Unlike any other sport, the objective in boxing is chillingly simple: One man purposefully endeavors to inflict bodily harm on another man. — Howard Cosell Copy Share Image
Tennis: the most perfect combination of athleticism, artistry, power, style, and wit. A beautiful game, but one so remorselessly travestied by the… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
My parents didn't want me to do this. My dad, when I told him I wanted to wrestle, he told me no,… — Kamaru Usman Copy Share Image
As an elite athlete, I trained to win. Training was at times brutal - it has to be when you want to… — Chris Hoy Copy Share Image
It's an individual sport so you get in the ring on your own and then when you retire you tend to spend… — Ricky Hatton Copy Share Image
To desire to change ones past means there is a desire to change oneself. To desire to change oneself, one must learn… — Lorii Myers Copy Share Image
If you want to make a great sports movie, don't put too much sports in it. It's the backdrop. It's the environment. — Kevin Costner Copy Share Image
What the British must never believe about themselves is that they are good at games, strong in adversity, but lousy in bed.… — Gerald McKnight Copy Share Image
US Cycling is doing a lot now with camps in different towns or different regions, but I think a great place, and… — Kristin Armstrong Copy Share Image
Although they only give gold medals in the field of athletics, I encourage everyone to look into themselves and find their own… — John Naber Copy Share Image
Skill in any performance whether it be in sports in playing the piano in conversation or in selling merchandise consists not in… — Maxwell Maltz Copy Share Image
I want to settle down and start an academy in a rural area, because I feel that's where most champions come from.… — Geeta Phogat Copy Share Image
Women's combat sports have been on a good run in the United States. Claressa Shields won a gold medal in women's boxing… — Mary Pilon Copy Share Image
Being your best is not so much about overcoming the barriers other people place in front of you as it is about… — Kieren Perkins Copy Share Image
Having my dad play for the Falcons, what it did was really to expose me to a whole bunch of other elite-level… — Elana Meyers Copy Share Image
Especially with sports cars, when you have got so many cars on the track with various degrees of competitiveness, then something will… — Allan McNish Copy Share Image
The biggest challenge I faced when I started playing in the 90s was my immediate family members were not very keen that… — Mithali Raj Copy Share Image
Rugby is a game for barbarians played by gentlemen. Football is a game for gentlemen played by barbarians. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
When I won Roland-Garros I was 19, and that's a period of life when you learn a lot about yourself even when… — Iga Swiatek Copy Share Image
Sports must become an indispensable and inseparable part of our social life. Competitiveness is just a by-product. — Narendra Modi Copy Share Image
I'm proud that I was able to use my recognition to, maybe, raise the awareness of skateboarding and help grow it, and… — Tony Hawk Copy Share Image
I have gone from training by myself to having a team of professional people that have been building athletes for years. — Dillian Whyte Copy Share Image
Games give you a chance to excel, and if you're playing in good company you don't even mind if you lose because… — Gary Gygax Copy Share Image
I mean, I would like to try 'The Challenge,' but I don't know if I'm that athletic. That's very athletic, so I… — Larsa Pippen Copy Share Image
Have you noticed that whatever sport you're trying to learn, some earnest person is always telling you to keep your knees bent? — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
But every fool describes, in these bright days, His wondrous journey to some foreign court, And spawns his quarto, and demands your… — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
The more people who come from abroad who played soccer and are brought up playing it and watching it, then come over… — Claudio Reyna Copy Share Image
The most important thing for any athlete is to know his ability. If you know your ability and have even a little… — Virender Sehwag Copy Share Image
There should be a new way to record standings in this league; one column for wins, one for losses and one for… — Gene Mauch Copy Share Image
In football you always get judged on your last game. Whoever you are, or how amazing you are, it's the last game… — Thierry Henry Copy Share Image
I don’t believe for a second that weightlifting is a sport. They pick up a heavy thing and put it down again.… — Paula Poundstone Copy Share Image
Overseas, kids grow up in a soccer culture. The German player sees the game eons above the American player the same age. — Tony DiCicco Copy Share Image
I know what sport has given to me in my life, what opportunities I've had and the lessons I've learned about myself… — Ellyse Perry Copy Share Image
New York is great, but the New England fans are probably the most knowledgeable and ardent fans, and not just in baseball,… — Dick Williams Copy Share Image
Children and even adults, when they like certain athletes, they can tell you about their batting average, about where they came from. — Jamie Farr Copy Share Image
To be able to be an ambassador of women's basketball and to be able to bring the game further... I'm honored. — Kelsey Plum Copy Share Image
Endure, put up with whatever comes your way, learn to overcome weakness and pain, push yourself to breaking point but never cave… — Toni Nadal Copy Share Image
There's a lot of politics in football, and sometimes the real values of the sport, those human values, get lost. — Edinson Cavani Copy Share Image
I'm a purist, and I love the sport. I loved the '60s and '70s, when the fans even enjoyed the races where… — Jacques Villeneuve Copy Share Image
Extreme sports has changed our aesthetics because they slap cameras all over the place and we really know that they are jumping… — Kari Skogland Copy Share Image
