Sports Quotes · Page 234

I went to a fight the other night, and a hockey game broke out.

— Rodney Dangerfield

The ability to learn faster than competitors may be the only sustainable competitive advantage.

— Arie de Geus

Just keep going. Everybody gets better if they keep at it.

— Ted Williams

A goal of making it to the Olympic Games has motivated me to work very hard in my sport.

— Laurie Hernandez

I always keep training like an athlete. It's a lifestyle. I love that.

— Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira

Some of these guys have all the athleticism in the world. I'm tough, and I just keep coming.

— Darren Elkins

Too many coaches have too big a mouth and not big enough ears.

— John Kessel

You play ball against yourself; your opponent is your potential.

— Bobby Knight

Pro athletes, how they go through the world is so elevated. The bubble they're in is one of entitlement. And that starts…

— Richard Linklater

It's a life issue more than anything when you're dealing with racism anywhere... It's a life issue - bigger than sports, bigger…

— Bob Stoops

I try to space the floor and use my athletic ability to get to the rim... I try to get the best…

— Zach LaVine

Even though professional soccer has become more about business and less about the game itself, I still believe football is a party…

— Eduardo Galeano

It is like any sport. You practise thousands of times and you miss the simplest ball and you don't understand why. But…

— Jimmy White

I think there is something about social media now where people are more engaged with their celebrities and their sports stars than…

— Tony Khan

Haryana is one state that loves combat sports. In fact, majority of the kids who learn wrestling from me are from Haryana.

— The Great Khali

Absolutely. I think that this is - politics is a tough business. I describe it as a full contact sport. You have…

— John Thune

I think competition is the best thing for everyone. Competition is what makes us evolve, from when we were itty bitty little…

— Big Show

At 13, I was a big, totally uncoordinated, hopeless football player. I responded to somebody elses rules, and I stayed just good…

— Brian Dennehy

“After Game Six of the Finals, as Paxson's shot went through the net, Michael Jordan raced to the basket to get the…

— David Halberstam

I promise you that during my life, I was more concerned about not letting people down, about doing my part, than I…

— Jerry Jones

It's Thursday afternoon, and we have sports. These are the choices for the girls: watching an invitational cricket game; studying in one…

— Melina Marchetta

No athletes talk to themselves like tennis players. Pitchers, golfers, goalkeepers, they mutter to themselves, but tennis players talk to themselves-and answer.…

— Andre Agassi

As a player that has played this game, I know, at the end of the day I've had numerous amount of surgeries,…

— Scottie Pippen

That's the thing about golf. In a team sport, when a team's on a roll, you have a little bit more data…

— Rush Limbaugh

Stuff happened in every sport. Every sport can become abusive.

— Katelyn Ohashi

Don't dwell on mistakes, because it will only cause more.

— Ned Crotty

My dad is a high school football coach in Texas so I've been around this game for a long time.

— Danny Amendola

I felt like I played in a very tough football game with no hitting above the waist.

— Alan Page

If you can drink beer while doing it, it's not a sport

— Andrew McMahon

I remember being a teenager and watching 40-year-old Michael Jordan compete in his final All-Star game.

— Kawhi Leonard

It's different the way the game is played now and the way we played the game.

— Mario Kempes

I was always a fan of the game, and I wouldn't have taken this job if I wasn't a fan of the…

— Gary Bettman

You have to be careful not to do too much before games and wear yourself out.

— Xander Bogaerts

Every game, well most of them, come down to turnovers and the turnover battle.

— Julius Peppers

The greatest thing in this world is not so much where we stand as in what direction we are moving.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

If you make one mistake, it can result in vasectomy.

— Anonymous

We're in different categories. She [Venus Williams] does sports, I do more of the fashion side.

— Serena Williams

Athletes have all the influence in the world. Everyone wants to hear what you have to say.

— Jaylen Brown

I watch a lot of sports. But when I'm not working, I'm with my daughters every chance I get.

— Louis C. K

Once you're in the game, you forget about everything.

— Manu Ginobili