Sports Quotes · Page 320

Baseball is just a game you go out every single day and try to win, go in the cage every day and…

— Cody Bellinger

Golf is the closest game to the game we call life. You get bad breaks from good shots; you get good breaks…

— Bobby Jones

Football is a sport I have fun with, but I play it, and that's all. I never watch games and know nothing…

— Mauro Icardi

I'm fanatical about sport: there seems to me something almost religious about the fact that human beings can organise play, the spirit…

— Simon Gray

I loved making The Imitation Game and it's really gratifying to hear the audience's response to the character that I play.

— Mark Strong

I am no more proud of my career as an athlete than I am of the fact that I am a direct…

— Jim Thorpe

When we hold a World Championship for a particular sport, we invite teams from other countries to play as well.

— John Cleese

I enjoy competition. I enjoy challenges. If a challenge is in front of me and it appeals to me, I will go…

— Conor McGregor

There's just so much negative media surrounding professional athletes or sports in general, whether it's kids that are pressured too much or…

— Kristopher Belman

Sports teaches you there is always a second innings in life. If you fail today, there's a second innings maybe two days…

— Harsha Bhogle

My parents were very supportive of my chess. When I got home after a game of chess, having missed school or something,…

— Viswanathan Anand

Look at the NBA players back when Magic and Kareem played in the early 80's with the short shorts, look at what…

— Tiger Woods

Gene Tunney called Gibbons 'the perfect boxer.' Gene said he learned more about the technique of boxing and punching from watching Mike…

— George Aaron Barton

Everyone is really afraid of getting out there and not being good. That's the challenge: To be afraid and know people are…

— Aimee Mullins

I had grand visions of being in professional sports. But when reality set in, I went, 'Oh, OK. I'll just move to…

— Bailey Chase

Kurt (Cobain) was a fan of my standup, which was pretty weird. I know when people hear that, it's kind of like…

— Bobcat Goldthwait

Ovid lies here, the poet, skilled in love's gentle sport; By his own talents he worked his undoing. Oh, you who pass…

— Ovid

A lot of the athletes moved away from boxing, into UFC - which I think is really crazy, where they elbow to…

— Gerry Cooney

If you ask any referee before the game - they ask me if I have anything to say, I tell them 'I'm…

— Roy Hibbert

It's not good if owners of sports teams are talking to sports journalists, bypassing the manager. That goes in the wrong direction…

— Hasso Plattner

The two major things that changed the makeup of all professional sports are money generated by television and courts that players went…

— Will McDonough

The media circus surrounding Sports Direct... only proves that whatever progress Sports Direct makes, it will always be subject to disproportionate scrutiny…

— Mike Ashley

When you get that nice celebration coming into the dugout and you're getting your ass hammered by guys, there's no better feeling…

— Matt Stairs

The water cooler conversation in every job I've had is sports, it's what did you do this weekend, it's 'How are your…

— Kal Penn

I think it's important to cross train. Surfing is a good cross training sport for your shoulders. I don't think I know…

— Troy Polamalu

I grew up an athlete. Track and field and dance. In track, I actually went to the Junior Olympics. I've always been…

— Kimberly Elise

“Football Coaches do play football matches; their attitudes toward the game in times of tendencies of losing can cause a change in…

— Israelmore Ayivor

Our main thing was playing basketball and just trying to win games. Doing that was a representation of who you are and…

— Muggsy Bogues

I like to test myself and see where I am and how I am against other people in this sport. I think…

— Barb Honchak

“Some say we came God's purpose to fulfil - Faith a poor purpose then, if so you will; Sport for the heavenly…

— Richard Le Gallienne

For me, sports is a big part of my life. It helped me through high school. It helped me get better grades,…

— David Charvet

I met a guy yesterday, 7 feet tall. Yeah, handsome, great big guy, 7 feet tall! ... I figured he had to…

— Mitt Romney

Not only in the creative world but also in the sports world. The most successful achievers in sports are people that are…

— Rei Kawakubo

I was incredibly competitive, growing up with two brothers; we'd argue and play against each other in the garden continuously. If we…

— Harry Maguire

If there's anything my kids have taught me, it's that my general belief in the good qualities of college athletics is alive…

— Oliver Luck

My God showed me that I had the ability to make my family and my country proud. That's why I concentrated on…

— Dutee Chand

I watched tapes and became a historian of the sport, and tried to combine certain elements and find things in the gym…

— Holt McCallany

Golf is an extremely expensive sport, and growing up, I didn't come from a lot, but my parents sacrificed a lot for…

— Tony Finau

What I love about tennis is the gracefulness. It's an aggressive and powerful game, but it takes touch and finesse.

— Virgil Abloh

You know what's sad about this? Not the gambling, but the best way to reach college athletes is the Cartoon Network.

— Jay Leno