In any sport, you need a rival.

Protect and facilitate a future, a safe future, for women and young girls to be whoever they want to be. And if they want…

— Leah Williamson

I always believed in my ability, but I think in any sport you need that little bit of luck.

— Gareth Bale

I don't agree with the idea that you have to live in a bubble and sacrifice all your time to something if you want…

— Ryoko Tani

This is sport and you need to continue forward. The two competitions that remain are the most important.

— Xavi Hernandez

In this sport if you want to win you need to be selfish, it is that kind of sport, even though it is a…

— Valtteri Bottas

In skiing, if you make a mistake you're out; it's a dangerous sport and you need to get up early in the morning and…

— Jannik Sinner

Racing is a great sport, but we need people to come along and see that for themselves. Maybe they're not used to going racing…

— Tony McCoy

Personally, what goes beyond sport, you have to put to one side. You need the best to win trophies.

— Karim Benzema

To stay at the elite end of professional sport you need to show an awful lot of dedication.

— James Haskell

Some people start a sport just to reduce weight, or some say, 'My doctor ordered me to run and do exercise', and for others,…

— Haile Gebrselassie

Parents have to understand, that even if their child isn't showing athletic excellence in a certain sport, they still need to be involved. They…

— Allyson Felix

There's younger, hungry guys doing different things that have been doing it from a young age because of where the sport is now, and…

— Brad Tavares

So much of sport is that mental attitude.

— Phil Taylor

Life is art's rival and vice versa.

— Wyndham Lewis

To realise belatedly that there are Swahili epic poems which rival their European equivalents for sweep and power has been exciting.

— Giles Foden