Sports Quotes · Page 261

“I bet they love those games on Friday night more than they do segregation.”

— Pat Conroy

There's always competition in the world, but you don't have to be enemies. You can empower each other.

— Justine Skye

Any game in the Championship is going to be difficult.

— Dwight Gayle

I know my game pretty well, and that is the secret to success in most sports.

— AB de Villiers

The aura of soccer is very different from other sports.

— Dave Checketts

I realize that you still have to take the game seriously, but you have to have fun at the same time.

— Jrue Holiday

I grew up desperate to be a professional footballer and I was willing to do anything to be one.

— Glenn Murray

The Olympics is the biggest competition for all athletes and an unforgettable event.

— Anonymous

You carry on no matter what are the obstacles. You simply refuse to give up - and, when the going gets tough,…

— Vince Lombardi

I was always raised as a student first and an athlete second. I think that's the main purpose in college. Some athletes…

— Jameis Winston

Basketball is a game of conditioning and fatigue. That's why I believe in practicing a team to train when it's exhausted.

— Pat Riley

I'm excited about being able to put the pinstripes on in Yankee Stadium, for the Yankees. It's one of the most storied,…

— Max Fried

I watch games a little differently, maybe, than other people do, because I'm constantly asking myself why did that happen, what's really…

— Skip Bayless

I don't know whether it's the athlete in me or the passion I have for the game: I always think that I…

— David Beckham

I always wanted to be an athlete. Then when I realized that I can't run very fast, jump very high, or catch…

— Geoff Stults

I only want my team to play to its potential, as I perceive it to be. I really don't have any regard…

— Bill Parcells

“Victories are a byproduct of a larger vision. It begins with a question: How much do we owe one another? Each coach's…

— Neil Hayes

The coaches hate each other, the players hate each other... There's no calling each other after the game and inviting each other…

— Hines Ward

I know that when I have had whatever run-ins I have had throughout my career, I have had them because I have…

— Brad Keselowski

In the summer of 1963, my second with 'Sports Illustrated,' Jerry Tax, the basketball editor, got the Celtics' Frank Ramsey, the NBA's…

— Frank Deford

The people that hunt are the guys that really vehemently protect the environment. You find that people that live on ranches tend…

— Tim Allen

But baseball was different... You stood and waited and tried to still your mind. When your moment came, you had to be…

— Chad Harbach

I don't know if other people have found it difficult relating to me, certainly that's not the feedback I've had. I don't…

— Jill Douglas

Boxing always was corrupt and always will be corrupt. The three world champion's belts really are absurd. One single association would make…

— Lennox Lewis

“History is a hammock for swinging and a game for playing.”

— Jeanette Winterson

I don't like any sport where you're already exhausted when you're done putting on the equipment.

— Rob Lowe

Growing up in sport, it is a pretty cool thing to be a part of.

— Emma McKeon

I never really intended to get into sports. It was my hobby and my passion, and I kind of lucked out.

— Mina Kimes

I decided I wasn't going to come down. I was going to fly. I was going to stay up in the air…

— Jesse Owens

Slaying the dragon of delay is no sport for the short-winded.

— Sandra Day O'Connor

The name of the game is improving, and I've done that.

— Cain Velasquez

It's in my blood to be an athlete, to be a hockey player.

— Jack Hughes

I will never sacrifice my morals and ethics for anyone or any win.

— Mike Candrea

There is no way American sports are any cleaner than cycling.

— Jemele Hill

“I know your game, you know. You get nasty when you're backed into a corner.”

— Lauren Dane

I'm pretty competitive. I talk a big game - even when I'm going to lose.

— Kate Upton

It truly takes a village to become a professional athlete.

— Zach Ertz

Hard work alone won't guarantee success, but without hard work, I'll guarantee you won't have success.

— Bruce Pearl

As a footballer, you just have to try to learn what you've done bad and what I could do good.

— Henrikh Mkhitaryan

Good players want to be coached... Great players want to be told the truth

— Doc Rivers