I think football's the most competitive sport. The whole business is very cutthroat. And it can lead you to ultra competitiveness. And… — Carl Nassib Copy Share Image
Before I had children I always wondered whether their births would be, for me, like the ultimate in gym class failures. And… — Joyce Maynard Copy Share Image
When I was playing football, I always felt in complete control. When I play golf and come under pressure, it's a completely… — Alan Hansen Copy Share Image
You can always tell the golfer who's winning: he's the one who keeps telling his opponent that it's only a game. — Evan Esar Copy Share Image
I got to meet Lindsey Vonn which was pretty amazing, as she's someone who I've admired for a long time, both for… — Iga Swiatek Copy Share Image
When I'm playing a team sport, it's not about one individual, it's about everyone, from me to the other 23 people who… — Gautam Gambhir Copy Share Image
I've always had the notion that people go to spectator sports to have fun and then they grab the paper to read… — Walter Wellesley Smith Copy Share Image
I was very fortunate to play sports. All the anger in me went out. I had to do what I had to… — Willie Mays Copy Share Image
I loathed the game, and since I could see no pleasure or usefulness in it, it was very difficult for me to… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
Baseball, boxing, handball - sooner or later every game gets compared to narrative, but only in football are the plays perfectly linear,… — J. R. Moehringer Copy Share Image
The competition has improved tremendously. In 2003, I could teach a guy how to play poker in an hour and he could… — Chris Moneymaker Copy Share Image
One of the things that my parents have taught me is never listen to other people's expectations. You should live your own… — Tiger Woods Copy Share Image
I'm really into beaches, but I also enjoy a bit of culture. An ideal holiday would have a nice balance of the… — Miranda Raison Copy Share Image
Sports (and the often barely withheld violence around them) have become one of the few modern ways to connect with strangers. They… — Perry Brass Copy Share Image
To take pressure off myself, I realize how fortunate I am to be playing a sport for a living. If I take… — John Isner Copy Share Image
You know, say what you will about the ravages of sports in this corporate age where overpaid athletes expect prima donna treatment,… — Mouth McFadden Copy Share Image
To organize an Olympic Games is probably the most complex thing on the planet because it has so many moving parts. — Abhinav Bindra Copy Share Image
I celebrate a victory when I start walking off the field. By the time I get to the locker room, I'm done. — Tom Osborne Copy Share Image
What defines 'success' - answering that question - is so important when you're growing up as an athlete. Success for one kid… — Maya Moore Copy Share Image
You gotta be a good sport! So when I would lose, I would say, "That guy was better than I was; what… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
For truly it is to be noted, that children's plays are not sports, and should be deemed as their most serious actions. — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
You see so many different personalities and mind-sets in the world of sports, just like you do with actors. — Marc Blucas Copy Share Image
I'm just feeling that... would I be more nervous having a boy? 100 percent. Because American culture and sports is massive. — Artem Chigvintsev Copy Share Image
These sports are just, you go do it, and you're doing it on your own. You don't have to answer to anyone. — Tony Hawk Copy Share Image
I hate personal competition, and so each time in my career I came in a field where it was highly competitive, I… — Jacques Dubochet Copy Share Image
In sport, the money goes to the talent; it goes directly to the worker - unlike a bank, which sits in the… — John Lanchester Copy Share Image
Greatness is defined by someone who is not simply awesome and wonderful in the sport they compete in but goes beyond that… — Marion Jones Copy Share Image
Whether you want to be the best at your job, or at sports, just do your best. Give it everything you have. — Nick Newell Copy Share Image
When it's game situation, when it's game day, game time, when it's World Cup, when it's these tournaments that happen once every… — Tiffeny Milbrett Copy Share Image
I thought about giving up the sport, but I have a lot of good people around me: my wife, Nina, my family.… — Amanda Nunes Copy Share Image
Why are video games so violent? The ones I've seen remind me of the 4th of July, with everything exploding, buildings, cars,… — Madeleine M. Kunin Copy Share Image
Music has done a lot to enhance the emotions of sports. It's played in arenas. Whenever there is footage cut together they're… — Ice Cube Copy Share Image
It's a fast-paced game. Stuff happens. Guys jump in the air and guys can contest shots. Sometimes the play unfolds, and you… — Dillon Brooks Copy Share Image
I played ACC and NCAA Tournament games in my backyard - these imaginary games - and when I finally got to experience… — J. J. Redick Copy Share Image
Athletics is athletics. When you do sport, you are gambling. You run, you win, you lose. It doesn't matter if you are… — Caster Semenya Copy Share Image
Hockey is our big sport, and if you fight in hockey you get five minutes for it, that's it. So in Canada,… — Jeremy Hotz Copy Share Image
I believe in my heart that the name of the game in baseball - from an offensive perspective - is getting on… — Gabe Kapler Copy Share Image
The problem of freedom in America is that of maintaining a competition of ideas, and you do not achieve that by silencing… — Max Lerner Copy Share Image
Sport is quite a simple thing. It is play, and in play, people of all ages find the chance to engage their… — Timothy Shriver Copy Share Image
I think the two most important parts of any athlete's workouts are his leg workouts and his core training. — Albert Pujols Copy Share Image
