Sports Quotes · Page 265

The only competition that matters is the one that takes place within yourself.

— Pete Carroll

My childhood in Adelaide was filled with sport. I played soccer from morning until night.

— Jimmy Barnes

When I was a kid, I wanted to be a footballer and racing driver, like all kids.

— Diego Della Valle

Defenses know how to take you out of the game. I definitely don't get discouraged about it.

— Tavon Austin

The social aspect of sport, meeting people like me, changed my life.

— Dylan Alcott

I was a gymnast for 10 years, and I've always been into sports.

— Kelly Kelly

It would be difficult to conceive a finer example of true sport.

— Calvin Coolidge

I was actually fairly athletic and coordinated, but I never played any organized sports.

— Jimmy O. Yang

I played football for my whole life, and I love the game, I love everything about it and I love the Panthers…

— Luke Kuechly

I'm not exceptionally fast or overly powerful. But I have a good work ethic, and I make up for it by using…

— Dot Richardson

I'm sure there are many women in this world who would hate me because all I watch is sports. But I found…

— Josh Segarra

I wasn't picked for any of the sports teams at school because I was half the size of everyone else, but now…

— Will Poulter

Good spectator sports share certain fundamentals. Their competitors battle head-to-head. Their winners are determined objectively: fastest runner, most points. They are refereed,…

— Alex Berenson

Bruce Lee was an artist and, like him, I try to go beyond the fundamentals of my sport. I want the public…

— Sugar Ray Leonard

My good health, coupled with joy of tobogganing and my desire to be the best, has helped me stay in professional sport…

— Armin Zoggeler

You know, you can be perfect for a game or so, but when you get in the playoffs, you have to be…

— Jerome Bettis

To be a successful coach you should be and look prepared. You must be a man of integrity. Never break your word.…

— Red Auerbach

I've played sports pretty much my whole life, and that teaches you how to work with anyone, whether you like that person…

— Mehcad Brooks

Competition is like a treadmill. If you stand still, you get swept off. But when you run, you can never really get…

— Raghuram Rajan

For some, a sign of your success starts with, 'I'm going to buy a big house.' Then, 'I'm going to start buying…

— Ted Leonsis

You learn to accept defeat graciously in golf. Unlike other sports, the game itself is a constant opponent. It never stops. A…

— Ben Crenshaw

In the '90s, when I started, it was still a rough-and-tumble, physical league. You take the hook and holding and a little…

— Chris Pronger

To be successful in sports or business, you really have to live the lifestyle. Success is about lifestyle. Just because I was…

— Mike Tyson

I love calling games, but when I watch sports anyways, I'm still calling them. I'm talking to myself, whether it's a basketball…

— Mark Jackson

Don't fight the rabbits. If you fight the rabbits, the elephants are going to kill you.

— Bobby Knight

“The only thing the sport gives us are moments. But what the hell is life, Peter, apart from moments?”

— Fredrik Backman

Football is not a contact sport, it is said: it is a collision sport. Dancing is a contact sport.

— Keith Jackson

I really want to remain involved in rugby. I want to continue and have an influence on the game.

— Gareth Thomas

It's a proven fact that athletes are all marks for each other.

— Arn Anderson

I don't think I would take the game with the same mentality that I do now if I hadn't been injured.

— Candace Parker

I want to be remembered as the guy who gave his all whenever he was on the field.

— Walter Payton

Golf is a game to be played between cricket and death.

— Colin Ingleby-Mackenzie

I like to fight. If you don't like to fight, you shouldn't be in the game.

— James Toney

Sports are my favorite. It's the first thing I turn to every day.

— Larry King

When I started really playing music, I pretty much quit sports. I quit everything.

— Mark Foster

Perhaps the truest axiom in baseball is that the toughest thing to do is repeat.

— Anonymous

My symbol was always a polo player because I liked sports, and polo has a stylishness to it.

— Ralph Lauren

Honey, anytime there's balls involved it's my kind of game.

— Kris Jenner

Balls in the air, no games, Im serious, double dare.

— Tyga

As far as sitting down and watching a sports event, that's just not part of my day or part of my night.

— Joe Buck