Sports Quotes · Page 419

If you take the autobiographies of great sports people, they are almost always the same. They start with zero; they are always…

— Petr Cech

I think my nature of competitiveness is such that it's not meant to be used in sport. It's meant to be used…

— Laird Hamilton

Nothing is more democratic, less judgmental, than water. Water doesn't care whether flesh is withered or fresh; it caresses aged flesh and…

— Barbara Grizzuti Harrison

The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not winning but taking part; the essential thing in life is not conquering…

— Pierre de Coubertin

Sport is one part of life. There are so many things to life but I've done nothing. I've really done nothing else…

— Abhinav Bindra

I was playing rugby and the other games English school children do, and there was an event in which races were run,…

— Roger Bannister

In India, we don't have a culture of sports. We don't have a culture of an active lifestyle or exercise. If we…

— Milind Soman

I try to find more education in the sport while helping people who are trying to be better at whatever they are…

— Robin Farina

“I thought about soccer in history, the inspiration for wars, truces, rampaging mobs. The game was a global passion, spherical ball, grass…

— Don DeLillo

Tennis takes care of everything. It requires agility and quickness to get to the ball, core strength to get power into your…

— Samantha Stosur

I played college soccer before I was hurt, and just to be able to jump back into something that you could be…

— Mark Zupan

Spending most of my time on chess there is not much else I can be much good at but I enjoy spending…

— Anish Giri

I have never thought of participating in sports just for the sake of doing it for exercise or as a means to…

— Dinah Shore

Sporting competitions seem to be what we obsess over, frankly. So if we can put engineering, science, technology into a format of…

— Dean Kamen

As you travel around medieval England you will come across a sport described by some contemporaries as 'abominable ... more common, undignified…

— Ian Mortimer

Never underestimate your players; they can do it with enough game-like practice. Coaches must put more emphasis in practice and in life…

— John Kessel

“His lips are against my ear and I feel the warmth of his body surrounding me, caging me in, comforting me.”

— Collette West

When I decided to stop racing, I really wanted to give something back to the sport and for me it was always…

— Susie Wolff

I don't like injustice. We're living in a time where, whether it's the Internet or tabloids, being sh-tty has become a sport.…

— Jennifer Aniston

I try and find fun activities like mountain biking, hiking, or water sports for a workout rather than pushing weight in the…

— Nate Holland

You need three things to win: discipline, hard work and, before everything maybe, commitment. No one will make it without those three.…

— Haile Gebrselassie

I've been drawn to sports stories that have an emotional component to it. I'm happy to get a chance to tell a…

— Chris Connelly

Sometimes team sports, you have to wait. Wait for what the guy is gonna do. I don't like to wait. I like…

— Marlon Moraes

You can't do sports for the rest of your life; I don't care how good you are. You can be the best…

— Terry Crews

I remember, when I was a little kid, I was good at sports, and I could jump off the high board. And…

— Francine Prose

“Politics and Sport were invented to give unknowledgeable people an opportunity to share their knowledge.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Athletics, for me, was something I was pushed towards. I really wanted to play football when I was younger. Over the years,…

— Mo Farah

When I became more aware and educated on the state of youth sports and the inability for so many who want to…

— Jesse Palmer

“Accumulation is actively seeking and learning new sports, lifts, moves, ideas, and games. One literally accumulates a number of new training moves…

— Sebastian Marshall

My deep dark secret is that I was a nerd in school. I liked the theater. I liked to study. I wasn't…

— Rob Lowe

I have the vision for where the sport is gonna go and what we're gonna do and the different types of fights.

— Dana White

As far as we're concerned, there was no sporting organisation [that] should have anything to do with the sport in South Africa.

— Bob Hawke

Early on, I had a passion for theater, but my parents were very sports-focused, so while I played different sports, theater was…

— Ryan Serhant

I think most people don't even know what 'woo pig sooie' is if they're not a sports fan or they're not from…

— Matt Besser

When I stood up there as a pinch hitter, I honestly believed I was the best hitter in the game. That's the…

— Manny Mota

I realized that if I was going to achieve anything in life I had to be aggressive. I had to get out…

— Michael Jordan

At the end of the day, if you're a professional athlete in track and field you are the CEO of your company.

— Carl Lewis

If sports science really has a beat on what's healthy for the players, then they need to tell the league how many…

— Jeff Van Gundy

I love to exercise because I grew up always playing sports - almost everyday. It's big part of my identity, a time…

— Erin Heatherton

The money that these baseball players are getting, I'm like, 'Man I picked the wrong sport.' But I'm having a great career.…

— DeSean Jackson