Sports Quotes · Page 274

My biggest accomplishment has been making a transition from athlete to author.

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

The mark of great sportsmen is not how good they are at their best, but how good they are their worst.

— Martina Navratilova

You've got to work on your game all the time; there's always going to be something coming at you.

— Jaren Jackson, Jr

The biggest failure of man is that he gives up before he realizes how close he was to success.

— Thomas A. Edison

I'm more mature. I respect more the game as I should.

— Pablo Sandoval

If you have a game with your name on it, you have to learn how to play.

— Tony Hawk

The boos and critical words from sports writers affect pros more than anyone else.

— George Blanda

Even away from the pitch, I commit every day of my life to promoting the greatest sport on earth.

— Eusebio

I'm very lucky to live my life through a sport that I love. I'm in a very privileged position that my work…

— Tony McCoy

I don't like Larry Merchant. He thinks he knows everything about a sport that he was never in. He walks around with…

— Larry Holmes

As a kid from Detroit, I played whatever sport was in season: football, basketball, wrestling, whatever it was. I was an active…

— Jalen Rose

ESPN has announced that they are launching a 3-D sports network. Industry analysts say this will absolutely revolutionize the way Americans don't…

— Jay Leno

Nothing gets under my skin more than when non athletes talk crap about their own school's teams, like you have no idea…

— Anonymous

I really don't look at it as a real sport because anybody can come into MMA and learn that. You can learn…

— Adrien Broner

I think playing multiple sports is by far the best way to go. You're talking about different teammates, different skill sets, different…

— Chris Hogan

I'm an athletic junkie - I play in all the celebrity all-star games, and I've become buddies with a bunch of athletes.

— Jesse Williams

I do think it's important for us to have conversations with people who really value us as human beings. It's not just…

— Tyrese Haliburton

We're bombarded with liberal propaganda 24/7, from the early morning shows, Hollywood movies, documentaries and sitcoms, all major newspapers, fashion magazines, the…

— Ann Coulter

There's nothing wild about me. I'm a solid middle-aged man." "Except that once a month you turn into a wolf and go…

— Cassandra Clare

“To me, we must learn to spell the word RESPECT. We must respect the rights and properties of our fellowman. And then…

— Jesse Owens

We used to look at each other and say, 'We play the same game with the same rules, the same bat, the…

— Monte Irvin

As an athlete, when you least expect it, you may find yourself standing on the threshold of an accomplishment so monumental that…

— John Bingham

I try to think about positive things - how great my form is, how my arms are swinging, my breathing, how loud…

— Kara Goucher

Growing up, if I hadn't had sports, I don't know where I'd be. God only knows what street corners I'd have been…

— Bobby Orr

With Conte, it was back-breaking both in training and in games.

— Fabio Quagliarella

Fighting's fun, man. It's a great activity, it's a great sport.

— Matt Mitrione

“The most complete footballer in the history of the game.”

— Eusébio

It pays to be the anti-Black scold on sports television.

— Jason Johnson

This sport gives you the highest highs and the lowest lows.

— Donald Cerrone

Girls can be funny and play sports and show how to do the perfect soccer kick if they want.

— Eva Gutowski

Pep is at a very high tactical level. A teacher who wants to know every detail of the game.

— Ilkay Gundogan

When it comes to games, it's not just about my performance, it's about the team.

— Aaron Wan-Bissaka

I never wear a watch, because I always know it's now - and now is when you should do it.

— Steve Mariucci

Oh God, I'm awful at sports. In gym I just try and avoid getting hit in the face.

— Tavi Gevinson

I like the good part of the sport, the sport side of the fighting.

— Joanna Jedrzejczyk

Just being able to incorporate other sports into my game has definitely helped me out.

— Travis Kelce

Life is a game in which the player must appear ridiculous.

— Julian Fellowes

In fact, there's a lot to legitimately hate about pro sports and the way they are conducted.

— Chad Harbach

See, as much as I love the game, golf was my vehicle to competition. And I love to compete.

— Jack Nicklaus

Just like music, sports elevates us to new levels of achievment.

— Randy Castillo