Sports Quotes · Page 257

A good coach will make his players see what they can be rather than what they are.

— Ara Parseghian

The day you think there is no improvements to be made is a sad one for any player.

— Lionel Messi

I want to be more than prepared for the game, for the preseason, for the season.

— Myles Garrett

Just do your schoolwork, focus on a sport if you're good at it, do what I did.

— Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce

I grew up playing sports. There is a clear line between success and failure.

— Tiki Barber

For me tennis is a sport, you know? It's not a job, it's a sport.

— Gael Monfils

“No more game playing. It's time we call this fight what it is: a war.”

— Katie McGarry

I turned pro as a wrestler a few days after my last football game.

— Terry Funk

I don't see the arts as competitive at all. It was a better angel of my nature. Sports is zero-sum: winner, loser,…

— Richard Linklater

I learned easily and had time to follow my inclination for sports (light athletics and skiing) and chemistry, which I taught myself…

— Robert Huber

“The building of publicly funded stadiums has become a substitue for anything resembling an urban policy.”

— Dave Zirin

Sporting events like the Olympics have developed and maintained a clear message of promoting gender equality as an essential criterion in the…

— Richard Attias

Being a winner is more than getting a first place trophy, it is acting like the effort was an honour and the…

— Bryan Mosley

A lot of people say they eat, drink, and sleep sports, but does anyone really do it, ingesting nothing but Dodger Dogs…

— Steve Rushin

I've just been enjoying the training a bit more. I've put too much pressure on myself in the past. Just relax and…

— Sophie Edington

“PTSD: It's the big game. You're wearing a helmet and pads. You make the big play and jump up into the crowd…

— Peggy Randall-Martin

At halftime [of Game 7], one of our oldest guys on the team, James Jones, came to me, and he's like, "Man,…

— J. R. Smith

If we have a situation where a man is particularly graceful in a sport that rewards grace - say, for example, figure…

— Alice Dreger

Starting out so young meant missing out on a lot of things that kids do, that your friends are doing, whether it…

— Dante Basco

“What’s in a glove? And for that matter, where might a glove have been, or gone, and to what future did all…

— Chris Baldwin

River is a fantastic club that goes beyond just football. They offer so many sports and activities within the club. There are…

— Radamel Falcao

As a kid and avid sports fan, one of the most exciting things always was the introductions. To be that guy who…

— Michael Buffer

[Alexei Nemov] has the best feel for the aesthetics of the sport. He doesn't just do a skill; he makes it look…

— Peter Vidmar

At the end of the day, we all watch sports and we pay attention to different things here and there because we…

— Chase Elliott

Everyone in sport loves winning - that's why we get involved - but there are different ways to win.

— Steve Nicol

The purpose of discipline is not to punish, but to correct.

— John Wooden

There are more important things in life than winning or losing a game.

— Lionel Messi

I love that our sport is sexy. I think it is appropriately so.

— Kerri Walsh

You cant run a football game in Tiger Stadium without 1,500-1,600 people to help,

— Skip Bertman

Unfortunately, football's hard and you're going to have bad games sometimes.

— Ryan Fitzpatrick

There were only two things you did in New York City, Queens to be exact, music or sports.

— Phife Dawg

You look at the sports pages and you'd often be forgiven for thinking women didn't do sport.

— Jo Swinson

A wise man once said, 'Cheer leading isn't a sport.' An even wiser man said, 'Shut the hell up.'

— Anonymous

I think the great thing about football, for me, is I need football.

— Justin Herbert

You want to play in the massive games. We all want to be out there, doing well for the country.

— Theo Walcott

I want to have a positive influence on the sport of horse racing.

— Bob Baffert

I've always seen football as a game. You lose or win.

— Zico

When we had a good relationship between North Korea and South Korea, we always connected with sports.

— Park Ji-sung

I want to be an athlete. I'm not just a running back. I play the running back position.

— Saquon Barkley

I think it's almost definite that the game is a draw theoretically.

— Bobby Fischer