I've been pioneering for this sport since before there was weight classes and gloves. — Frank Shamrock Copy Share Image
I don't really think of myself as the sporty type. But I'll have a go at anything. — Shaun Evans Copy Share Image
Healthy competition is very important in any industry. It keeps you on your toes and helps you grow. — Javed Ali Copy Share Image
My mom was a professional tennis player. She was the one who made tennis in Greece an actual sport. — Maria Sakkari Copy Share Image
For us players, we just go into each game trying to win it and see where it takes us. — Harry Maguire Copy Share Image
I viewed it as a business, but I always viewed it as a game. An opportunity to show my skills, my basketball… — Michael Jordan Copy Share Image
Any racer who has made it to the top of wherever they are, it's really hard because the sport defines you. — Travis Pastrana Copy Share Image
Ever since that day when I was 11 years old, and I wasn't allowed in a photo because I wasn't wearing a… — Billie Jean King Copy Share Image
I have never cared especially for outdoor sports and have no desire to excel at tennis, swimming, or golf. I'll leave those… — Marilyn Monroe Copy Share Image
As a competitor, you always want to receive the best rewards. But you understand that it is a team sport, and you… — C. J. McCollum Copy Share Image
Broken bones and skinned knees, this game is not for the weak. One ball, one goal, shoot, score! Soccer makes me whole. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
New Yorkers love it when you spill your guts out there. Spill your guts at Wimbledon and they make you stop and… — Jimmy Connors Copy Share Image
The competitive nature of the game, and playing any sport really, is something I've always been drawn to. I think you gotta… — Daniel Jones Copy Share Image
You look at boxing being an international, world-famous sport, right up there next with soccer, and there's only two fighters the people… — Emanuel Steward Copy Share Image
In team sports the athletes were bonded by each other, there was an immense peer pressure to keep going. One dared not… — David Halberstam Copy Share Image
Now, I know you expected me to say that, well, I just kick back in the rocking chair, fished a little bit,… — Dan Rather Copy Share Image
I think women have brought a lot of life back to the sport-first, because a lot of people doubted women could actually… — Stacy Dragila Copy Share Image
The study of motivation goes back to the Greeks. Their sports were essential to their education. They saw in sports the integration… — George A. Sheehan Copy Share Image
“It was very quiet at the hotel, as if there had been a death in the family. When you have quit the… — David Millar Copy Share Image
I submit that tennis is the most beautiful sport there is and also the most demanding. It requires body control, hand-eye coordination,… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
I wouldn't have had a sporting career if it hadn't been for the volunteers who agreed to coach me, as a teenager,… — Tanni Grey-Thompson Copy Share Image
