Sports Quotes · Page 285

Broadway shows in New York draw two times the attendance of all New York sports teams put together.

— John Lahr

Football is a team sport, and there is no one individual who is bigger than the next person.

— Emmitt Smith

First and foremost I am a teacher, I care. Caring is helping the players to develop

— Lou Holtz

Sport, rightly conceived, is an occupation carried out by the whole man.

— Pope Pius XII

After playing Ballybunion for the first time, a man would think that the game of golf originated here.

— Tom Watson

If you're a true warrior, competition doesn't scare you. It makes you better.

— Andrew Whitworth

Why should sports men and women get punished harsher than people in the normal world?

— David Millar

You have to believe in yourself when no one else does.

— Serena Williams

I had started writing for 'Sports Illustrated,' which was really my dream job growing up. But the writing probably read like I…

— Steve Rushin

It is a game you have to play. You have to tour your ass off. It's just always "where am I now"…

— Nicholas Thorburn

When I was young, I never thought I was going to be a writer! I was academically orientated and active at sports,…

— Amish Tripathi

I understand boxing has been around for so long, and it's old money. The sport has such a history, I just don't…

— Jake Hecht

Female success stories from sporting events like the Olympic Games have played a role in shifting the Indian perception to see the…

— Richard Attias

I've always found the secret is to stay fit and treat sport as a profession. I chose sport as a passion.

— Eliud Kipchoge

Football, like no other sport, creates a sense of unity, equality, and inclusion. All of these are at the heart of my…

— Ali Bongo Ondimba

I can just remember games as a young player, counting my stats on the sideline. 'What am I now? I'm this many…

— Alex Smith

Almost in the same way as earlier physicists are said to have found suddenly that they had too little mathematical understanding to…

— Ludwig Wittgenstein

The show's writers had peppered the piece with words like "savage," "wild," and "animalistic." What bullshit. Show me the animal that kills…

— Kelley Armstrong

Competitive sports may be where exercise becomes 'fun' for children who are good at it, but for those who are less talented,…

— Naomi Alderman

I was playing video games LONG before I ever thought about playing football. If it wasn't for my parents making sure that…

— Chris Kluwe

Fishes do not roar; they cannot express any sound of suffering; and therefore the angler chooses to think they do not suffer,…

— Leigh Hunt

This is a difficult sport and it's a sport where you have to be prepared for so many eventualities and possibilities. It…

— Travis Browne

The first time I won a medal in the all-around competition is when I realized that's what I wanted to do pretty…

— Sam Mikulak

Do we understand the gravity of the sin of dishonesty? It is not only unchristian, it is anti-Christian...it is anti-Christ! Whether it…

— Mark E. Petersen

I'm not a sports dude, but I'm interested in the sociological implications of it.

— Ian MacKaye

When you are winning games in a row, normally what the people say about you is good.

— Marco Silva

Running is not just a sport but a biological necessity.

— Yiannis Kouros

I'm lucky I've been able to take control, as an older athlete, and pick who I work with.

— Ellie Simmonds

Winning has become too important in all sports, with too many commercial rewards.

— Albert II, Prince of Monaco

To be a great player or a good player in the NBA, I have to work on my perimeter game.

— Amar'e Stoudemire

I do what I do for a job. This is fighting. This is a bloody sport. It's not a nice sport.

— Israel Adesanya

You were born to be a player. You were meant to be here. This moment is yours.

— Herb Brooks

The NFL is one of the few sports where it's possible to tear things down and start again.

— Shahid Khan

Nothing makes a player more productive than the last minute.

— John Kessel

We are footballers, we can make mistakes and we can lose games.

— Kelechi Iheanacho

No disrespect to any other competition, but what drives me now is majors, Ryder Cups, the Olympics.

— Justin Rose

In athletics there are so many great elite athletes who look like me, so it was easy to fall into.

— Kadeena Cox

No one wants to hear about the labor pains, they just want to see the baby.

— Lou Brock

“Train like you are the worst player, play like you are the best player.”

— Amit Kalantri

The Premier League is a competition with very quick football.

— Jesus Navas