Sports Quotes · Page 294

I would not be who I am if I were not putting pressure on me to up the level of my game…

— Alex Zanardi

There is no such thing as an average runner. We are all above average.

— Hal Higdon

There are a lot of things I want to accomplish in this game. Winning is right there at the top.

— Alex Bregman

The purpose of discipline is not to punish, but to correct.

— John Wooden

I turned pro as a wrestler a few days after my last football game.

— Terry Funk

Everyone in sport loves winning - that's why we get involved - but there are different ways to win.

— Steve Nicol

“No more game playing. It's time we call this fight what it is: a war.”

— Katie McGarry

For me tennis is a sport, you know? It's not a job, it's a sport.

— Gael Monfils

Playing sports is great when you're young. It teaches you how to focus, how to direct your energy, how not to think…

— Elsa Hosk

Daily fantasy sports operators claim that they operate legally under Alabama law. However, paid daily fantasy sports contests are, in fact, illegal…

— Luther Strange

I like to catch fish and release them. I probably haven't killed a fish that I've caught in sport fishing for 20…

— Jack Nicklaus

Never quit. It is the easiest cop-out in the world. Set a goal and don't quit until you attain it. When you…

— Bear Bryant

Our schedule is intense. We do this for five nights a week, so injuries can happen very easily with the demands of…

— Neville

For people to judge a man's worth and his very manhood according to the way he feels about sport, and not to…

— Robin Green

I have my parents to thank for that, they raised me to be active and play all sports. They taught me the…

— Kiana Tom

“There's something about putting on a pair of skates, and getting out there and moving like nobody else can. Freedom is a…

— Randy Gardner

Leisure was the sine qua non of the full Renaissance. The feudal nobility, having lost its martial function, sought diversion all over…

— Mary McCarthy

People need to take as much interest in other sports as they take in cricket, and that's where we come across a…

— Gagan Narang

I do not like football, which I think of as a game in which two tractors approach each other from opposite directions…

— Anna Quindlen

My brother played the game with his friends, so I thought I was a pretty smart kid and I played this friend…

— Maurice Ashley

I think we have tremendous media covering the sport of boxing, even if boxing is a little bit lost in popularity with…

— Wladimir Klitschko

Women need to make sure they know what they're talking about. You can't just plant yourself in front of a camera and…

— Michelle Beadle

They are both all over physical sports that require being focused, accurate and having good strength. They are both fast with big…

— Liz Halliday

Rivalries don't necessarily mean races being close at major championships. I had a rivalry with Butch Reynolds for many years. I won…

— Michael Johnson

I grew up playing sports. There is a clear line between success and failure.

— Tiki Barber

I want to be more than prepared for the game, for the preseason, for the season.

— Myles Garrett

Just do your schoolwork, focus on a sport if you're good at it, do what I did.

— Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce

The day you think there is no improvements to be made is a sad one for any player.

— Lionel Messi

A good coach will make his players see what they can be rather than what they are.

— Ara Parseghian

Golf is the greatest sport of all to see if you can handle pressure.

— Johnny Miller

Nothing's in my head when I'm out there; I'm just trying to have fun on the football pitch.

— Aaron Ramsey

Any game looks straight if everyone is being cheated at once.

— Stephen King

When baseball is no longer fun, it's no longer a game.

— Joe DiMaggio

You've got to take every game the same way, whether there are fans or not.

— Callum Hudson-Odoi

Maybe you can't play over your head at all. Maybe it's just potential you never knew you had.

— Fran Tarkenton

I think sports are extremely beneficial for our youth. They parallel life in so many ways.

— Kerri Strug

I don't think that once you get to one level, you can relax. You've got to keep pushing.

— Larry Bird

In other sports, you get to breathe if you make a mistake.

— Garrett McNamara

I recognize that losing is a part of growth in this sport and it's a positive thing in the long run.

— Rory MacDonald

The fellow that calls you 'brother' usually wants something that doesn't belong to him.

— Kin Hubbard