Sports Quotes · Page 197

But I haven't met a player or a coach whose goal isn't to win the Super Bowl.

— Pete Rozelle

There's three things men always talk about - women, sports, and cars.

— Mario Lopez

“Life is a game where the important thing is not to win or to lose, but to keep playing.”

— Ingrid Holm-Garibay

In other sports, if you miss the catch, all you drop is the ball.

— Anonymous

Acting is probably the number one team sport in America as far as I'm concerned.

— Neal McDonough

I needed football - it was just something to do, an excuse to not be at home.

— Michael Sam

If a guard against me had a big game I probably had a big game, too.

— De'Aaron Fox

Competition is to be expected at a club like Arsenal.

— Aaron Ramsey

The great ones not only step up to challenges and find ways to overcomes them, they actually look forward to them.

— T Jay Taylor

I think many fighters could go pro in another sport. When it really boils down to it, it's because we are the…

— Cub Swanson

Blogging is to writing what extreme sports are to athletics: more free-form, more accident-prone, less formal, more alive. It is, in many…

— Andrew Sullivan

Baseball is slovenly and excessive in midsummer, with its onrolling daily cascade of line scores and box scores, shifting statistics, highlights and…

— Roger Angell

If you said, 'What is the most important aspect of winning football games?' I don't think I could give you an answer…

— Cris Collinsworth

Treating people right will get you a lot farther in life than any athletics will. Work hard, but work harder to make…

— Anonymous

There's no unemployment insurance if you don't have a job in wrestling. You really have to be committed, to have a love…

— Chris Jericho

I'm energized by this idea that's live television. In the same way as an athlete when they get on the field or…

— Maria Taylor

My study of chess was accompanied by a strong attraction to music, and it was probably thanks to this that from childhood…

— Vasily Smyslov

If you have an active mind, it always helps. You know, people who don't do crosswords, their minds fall asleep. That's why…

— Brett Hull

The game of business used to be like football: size mattered. Then it changed to basketball: speed and agility. Today, business is…

— Adrian Slywotzky

There's still room for flair and artistry and playing a game that's going to confuse people. Federer has proven that, time and…

— Darren Cahill

I go to my kids' sports games and don't have to carry the enormous burden of secrecy with me every day. However,…

— Valerie Plame

Basketball is a five-player game, only five people can play, but when you're growing up there's 10 players on a team usually…

— Tyrese Haliburton

“If you want to know if your kid is going to be fast, the best genetic test right now is a stopwatch.…

— David Epstein

Dad was a retired hedge fund manager who made enough millions to retire and focus on my game. Before that, he was…

— Douglas Brunt

I applaud the professional athletes using their platform to voice their opinions.

— Stan Van Gundy

Chicago fans are the most insufferable in all sports.

— Sean Evans

Everybody recognises that giving young people competitive outlet through sport is a very good thing.

— Sebastian Coe

Being a sport star and a chef both require passion, commitment, work and natural ability.

— Paul Rankin

But as a practical matter, Detroit's the sports city in the country.

— Rick Snyder

Olympic athletes have to find a job right after they're done competing.

— Apolo Ohno

I've been good at the game of basketball my whole life, so I'm hoping I can get back to that.

— Lonzo Ball

You can run on a football field but you can't hide out there.

— Sam Huff

Unlike most sports playing fields, a boxing ring is a temporary structure.

— Thomas Hauser

If you want to be the best, you have to do things that other people aren't willing to do.

— Michael Phelps

A game manager - I wish people would call me that. That's a compliment.

— Derek Carr

I just know when I get in the game, I've got to be instant impact off the bench.

— Dion Waiters

When money comes in at the gate, sport flies out at the window.

— Theodore Roosevelt

It is very dangerous to have your self-worth riding on your results as an athlete.

— Jim Courier

It's better to play football with a smile on your face.

— Kyle Walker

Money and all the trappings of being a footballer mean nothing unless you have your health and fitness.

— Victor Wanyama