Sports Quotes · Page 262

I'm a big watcher of sports, consumer of sports content, so I love documentaries; I love the format.

— Peter Billingsley

Desire is the most important factor in the success of any athlete.

— Bill Shoemaker

The Olympic Games were created for the exhaltation of the individual athlete.

— Pierre de Coubertin

At school, I would read the City pages before I read the sports pages.

— Lloyd Dorfman

I was an average student, who took active interest in athletics.

— Akshaye Khanna

I hate it when politics play too large part in the sport.

— Jacques Villeneuve

What keeps athletes going is the optimism we are going to be able to compete again.

— Mark Cavendish

I would just always rather play the sport than watch it, so I tend to stay away from the sports on TV.

— T. J. Oshie

Ever since I've started my journey with sports, I've heard other people's expectations on how I should play, how I look, how…

— Iga Swiatek

Boxing is a mental sport. Think of a prizefight as a chess game of mind and body, and you are a little…

— Budd Schulberg

If you want information about sports, I can tell you things from the 1940's, and the couple years that my grandson was…

— Noam Chomsky

Everybody sort of questioned why we get married on New Year's Day, and of course, the avid sports fans wouldn't come, because…

— Yeardley Smith

Behind all the hours of practice, all the coaches that pushed you, there's the girl that kicked the ball, fell in love…

— Anonymous

I was a big sports fan, and I had been closely monitoring Hank Aaron's home run totals since I was a kid…

— Craig Sager

I am passionate about working with everyone in the sport to raise the profile of mental health, wellness and resilience, for players…

— Tony Adams

It's easy to forget when you're an elite athlete that everyone else gets nervous as well. Even the best people in the…

— Leisel Jones

“Oosthuizen's red spot is a classic example of what's known in sports psychology as a process goal--a technique by which the athlete…

— Kevin Dutton

I am very blessed to be able to play tennis, the sport that I love and very grateful for the opportunities to…

— Roger Federer

When you're 18, when you're at college, sports can be your life. You can watch every baseball game, every college basketball game,…

— Drew Magary

How do you want to live your life? How do you want to play the game? Do you want to play in…

— T. Harv Eker

I remember growing up, getting the Colorado Springs Sun in the morning and the Denver Post in the afternoon, and my dad…

— Pat Forde

After I suffered a labral tear in my hip while playing soccer, I realized that many sports-related injuries can be prevented and…

— Cobi Jones

I play basketball; I actually like the triangle. It opens things up if you know how to move without the ball and…

— Stephon Marbury

I love the game. I think it's a great game because you find out a lot about yourself. You test your mettle…

— Bill Parcells

“That’s what games are, in the end. Teachers. Fun is just another word for learning.”

— Raph Koster

Chiropractic has helped keep me injury free - that is half the trick to staying in competition,

— Lee Labrada

“There was no 'I' in team, but there was meat in team. And we were all dead meat.”

— Jennifer Lane

I'm never going to be an athlete, never going to be running triathlons - I'm not that person.

— Jamie Lee Curtis

In a way, I've thrived on the competition, perhaps it has made a better player because of it.

— Frank Lampard

I still feel like my game is very dangerous. I always will have my serve.

— Pete Sampras

That's the drama of our sport. Our margin of error is so small that anything can happen.

— Shawn Johnson

In any professional sports, in general, the community and the team go hand and hand.

— Tobias Harris

Wrestling is a team sport, and an individual sport all rolled into one.

— William Baldwin

Never mishandle hope or self-confidence - those are elements of life, not just a game.

— John Kessel

The game is always about how much you commit one way or the other.

— Eddie Howe

I am European Games champion now as well as Olympic champion, European champion, and world champion.

— Katie Taylor

Articulating the sport, being a voice for the sport is something I would be foolish not to relish.

— Dan Hardy

Figueiredo is human, and I tried to show the world that I can do something in this sport.

— Brandon Moreno

When they treat you bad, you just got to take care of your pride, no matter what.

— Satchel Paige

I think I love my sport. I enjoy to play tennis. It's my passion.

— Stan Wawrinka