their diversions. The…

— Horace Greeley

We live in a world where finding fault in others seems to be the favorite blood sport. It has long been the…

— Henry B. Eyring

Bullfighting has some of the elements of a sport or contest, and in the United States most people think of it as…

— Bette Ford

I've come to the conclusion that it's all about fear- fear that your kid won't come out on top, be a success.…

— Deb Caletti

It's been a big flaw of ours in the soccer department that a lot of our best athletes go and play other…

— Christian Pulisic

I have always been a movie buff and had no interest in any games and sports. I do not even watch cricket,…

— Fatima Sana Shaikh

I felt that there were so many things that could go wrong, in adapting The Hunger Games , and I had this…

— Nina Jacobson

I play some fighting games, but mostly I just play sports.

— Vince Carter

Getting the balance right in everything is all of football and all of sport.

— Roy Hodgson

We are a much improved ball club: now we lose in extra innings!

— Casey Stengel

Nobody goes into a sport saying, I want to be the fourth-best person. We all want to be No. 1.

— Mary Cain

For many sports fans, the onset of fall only means one thing: It's football season!

— Marcus Samuelsson

It's cool because football, as much as it gives, it takes away a lot, too.

— Calvin Johnson

I like a few vintage Rolexes, and Panerais are good. I'm not into sports watches - I like chronometers.

— Jason Statham

I'm one of those athletes, I compete better for coaches that I have a lot of love and respect for.

— Rashad Evans

It should be common knowledge that women and men can talk about sports.

— Jessica Mendoza

More than I've wanted anything, I've wanted to do well at the X Games.

— Gus Kenworthy

Any situation in the game when you have the ball you can see there are good opportunities.

— Adama Traore

When someone truly is into you, there's no competition.

— Anonymous

There's a certain Englishness about the English game

— Mike Parry

God gets you to the plate, but once you're there you're on your own.

— Ted Williams

Only true champions come out and show their worth after defeat- and I expect us to do that.

— Alex Ferguson

I feel like a coach when I'm on the court. I just see basketball as a team sport.

— Jose Calderon