Sports Quotes · Page 317

In life, as in a football game, the principle to follow is:hit the line hard.

— Theodore Roosevelt

I always considered myself a student of the game of football.

— George Blanda

I'm trying to make the box, trying to be more ruthless, more clinical, and trying to decide games.

— Raheem Sterling

After I strike out I say, 'Hey, it's just another game. It's just another way to play baseball.'

— Juan Soto

Ever since then I have believed that God is not only a gentleman and a sport; he is a Kentuckian too.

— William Faulkner

Selling an electric sports car creates an opportunity to fundamentally change the way America drives.

— Elon Musk

It's hard for our sport to pass into the mainstream, to make it onto 'SportsCenter.'

— Nyjah Huston

I'm just getting older and I'm understanding the game and I'm more experienced in the league.

— Mike Evans

The thing about ballet that I never knew about is that it's one of the most excruciating sports that I've ever been…

— Mila Kunis

Growing up in the sport, I've been able to separate what happens on the track with what happens away from the track.…

— Trevor Bayne

Life magazine ran a page featuring me and three other girls that was clearly the precursor of Sports Illustrated swimsuit issues

— Esther Williams

That bumper sticker everyone has down in Philadelphia, the one that says, 'Only the Lord saves more than Bernie Parent,' really isn't…

— Jerry Korab

I still think that there's some kind of psychological investment in black athletes carrying the flag for "us" at times. So, sports…

— George Elliott Clarke

It's really cool to be not just winning and fighting for things on the field, but fighting for things off the field…

— Tobin Heath

We really love all sports, but we don't think in the long term. The reason we did Kingpin was because there was…

— Peter Farrelly

I'm sorry that the young athletes in basketball will not get the chance to play (in the Olympics) anymore, and live that…

— Oscar Robertson

I think all of us who kind of live within the sport recognize that Davis Cup certainly could be a little more…

— Jim Courier

The sport was right in the center of these changing social dynamics. It was a game invented by blue-collar people in Scotland…

— Mark Frost

I never imagined getting to do what I love for a living and having so many people appreciate it. There was only…

— Tony Hawk

To try to be a professional athlete and work out when you're not sleeping right, you're traveling day to day, not to…

— Rob Van Dam

I don't think you necessarily have to be crazy-fit for freeskiing. So much of the sport has to do with agility and…

— Gus Kenworthy

For some in Washington, it's become sport to pick on the federal workforce. I think they do so unjustly. The very foundation…

— Ken Salazar

“He hadn't developed into the accomplished running quarterback many had predicted he would become over the course of the season. But he…

— Neil Hayes

I absolutely think I have the ability to be a world-class athlete and make a team. But even if I never make…

— Mary Cain

Business is the ultimate sport. In business, as in sport, the one thing you can control is effort.

— Mark Cuban

At the end of the day, I want to play the best football.

— Erik ten Hag

Sport and life is not about losing. It's about understanding how to lose.

— Anonymous

My father thought sport was something fun - he didn't know it was a way to make money.

— Haile Gebrselassie

I think the sports industry and the music industry are all tied in together.

— SonReal

Acting is a sport to me, I enjoy being in the ring and playing it.

— Priyanshu Chatterjee

My belief is that sport has to do much more than just investing in itself. We need to close the gap between…

— David James

Yes, I do realize that men in sports media also face criticism and backlash, but the vitriol that is directed at women,…

— Jemele Hill

As a football player, as an athlete, as a competitor - that dream of being able to play in the Super Bowl,…

— Chris Hogan

When someone decides to come into the UFC, and they don't have a combat sports background, you're kind of thinking, 'Does he…

— Ben Askren

I was a huge fan of 'Game Of Thrones.' I hadn't read the books but had watched the series from the beginning.

— Nathalie Emmanuel

I'm reverent toward my sources. History is a team sport, and references are how you support your teammates.

— Rick Perlstein

I'm a filmmaker and I'm proud of the movies I've made. But in the background of my life I was also very…

— Joel Silver

I would encourage people to participate in sports. You don't have to dream of being an Olympic or a professional athlete.

— Michelle Kwan

When you're at an Olympic Games watching someone you've known for a long while and he or she has done something, even…

— Steve Bunce

Sports is about people who lose and lose and lose. They lose games; then they lose their jobs. It can be very…

— Gay Talese