As all of us with any involvement in sports knows, no two umpires or no two referees have the same strike zone… — Herb Kohl Copy Share Image
First-class players lose to second-class players because second-class players sometimes play a first-class game — Siegbert Tarrasch Copy Share Image
The only thing we know for sure about superiority in sports in the United States of America in the 20th century is… — Frank Deford Copy Share Image
You always want that as a kid - known as a sports star - but it can be a little front confronting… — Sam Kerr Copy Share Image
When you're young it's football, football, football. Then you get a family, kids come into things and you find you have a… — Michael Ballack Copy Share Image
The caliber of play suffered and attendance declined year by year. Interest in college football was exploding, and there was this new… — John Thorn Copy Share Image
It's not my job to motivate players. They bring extraordinary motivation to our program. It's my job not to de-motivate them. — Lou Holtz Copy Share Image
I remember my dad was taking me to the field. It was fun. It was great. It was a thing that I… — Fernando Tatis Jr Copy Share Image
It takes a tremendous amount of skill to be a football player. And some of these guys have enough skills to do… — Troy Polamalu Copy Share Image
“The mellow autumn came, and with it came The promised party, to enjoy its sweets. The corn is cut, the manor full… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Tennis players are very fortunate that unlike some disciplines of sport, in mega-sporting events like the Grand Slams, they have a huge… — Sania Mirza Copy Share Image
Pittsburgh felt like the perfect size of a city to me. There's enough to do, but it's not like living in a… — Joel Edgerton Copy Share Image
I've met and sketched most of the great athletes from the past five decades and their movement, grace and energy have kept… — LeRoy Neiman Copy Share Image
I don't want to have to say, Honey, you know, could you turn off the sports channel because I'm not a big… — Lynn Redgrave Copy Share Image
I think pro-athletes should be forced to use steroids. I think we as fans deserve the greatest athletes science can create! Lets… — Daniel Tosh Copy Share Image
I submit that tennis is the most beautiful sport there is, and also the most demanding…Basketball comes close, but it's a team… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
At 15-years-old, I always wanted to do professional wrestling, and at 15, I started training as a professional wrestler. It was always… — Aleister Black Copy Share Image
It's good for your career as a sportsman if you watch other professional sports - how they're behaving and how they react… — Michael Ballack Copy Share Image
I tried sports, but I ended up being a paramedic. There was to be no rugby for me. Believe me, I did… — Dereck Chisora Copy Share Image
I think the greatest all-around athlete ever was Jim Brown. He played lacrosse, basketball and ran track at Syracuse. He played professional… — Will McDonough Copy Share Image
It's been very important throughout my career that I've met all the guys I've copied, because at each stage they've said, 'Don't… — Eric Clapton Copy Share Image
If you are good at something, and especially, if people who matter tell you that you are good enough, you must follow… — Mary Kom Copy Share Image
My uncles and other relatives are against encouraging girls in every aspect, and that includes sports. I hardly interact with them. My… — Saina Nehwal Copy Share Image
Competition is key to developing players. The only practice environment in which you truly develop a player is a competitive arena. — Anson Dorrance Copy Share Image
“Football is a simple game; twenty-two men chase a ball for ninety minutes and at the end, the Germans always win.” — George Vecsey Copy Share Image
In this sport, the way I look at it, going off one fight and straight into another one, you have to make… — Darren Elkins Copy Share Image
You pay attention to detail. You try to win every time. You play tough. And when you play the right way and… — Christian Laettner Copy Share Image
It takes a lot of hard work and dedication just like any pro sport. Especially for beach volleyball you don't have to… — Misty May-Treanor Copy Share Image
People tend to like an athlete's performance, but if you don't get a feeling for the individual, you're not very emotive about… — Daley Thompson Copy Share Image
I grew up playing basketball and baseball. I've always been active because my dad played professional football, so sports and working out… — Zach LaVine Copy Share Image
Too often in this world, the things you root for - whether sports teams or spouses to recover from horrible diseases -… — Charles Bock Copy Share Image
I'm very bad at watching anything. I'm bad at going to theaters; I can't watch my own stuff; I watch a lot… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
I have my parents to thank for that, they raised me to be active and play all sports. They taught me the… — Kiana Tom Copy Share Image
For people to judge a man's worth and his very manhood according to the way he feels about sport, and not to… — Robin Green Copy Share Image
If you look at the sponsors who were in the sport 15 years ago compared to now there are a lot fewer.… — Maurice Greene Copy Share Image
I'm used to being part of 'Game of Thrones' and going into something where you're a small part of something else. You… — Maisie Williams Copy Share Image
People think you must be crackers if you've got a psychologist but psychology is part of the building bricks to make a… — David James Copy Share Image
“There's something about putting on a pair of skates, and getting out there and moving like nobody else can. Freedom is a… — Randy Gardner Copy Share Image
Competition is all in numbers; it's a numbers game, but I looked at it like it's a passion, and it's art. — Will Champlin Copy Share Image
The sports are almost different cultures so saying I prefer one to the other is wrong. Rugby union is guided by a… — Gareth Thomas Copy Share Image
