Sports Quotes · Page 709

Sometimes you get into fights if a teammate is getting taken advantage of, sometimes just from competing and you feel someone takes…

— Jarome Iginla

Holyfield is nothing but class, and I think he's a breath of fresh air for the sport.

— Sugar Ray Leonard

Never let your fear of striking out keep you from playing the game.

— Anonymous

When a kid plays football games before he attends a class, something is wrong.

— Joe Paterno

The best thing you can do is just go and have fun with [competition].

— Jon Gordon

I was a sports nut. I stayed after school probably three hours every day - from fall, to winter, to spring. I…

— Terry Crews

What makes a great endurance athlete is the ability to absorb potenial embarrassment, and to suffer without complaint. I was discovering that…

— Lance Armstrong

Miracles are great, but they're so damn unpredictable.

— Peter Drucker

Just having what's important, to have people around you to support and take care of you. That's the most important thing when…

— Angelique Kerber

If you can pick up a ground ball you'll play for any team you want.

— Marcus Holman

I love doing sports, but starting to really build muscles was a new thing for me. That was a bit challenging, but…

— Shira Haas

If you are ever going to achieve as much as you can in a sport, you are going to have to be…

— Meredith Rainey-Valmon

I hope to be able to give my contribution to ensure that football remains the number one sport in the world.

— Marco van Basten

Competition definitely brings out the best in you.

— Ryan Fitzpatrick

Pilates is an awesome cross-training exercise for any sport because it focuses on functional movement.

— Natalie Coughlin

I love theater, going to the movies, and cooking new vegan dishes at home. I also love dancing salsa and traveling, and…

— Natalia Reyes

We're all competitors, you know? The player wants to get a hit. The manager wants to win. I want to get it…

— Bruce Froemming

I always liked serve-and-volley players and big athletes

— Richard Krajicek

In the long run, you hit only what you aim at.

— Henry David Thoreau

I get enthused by good football because I love this sport. I don't care about which jersey the teams are wearing or…

— Ralph Hasenhuttl

I want to leave this sport with a little bit of my brains left.

— Shannon Briggs

A lot of baseball players think baseball is cool, and the audience that we have think it's cool. It might not hit…

— David Price

I wouldn't say I'm a phenomenon, just a great athlete.

— Usain Bolt

For players from every age and every ability, the USTA National Campus will raise the bar on how we deliver tennis with…

— Katrina Adams

Where I grew up, hockey was the sport that 90 per cent of black kids at school played.

— Jarome Iginla