Sports Quotes · Page 286

Guys do not have a genetic blueprint that allows them to understand or love sports.

— Lesley Visser

I am only trying to improve as a player with each tournament, each game, each opportunity.

— K. L. Rahul

I'm fighting to get paid. I'm not doing this because I love the sport so much. I'm not a crazy person.

— Gegard Mousasi

In professional sports, you live in the moment, and that's what I love about it.

— Reggie Miller

The humility to prepare and the self-confidence to bring it off.

— Laurence Olivier

I'm telling you, man, sometimes a coach ruins the athlete.

— Alex Pereira

My dad was pretty athletic when he played so I can say some of my athleticism comes from him.

— Ja Morant

When I wrestled, I always considered myself an athlete and a wrestler.

— Rocky Johnson

With athletes, it's never fully understood the level to which we push ourselves. Especially in an endurance sport.

— Clara Hughes

There isn't a single professional sports season now that doesn't go on at least a month too long. Baseball starts in football…

— James Reston, Jr

I'm in semi-retirement, but what am I going to retire to? I don't ride horses, I don't golf anymore. I shoot a…

— Pat Morita

The people who follow you should have a reason to do that. You shouldn't talk like everyone else. The stars and athletes…

— Josh Barnett

I did the 1972 Sapporo Games, and I was also the Reds announcer and was folded into the NBC coverage for the…

— Al Michaels

Far too many athletes have been unable to let go of their troubled roots or just have failed to fully understand their…

— Jemele Hill

Yes, I understand that football and sports in America have been a way for us to get away from some of our…

— Myron Rolle

I grew up with great coaching, and it had nothing to do with sports. I had great parents. I really got some…

— Jerry Jones

It is the toughest, most macho of male sports, and with that comes an image. In many ways, it is barbaric, and…

— Gareth Thomas

In 1997, when I started as a professional athlete, my sport was not like it is now. I needed to develop myself…

— Sven Nys

I've been a professional for I think 13, 14 years. It's not easy hitting balls every day and staying really motivated throughout…

— Jelena Jankovic

The one thing about being an athlete, say you are struggling with throwing a comeback route, well, then you go out and…

— Troy Aikman

I'm glad to be a part of the era which has witnessed a huge revolution. Be it politics, cinema, sports, business or…

— Sherlyn Chopra

My dad is the reason I actually started watching wrestling. My dad was never big into sports; we were all big into…

— John Cena

If you work for a man, in heaven's name work for him, speak well of him, and stand by the institution he…

— Elbert Hubbard

We only work… the most I ever work is three days a week. Very rare that I will work four. If I’'m…

— Ric Flair

I'm not in competition with anybody but myself. My goal is to beat my last performance.

— Celine Dion

More girls are taking up sport and realising it's a legitimate option for them to forge a career.

— Ellyse Perry

Volleyball is a Jewish sport. It's fun, and nobody can get hurt.

— Gail Parent

My first love is the sport, and it will always be my priority.

— Linford Christie

I just play my game. I know if I play well I will win.

— Neil Robertson

This sport is all about winning the fight, setting records, and defending titles.

— Joanna Jedrzejczyk

My belief is that sports in school is not an extracurricular activity.

— Brian Kilmeade

I played cricket at primary school but hardly at all at high school. I was more of a footballer.

— Fidel Edwards

I think it's important to remember how quickly sports popularity can change.

— Kelefa Sanneh

When you have two great competitors in the same gym, you have to respect each other's game.

— Breanna Stewart

It is the dream of every athlete to qualify and compete in the Olympics and I am no different.

— Dutee Chand

Heroes take journeys, confront dragons, and discover the treasure of their true selves.

— Carol Lynn Pearson

Baseball has the great advantage over cricket of being sooner ended.

— George Bernard Shaw

When I’m home I’m very much hands on and like to be involved in the children’s sport and music.

— David Hobson

I was called Rembrandt Hope in my boxing days, because I spent so much time on the canvas.

— Bob Hope

If I can slow it down in my mind, things will be fine.

— Aaron Rodgers