Sports Quotes · Page 250

I would never describe football as a job because it doesn't feel like a job.

— Ivan Rakitic

Paula, your retirement is the one that every athlete dreams.

— Milagros Cabral

I play football because I love the sport so much and for the sake of playing football.

— Stephan Lichtsteiner

I had a great interest in sports. I had three older brothers who were great athletes. I was not.

— George J. Mitchell

If you want to get players to your game, it's hard to get them there at noon.

— Urban Meyer

I'm lucky because I have an athlete between my legs.

— Willie Carson

I have figured out it's not what you do on the field, it's how many games you play in.

— Eric Davis

I knew it was my time to retire, when I saw Messi running past me.

— David Beckham

Killing a baby seal is about the easiest thing you can do if you're inclined to be sadistic; you certainly can't say…

— Paul Watson

A good professional athlete must have the love of a little boy. And the good players feel the kind of love for…

— Tom Seaver

“Many successful athletes, musicians, and entrepreneurs have achieved their success because they love what they do so much they become experts at…

— Mo Gawdat

Unfortunately the world is what it is now. People don't get along for whatever reason. As professional athletes, in a way we're…

— Venus Williams

More than any other American sport, baseball creates the magnetic, addictive illusion that it can almost be understood.

— Thomas Boswell

I think probably all of my determination and eagerness to want to play professional sport came from my family.

— Israel Folau

It is of far more important that a man shall play something himself, even if he plays it badly, than that he…

— Theodore Roosevelt

You get into sports with the idea that you want to win. If you aren't trying to win, what's the point in…

— Jerry Reinsdorf

When you are a player, a footballer, or a manager of a great club like Chelsea, you must play to win. To…

— Antonio Conte

I got into [acting] so late because of sports. And then when I was in grad school, I sort of got lulled…

— Mahershala Ali

Watching boxer Dingko Singh's performance at the Asian Games, Bangkok, where he won gold, was the defining moment. I was 15 and…

— Mary Kom

It's an interesting thing in this country. I haven't won a gold medal, yet Australians still take me into their houses and…

— Raelene Boyle

It's hard to be so mentally competitive and when you're not competing you try to turn it off but it doesn't work…

— D'Angelo Russell

A little-known secret is that being a pro athlete is not that great. It's a pretty short lifespan. I know all these…

— Timothy Olyphant

I forget the impact you have, especially when I see a young Korean girl or family, they come up to me and…

— Jessica Pegula

Sometimes you get into fights if a teammate is getting taken advantage of, sometimes just from competing and you feel someone takes…

— Jarome Iginla

I'd just like to be good at sports. I'm extremely competitive with absolutely nothing to back it up.

— Kaitlin Olson

Not everybody will become a baseball star and not everybody will make the money I'm making.

— Bobby Bonilla

You can sum up the game of baseball in one word: 'You never know.'

— Joaquin Andujar

You can't be the best every game. Even Messi can have a bad game.

— Samir Nasri

Football is a game of errors. You want to make your rivals commit them and to avoid them yourself.

— Ernesto Valverde

I think the ultimate sign of an icon or legend in any sport is the ability to elevate their teammates.

— Jordan Burroughs

People here don't identify themselves by their sports team.

— Michael Wilbon

I know for a stretch, at least nine years, I was one of the best lead-off hitters in baseball

— Brady Anderson

Winning is great, but it's the l9ong road to get there that makes it worthwhile.

— Stan Smith

The purpose of sports - even foreign sports - is not to bore people.

— P. J. O'Rourke

Success in the sport is, above all else, about enduring suffering.

— Chris McCormack

Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thus upon them.

— Anonymous

I've grown a lot in this sport. I've seen a lot. I've experienced a lot.

— Shawn Porter

People still think I'm a bit of a buffoon - not really an athlete.

— Eddie the Eagle

One thing I get from competitive sports is that I am fiercely ambitious.

— Lexi Alexander

As the game gets bigger, it get bigger for the players.

— Michael Strahan