Seven out of 10 black faces you see on television are athletes. The black athlete carries the image of the black community.… — Arthur Ashe Copy Share Image
Football is a game. Don't get me wrong - there is money and other things in it, too - but it's still… — Emmanuel Adebayor Copy Share Image
In this sport, you're going to have your losses. That's just the name of the sport, nobody can stay on top forever. — Anthony Johnson Copy Share Image
There's no medals for trying. This isn't like eighth grade where everybody gets a trophy. We are in a professional sport, and… — Bill Belichick Copy Share Image
You can kick a ball into the net, throw a basketball into the net. Tennis is complicated. It'll make a lot of… — Jim Courier Copy Share Image
Who is to blame for this most recent of sports disgraces in America? The culture that flings young athletes like Tyson up… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
I would rather sleep only five hours and wake up at 5 or 5:30 a.m. and be in control of my time… — Dan Bouchard Copy Share Image
The Sooners are my religion. I've been back to watch the games several times. I'm into all their sports. I'm a tremendous… — Joshua Morrow Copy Share Image
People want athletes to cater to their image of what an athlete should be, but they also want them to fail so… — Bode Miller Copy Share Image
I would love to see more African-American females engaged in all aspects of sports. All of the research tells us that participation… — Laurel J. Richie Copy Share Image
Even in the most peaceful communities, an appetite for violence shows up in dreams, fantasies, sports, play, literature, movies and television. And,… — Paul Bloom Copy Share Image
Because of the oil-and-water relationship governments have cultivated between ethics and political economy, speaking in plain terms - spelling it out as… — Ilana Mercer Copy Share Image
Males have probably always enjoyed watching the defeat of other males, but without the invention of numerals and the subsequent invention of… — Patricia Marx Copy Share Image
“For several years Quinn had been having the same conversations with this man, whose name he did not know. Once, when he… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
It is not the time spent with the child at their activity that is going to produce the highest level athlete. It… — Frank Shorter Copy Share Image
After reading hundreds of e-mails, I have made MY decision. By pulling my opening Oct 3rd, You (ESPN) stepped on the Toes… — Hank Williams, Jr Copy Share Image
America has been erased like a blackboard, only to be rebuilt and then erased again. But baseball has marked time while America… — W. P. Kinsella Copy Share Image
I love Fidel Castro...I respect Fidel Castro. You know why? A lot of people have wanted to kill Fidel Castro for the… — Ozzie Guillen Copy Share Image
Some guys need to see things on a grease board, ... I like when you can see it in your mind. And… — Peyton Manning Copy Share Image
I think that my God-given physical attributes, big hands, and big feet, the way that I'm built, proportion-wise, just made basketball the… — Julius Erving Copy Share Image
I believe sports minister Nigel Huddleston, Secretary of State Oliver Dowden and Health Minister Matt Hancock all recognise the importance of kids… — Robbie Savage Copy Share Image
Concentration is why some athletes are better than others. You develop that concentration in training and concentrate in a meet. — Edwin Moses Copy Share Image
I talked to the team a lot about staying power. You never find out if you have that until you've been beaten… — Bill Parcells Copy Share Image
I played college basketball in West Virginia for two years, and then I graduated from NYU with a sports management degree because… — Ramon Rodriguez Copy Share Image
I strictly want to beat every opponent I face, whether it's for a title or for a small show. The only thing… — Paige VanZant Copy Share Image
To me, sports gets America right. When we decide to politicize sports, what we are doing is bringing the noxiousness and divisiveness… — Clay Travis Copy Share Image
When I was 7 years old I saw Jimmy Connors make someone carry his bag, as though he were Julius Caesar. I… — Andre Agassi Copy Share Image
Basketball is a sport that involves the subtle interweaving of players at full speed to the point where they are thinking and… — Phil Jackson Copy Share Image
For home games, I bring my clothes to the arena. I bring two different outfits that I can pick after the game.… — Dwyane Wade Copy Share Image
As much as I want to celebrate all of the positive developments in our sport, we cannot be complacent, we have to… — Alex Greenwood Copy Share Image
Anytime you have anybody that's physically a great athlete and a great specimen, they have the work ethic. They know how to… — Benson Henderson Copy Share Image
Living in Baltimore at age 11, I was still not single-focused on tennis. I still played other sports. It was becoming a… — Pam Shriver Copy Share Image
My primary focus is going into a football game and having a turnover-free football game. That's my primary focus. — Jameis Winston Copy Share Image
My schedule has slowed a little. I've cut back on some of my assignments. But I still have the enthusiasm for the… — Lesley Visser Copy Share Image
We are just athletes, a little piece in the world, but sport is pretty important and sport has always been used for… — Iga Swiatek Copy Share Image
The idea of playing the point and leading a team to the NBA championship is what drove me to get up every… — Jalen Rose Copy Share Image
In order to succeed on the athletic field, it is necessary to succeed in daily life. Your spirit and your life must… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I am the sort of athlete who participates in a lot of winter sports - basketball, for example, is an activity that… — W. Bruce Cameron Copy Share Image
You really just love those opportunities and being a competitior in those situations [when running against the best]. I think that's when… — Terrence Trammell Copy Share Image
For too long the world has failed to recognise that the Olympic Games and the Olympic Movement are about fine athletics and… — Avery Brundage Copy Share Image
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