Sports Quotes · Page 679

The truth is I have never been any good at sport, OK?

— Sandi Toksvig

Unlike the traditional athlete, I've got to do more than just engage in my sport to put food on the table. When…

— Dean Karnazes

It is so much in the nature of men to overreach and deceive one another, that their very sports and plays are…

— Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke

A black athlete being reduced to a savage is, sadly, nothing new.

— Jemele Hill

Success is that place in the road where preparation meets opportunity.

— Branch Rickey

When you are an athlete, it's difficult to take time off and say you want to come back without everyone judging you…

— Johnny Weir

If we carry on filling up the calendar, we keep on pushing the athlete, we shorten the athletes longevity. The risk is…

— Alberto Juantorena

It's not how hard you pushed along the way. It's having something in you to finish.

— Michael Jordan

Being young is an advantage. You've grown up with games as the dominant entertainment. You have a lot of experience of video…

— Kim Swift

Good sports must always be recognized and appreciated, a big thumbs up to two really good sports.

— Grass Hopper

With sports and games, you have fun despite working very hard, even despite failing repeatedly. Even the fun of a night out,…

— Ian Bogost

My psychiatrist prescribed a game of golf as an antidote to the feelings of euphoria I experience from time to time.

— Bruce Lansky

I feel like as the game goes on, carry after carry, I get better and better.

— Derrick Henry

There are all these athletes out there cheating. I am clean and pure.

— Anonymous

Before the game there was all this stuff about anti-racism and anti-bullying. It would be a good idea to start wearing wristbands…

— Roy Keane

We take life too lightly and sport too seriously.

— John Arlott

As a kid, playing sports, I was never the best athlete on my teams, but I was always the guy people looked…

— Tommaso Ciampa

It's all fun and games until someone wants something from you...

— Nikhil Saluja

I knew Childress was going to help me because my crew told me on the radio. I really appreciate what Richard did,…

— Cale Yarborough

When I play the game, I play to win.

— Lonzo Ball

My imagination was no competition for nature.

— Jim Toomey

One shouldn't be afraid to lose; this is sport. One day you win; another day you lose. Of course, everyone wants to…

— Oksana Baiul

Nowadays, the difference between athletes is really small, and if you can get an edge, why not take it.

— Sue Bird

I've been a high-level athlete since I was five years old.

— Chad Mendes

I have so much passion for the game.

— Robinson Cano