When someone decides to come into the UFC, and they don't have a combat sports background, you're kind of thinking, 'Does he… — Ben Askren Copy Share Image
I would encourage people to participate in sports. You don't have to dream of being an Olympic or a professional athlete. — Michelle Kwan Copy Share Image
I'm a filmmaker and I'm proud of the movies I've made. But in the background of my life I was also very… — Joel Silver Copy Share Image
I'm reverent toward my sources. History is a team sport, and references are how you support your teammates. — Rick Perlstein Copy Share Image
Sports is about people who lose and lose and lose. They lose games; then they lose their jobs. It can be very… — Gay Talese Copy Share Image
When you're at an Olympic Games watching someone you've known for a long while and he or she has done something, even… — Steve Bunce Copy Share Image
I hit my knees and I went to him with that and I said God I want to do what you want.… — Ben Zobrist Copy Share Image
Growing up in the sport, I've been able to separate what happens on the track with what happens away from the track.… — Trevor Bayne Copy Share Image
Marta was watching the football game with me when she said, "You know, most of these sports are based on the idea… — Jack Handey Copy Share Image
Mantle didn't want to stick out, but he did. He didn't wish to be treated as special, but he was. He was… — Jane Leavy Copy Share Image
Some people start a sport just to reduce weight, or some say, 'My doctor ordered me to run and do exercise', and… — Haile Gebrselassie Copy Share Image
Some may remember that, in 2010, I publicly broke ranks with my colleagues from the Quebec City area who were pushing our… — Maxime Bernier Copy Share Image
Success isn't winning every time. A lot of different factors go into every race, and you can't control all of them. Success… — Aimee Mullins Copy Share Image
“Two motives urge fans to obsession with their sports. One is the need-—through the appeal of vicarious success—-to identify with winners. The… — Paul Fussell Copy Share Image
Not only do I have a great love for the game of golf - no matter how badly I play it -… — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
After almost 30 years of playing this sport, I've learned something. I've learned that, no matter what happens, or happened... or where… — Venus Williams Copy Share Image
Life magazine ran a page featuring me and three other girls that was clearly the precursor of Sports Illustrated swimsuit issues — Esther Williams Copy Share Image
That bumper sticker everyone has down in Philadelphia, the one that says, 'Only the Lord saves more than Bernie Parent,' really isn't… — Jerry Korab Copy Share Image
It's really cool to be not just winning and fighting for things on the field, but fighting for things off the field… — Tobin Heath Copy Share Image
I still think that there's some kind of psychological investment in black athletes carrying the flag for "us" at times. So, sports… — George Elliott Clarke Copy Share Image
I'm sorry that the young athletes in basketball will not get the chance to play (in the Olympics) anymore, and live that… — Oscar Robertson Copy Share Image
We really love all sports, but we don't think in the long term. The reason we did Kingpin was because there was… — Peter Farrelly Copy Share Image
My belief is that sport has to do much more than just investing in itself. We need to close the gap between… — David James Copy Share Image
After watching 'Dangal,' I called my writer and told him that I wanted to do a sports film for Punjab because no… — Ammy Virk Copy Share Image
Both fighters can't win in this sport, so you have to leave it in God's hands. Losing is not the end of… — Cris Cyborg Copy Share Image
You're actually inside the surfboard... you're inside the landscape around you and the ocean is surging, you get totally inside the moment… — Nick Carroll Copy Share Image
It was about being wanted, it was about winning, and it was about my passion for the game. I just loved it.… — Warren Moon Copy Share Image
As an athlete, I understood the value of my health insurance. I knew that in my profession, injuries were common and could… — Magic Johnson Copy Share Image
Sport is an important part of the development of kids, and hence, it should be made a part of their curriculum. — Gagan Narang Copy Share Image
I don't watch TV but occasionally I'll read the Washington Post. I will say that sports are the only "real thing" on… — Ian MacKaye Copy Share Image
I'm the biggest sports fan and blessed to be part of the league, but the bigger part is me helping sports. That's… — Micah Parsons Copy Share Image
One of the great things about being a professional football player is visiting countries and seeing cultures you might never see. — Manuel Neuer Copy Share Image
This is football; everyone gets hurt. If you run the ball 40 times a game, you're going to get banged around and… — Peyton Hillis Copy Share Image
What makes you better is not playing every single game in a modest championship. What makes you better is playing 10 games… — Gianfranco Zola Copy Share Image
I love everything about football. You can learn so much from it, from leadership qualities to discipline. This sport involves every kind… — Julie Ertz Copy Share Image
At six years old, our son had friends who played soccer from 4 P.M. to 7 P.M., Monday through Friday. A six-year-old… — Douglas Brunt Copy Share Image
Baseball and its teams are proud of the sport's long-standing role as a change agent in American culture and society. — Jerry Reinsdorf Copy Share Image
I think competing gets overlooked sometimes. The competitiveness that you bring to a game and an at-bat, it can go a long… — Christian Yelich Copy Share Image
Golf mogul Donald Trump sports an arrangement of hair that is less a comb-over than a 'do-over, a candy-floss confection of gossamer… — Steve Rushin Copy Share Image
“This is indeed only a game, but it is a game of life and death!” the Reverend John Hollidge of Gold Hill… — David M. Ewalt Copy Share Image
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