Sports Quotes · Page 227

The game is all about dealing with challenges and that is what I try to do.

— Darren Bent

Larry Bird just throws the ball in the air and God moves the basket underneath it.

— Howie Chizek

You know, in pressure games everyone tests your skills on and off the field.

— Wasim Akram

We just want to focus on each game, keep improving and see how it goes.

— Martin Odegaard

I'm an athlete, but I'm not a runner. I'm 5-foot-8 and stocky - not exactly a runner's type.

— Andrew Lawrence

Most of us are referees at heart; we like to call throws and errors on someone else.

— John Kessel

Sometimes in this game it's as good to be lucky as it is to be good.

— Vida Blue

I always knew I wanted to do it [broadcast]. I was always playing [sports] and I talked a lot too.

— Beth Mowins

The sports arena Julie calls home is unaccountably large, perhaps one of those dual-event 'super venues' built for an era when the…

— Isaac Marion

It's a game of habit, or repetition. You can't play one way in practice and another way in a game. It's a…

— Bill Sharman

We laud the women's cricket team when they win accolades, but when a regular girl enjoys watching cricket, the men look at…

— Nushrat Bharucha

If we carry on filling up the calendar, we keep on pushing the athlete, we shorten the athletes longevity. The risk is…

— Alberto Juantorena

There's a respect factor in filmmaking, like in sports, where certain things are kept in the locker room.

— Justin Lin

I had spent over 10 years in sports, and there's such a natural crossover between entertainment and sports. It's more common to…

— Charissa Thompson

I think there's a discipline, a toughness, a respect for the game that I learned in New England that I think is…

— Brian Flores

“Things that aren't important, that have nothing to do with winning and losing, don't have to be a rule.”

— Peter Richmond

You see history in the making and that is definitely the highlight. You get to meet these amazing sportsmen and women, and…

— Jill Douglas

When there is good news, and it is news , we do report it, but usually news is a record of human…

— Linda Ellerbee

Because I put in so much time and preparation, when I'm in the booth during a game, I see X's and O's.…

— Kirk Herbstreit

We didn't have a television at home. Even the people who did have televisions wouldn't have the right channels to show the…

— Kelechi Iheanacho

Everywhere you turn, there are lists and statistics. Any business, any sport, any hobby - we will try to categorize who is…

— Michael Gerber

The job now is to institutionalize all of that [Vatican finances], and I wouldn't bet against Cardinal [George] Pell, who hasn't shied…

— George Weigel

Don Chew is the owner of the Orange County Badminton Club, the location where I train. He played badminton when he was…

— Howard Bach

You get a world-class athlete like Hershel Walker, who was a Heisman trophy winner and did some amazing things, but he had…

— Scott Coker

I will always support not only women who do soccer, but do youth sports.

— Frank de Boer

I'm preparing myself to be a great, great fighter and also a big star in the sport.

— Gervonta Davis

“If you play just to stay healthy and not to win, by all means, keep playing.”

— Amit Kalantri

I'm always trying to go out there and play my best game, and go out and compete and win.

— Brandon Crawford

I'm not particularly athletic and I'm not someone who will ever eat very well.

— Alex Brooker

If you have speed you need not be only in athletics, you can choose any other discipline.

— P. T. Usha

There's nobody you'd rather beat than your good friend.

— Charles Barkley

There are two things you can be certain of: dying and getting the arse as a football coach.

— Royce Hart

The Champions League is the most important competition; it's fundamental to be involved in it.

— David Silva

Every athletic career, no matter how modest or lofty, is a journey.

— Dan Millman

I feel like sport can transcend a lot of different things.

— Elana Meyers

Somebody needs to cut their profit margin and contribute to making our sport safer.

— Denny Hamlin

The beauty of my sport is that you can do it from anywhere.

— Meb Keflezighi

I wouldn't want to get involved with a game that's a stinker - I can smell one of those a mile away.

— Flying Lotus

I've dedicated a lot of time to this sport, and to see my time coming to an end, it's kind of sad.

— Jordan Larson

The slow-motion replay doesn't show how fast the ball was really travelling.

— Richie Benaud