Sports Quotes · Page 222

“Anyone who likes or hates Dana White should take a look at this.”

— June White

I know my game's on, and when my game's on, I know I can beat any player in the world.

— Roger Federer

The big games against big opponents, those are the best games to play in.

— Oscar

I'm trying to make the game easier for everyone else.

— Khris Middleton

What do we need spectators for? The game should be played behind closed doors. Football is an art!

— Ivan Slavkov

The important thing is the attitude of the athlete, the desire to get to the top.

— Herb Elliott

There will always be cheaters. It is human nature. It will never be 100 percent clean, in any sport.

— David Millar

As you walk down the fairway of life you must smell the roses, for you only get to play one round.

— Ben Hogan

I think there's a lot of gay women in sports, and it's widely known in the team; they can live a pretty…

— Megan Rapinoe

I think track is still one of the most exciting participant sports, but we haven't been able to capitalize on that excitement…

— Bob Beamon

It makes you a better player when you're around better competition. If you pay attention, you can learn something.

— Clyde Drexler

'Sports Illustrated' decided to have curvy women not only in their magazine but on the cover of their magazine. Now, that means…

— Ashley Graham

I think we get a little carried away with ourselves with sports thinking we're more important than everything else.

— Stan Van Gundy

Golf and snooker are similar. They are ball games that you don't have to be super fit for. It's not like boxing…

— Jimmy White

I played baseball up until my freshman year of high school. That was my main sport. I played third base.

— Macklemore

He has turned defensive boxing into a poetic art. Trouble is, nobody ever knocked anybody out with a poem.

— Eddie Shaw

As you become a legend in the game, you build more doubters than you build supporters. And that's fine. I think that…

— Nelly

When I was younger, I was like, 'I'm working now, and you go work.' That was all I knew, because I was…

— Joey Votto

This kind of directing, I think, is very similar to being a football coach. You prepare your players and place them in…

— Abbas Kiarostami

My very first competition was at the end of 2005. Honestly, I just looked it up online and tried to find something…

— Brian Shaw

Pro wrestling is not fake; it's sports entertainment. We go out there and we perform, and a lot of what we do…

— Kurt Angle

Records are the only thing that remain of an athlete, the only thing that people will remember. If I want to ensure…

— Lindsey Vonn

Some critics of racing witlessly claim that spectators only attend to see someone die. This is utter and complete nonsense. I have…

— Brock Yates

Golf is the only-est sport. You're completely alone with every conceivable opportunity to defeat yourself. Golf brings out your assets and liabilities…

— Hale Irwin

I don't like the competition part of soccer. It's a war in short pants. I prefer art.

— Shakira

Recovering from failure is often easier than building from success.

— Michael Eisner

I just think there's no reason to limit yourself to one sport.

— Kyler Murray

I'm playing; I'm here. I'm going to fight until they tell me they don't want me anymore.

— Steve Nash

Neither tennis nor golf is considered among the top two sports in Japan.

— Kei Nishikori

I know that I won't be an athlete forever. I have to have a vision of what I want to be afterward.

— Harrison Barnes

I train like an athlete. I am very competitive. I like to fight. I like to prove my performance.

— Angad Bedi

We all love Conor McGregor's fights. I mean he's the biggest combat sports star in history probably.

— Mike Perry

I mean 162 games is very challenging, regardless if you have success or not.

— Alex Cora

After I read 'The Hunger Games,' I went out and got 'Catching Fire' the next day.

— Jodelle Ferland

I really want to make a big mark in athletics, to be a legend and be a good example to kids.

— Eliud Kipchoge

I also think we live in a competitive world, and I love competition.

— Arsene Wenger

My job is to help the team win games to the best of my ability.

— Spencer Dinwiddie

I am not in competition with anyone but myself. My goal is to improve myself continuously.

— Bill Gates

I was never into sports, and my passion was the arts as long as I could remember.

— Stephen Wallem

The trouble with being a good sport is that you have to lose to prove it.

— Croft M. Pentz