Sports Quotes · Page 316

I want to explore every aspect of this sport, and I'm hoping Georges is the guy I can do that against.

— Dan Hardy

I didn't think I was going to make it as a footballer.

— Daniel James

As a child I wanted to be a professional athlete or lawyer.

— Walter Dean Myers

I am confident of doing well because I am enjoying my sport again.

— Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore

The will to win is worthless if you don't get paid for it.

— Reggie Jackson

If you don't see anything wrong with your game, you need to wake up.

— Chris Bosh

I don't know if I'm a good kickball player; I know I'm a good athlete.

— Ryan Lochte

A season is a season, regardless of the number of games.

— Joe Cronin

I am an athlete first and foremost, and it is vital for my competitiveness, my well being, and for my preparations for…

— Caster Semenya

Even Nature is observed to have her playful moods or aspects, of which man sometimes seems to be the sport.

— Henry David Thoreau

When money comes into play then that's all it's about wanting money, who's making the most who can get the most, me,…

— Alexis Arguello

I feel the pressure but I embrace it. Whatever I have to do to make the sport catch on to other people,…

— Freddy Adu

In 2015, I was privileged to host the first ever televised Women's Test match during the 2015 Women's Ashes on Sky Sports,…

— Isa Guha

This is a full-contact sport. It's the objective to disable your opponent, even if sparring or a real fight. You've got to…

— Alistair Overeem

The Indonesian brands aren't interested in sports people, only movie stars, because they can get more exposure in the media.

— Taufik Hidayat

Sports is one of those few things left in our society where, as soon as you step on the court, or get…

— Justin Lin

You'd like more people to recognise what you do is special. But I take the attitude that the best thing I can…

— Maurice Greene

“I read that Monica Seles got stabbed. And although I have nothing against Monica Seles, I'm glad somebody in sports got stabbed.…

— George Carlin

By the way, movies are like sporting events in that you're as good as the movie you're in. You can sit in…

— Albert Brooks

Following Emporer Nero's command, "Let the Christians be exterminated!:" . . . they [the Christians] were made the subjects of sport; they…

— Tacitus

You cant do sports for the rest of your life, I dont care how good you are. You can be the best…

— Terry Crews

As long as I'm working in sport, enjoying it and getting to see some wonderful sporting events, I'm quite happy. I don't…

— Jill Douglas

Tony [Walters] was one of the first international world-class athlete I had ever dealt with and I was lucky enough to have…

— Chris Algieri

With the Cardinals everybody would be reading the business section to see what their stocks were doing. You get to this locker…

— Andy Van Slyke

It's the kind of game that makes you go home and beat your wife.

— Charles Barkley

That's the great thing about this sport: it's always different.

— Alun Wyn Jones

Golf is a game in which you yell "for," shoot six, and write down five.

— Paul Harvey

When I was young, all I wanted to do was play football.

— Gylfi Sigurdsson

As the render is to the building, and the blueprint to the machine, so sport is to social existence.

— Will Self

Cricket is the only game that you can actually put on weight when playing.

— Tommy Docherty

I'm a competitive person and I love the challenge of mastering new things.

— Sasha Cohen

Well, my favorite sport as a kid was clearly baseball.

— Leigh Steinberg

I try to enjoy my football, this is what I live for.

— Marko Arnautovic

If the fans don't come out to the ball park, you can't stop them.

— Yogi Berra

Dont ever, no matter what, let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game.

— Anonymous

You play this sport in the mind, not only on the field.

— Javier Hernandez

Winning isn't enough. The acme of all skill is to defeat your enemy before taking the field.

— Sun Tzu

As professional athletes, we're used to inspiring the next generation, people who are younger than us.

— Jason Collins

I have always wanted to be a published author. I write baseball books because I love the sport.

— Jonathan Weeks

These 'Sports Illustrated' people, they know how to hold a secret.

— Bar Refaeli