Sports Quotes · Page 166

“That’s what games are, in the end. Teachers. Fun is just another word for learning.”

— Raph Koster

I would just always rather play the sport than watch it, so I tend to stay away from the sports on TV.

— T. J. Oshie

“There was no 'I' in team, but there was meat in team. And we were all dead meat.”

— Jennifer Lane

Chiropractic has helped keep me injury free - that is half the trick to staying in competition,

— Lee Labrada

In a way, I've thrived on the competition, perhaps it has made a better player because of it.

— Frank Lampard

I'm never going to be an athlete, never going to be running triathlons - I'm not that person.

— Jamie Lee Curtis

That's the drama of our sport. Our margin of error is so small that anything can happen.

— Shawn Johnson

I still feel like my game is very dangerous. I always will have my serve.

— Pete Sampras

When you're young, you need to be silly and be stupid and not be trying to do that when you're 40 in…

— Gin Wigmore

Football, or soccer as it is known, is a game of two halves. It's a game with rules and a referee. FIFA,…

— Sharan Burrow

In my heart of hearts my motivation would always have been to be the best, and I think that athletics is probably…

— Daley Thompson

Compulsory sports for those who by temperament or physique do not qualify may be a disaster. . . . The repercussions may…

— John Money

I've been working on contributing to world peace through sports, and I hope to keep doing this work in the future.

— Antonio Inoki

I love sports. I love being active. I love challenging myself. I was a jock growing up from the time I could…

— Lara Spencer

I'm pretty quiet. But I love to play sports. I like playing all sports. I'll act goofy at times around my wife…

— Steve Blake

People have seen now I am a racer, and I have big intentions in the sport, and I am prepared to get…

— Daniel Ricciardo

Basketball was always a game to me. One of the greatest things in life for me was to be able to play…

— Larry Bird

In the fun house of today's metastisizing sports-entertainment megaplex, when every day brings another story revealing how these 'heroes' we create are…

— Mark Frost

I've always been quite an active person especially when I was younger. When I was in primary school, I used to play…

— Saoirse Ronan

People see it [boxing] as a physical contact sport, but it's not. It's really a spiritual one of will against will. Who…

— Mike Tyson

Julie, Mia and I just met for a couple days, doing some work but really under the guise of having fun. We…

— Brandi Chastain

People who worked with me or knew me still called me the 'world's fastest human' because I almost never stopped. I'd found…

— Jesse Owens

To convert college sports into professional sports would be tantamount to converting it into minor league sports. And we know that in…

— Mark Emmert

You've got to go out there and play the game the way it's supposed to be played. Then you get people to…

— Julio Jones

In any professional sports, in general, the community and the team go hand and hand.

— Tobias Harris

Wrestling is a team sport, and an individual sport all rolled into one.

— William Baldwin

Never mishandle hope or self-confidence - those are elements of life, not just a game.

— John Kessel

The game is always about how much you commit one way or the other.

— Eddie Howe

Figueiredo is human, and I tried to show the world that I can do something in this sport.

— Brandon Moreno

I am European Games champion now as well as Olympic champion, European champion, and world champion.

— Katie Taylor

Articulating the sport, being a voice for the sport is something I would be foolish not to relish.

— Dan Hardy

I think I love my sport. I enjoy to play tennis. It's my passion.

— Stan Wawrinka

When they treat you bad, you just got to take care of your pride, no matter what.

— Satchel Paige

Never have shame in your game, whether you win or lose.

— Alyssa Tillmon

To be a great champion you must believe you are the best. If you’re not, pretend you are.

— Muhammad Ali

It's not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives. It's what we do consistently.

— Anonymous

I love figure skating and what I am able to express creatively. I want to leave a legacy in the sport.

— Patrick Chan

I love the relays. Track is such an individual sport, so it's fun to do something together.

— Allyson Felix

I play because I love the game. I love the process, I love the work, I love playing football.

— Mohamed Sanu

My job is to win games and, hopefully, win Super Bowls.

— Jameis Winston