In the very early stages of working in sports, I was sick of being referred to as "the Barbie doll" because I… — Charissa Thompson Copy Share Image
I would say facing the obstacles surrounding the day-to-day pressures of an elite athlete at a very young age was not the… — Tara Lipinski Copy Share Image
I'm always interested in furthering our sport. Like, I would love to be a correspondent newsperson, somebody who informs the fans a… — Roy Nelson Copy Share Image
By coincidence, this particular tiny show on earth that consists entirely of me talking about sports on NPR is also folding its… — Frank Deford Copy Share Image
In high school you just kind of go with it, you belong to a sport and you're lettering and there is a… — Kristin Armstrong Copy Share Image
I'm going to go out and do the best I can do. If it revolutionizes the game, it revolutionizes the game. If… — Shawn Bradley Copy Share Image
I feel like my biggest competition is myself. A lot of kids get caught up in the comparing game - comparing themselves… — Romeo Miller Copy Share Image
Wrestling is the only sport I've ever competed in that puts you totally in a situation of constant motion without breaks. I… — Dan Gable Copy Share Image
I was mostly an indoor girl at university. Where other students did drama or music or sport alongside their degrees, I wrote.… — Samantha Shannon Copy Share Image
You have to watch out because being an athlete and playing at the college level with the opportunity to go the NFL,… — Aaron Donald Copy Share Image
I have no social life. There is no time for one. Once in a while I may go to dinner with a… — Liz Halliday Copy Share Image
I am very emotional. It took me many years to recover from the death of my father. Even when I was playing… — Harbhajan Singh Copy Share Image
The best thing about the Kentucky Derby is that it is only two minutes long. It is the quickest event in sports,… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
I played a lot of sports when I was a kid so I get in that ballgame mindset of being really, really… — Michael Keaton Copy Share Image
As a passionate sports fan, as well as an athlete, I am excited to be a part of CBS Sports Network's historic… — Swin Cash Copy Share Image
I expected this reception. All men hate the wretched; how, then, must I be hated, who am miserable beyond all living things!… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When I took on the title sponsorship of the Western European League and the World Cup Final in October 2010, I did… — Reem Acra Copy Share Image
Unlike any other business in the United States, sports must preserve an illusion of perfect innocence. The mounting of this illusion defines… — Lewis H. Lapham Copy Share Image
Leisure was the sine qua non of the full Renaissance. The feudal nobility, having lost its martial function, sought diversion all over… — Mary McCarthy Copy Share Image
It's important to go against the grain. My favorite celebrity, across arts and sports and everything, is Muhammad Ali. And he was… — Chance the Rapper Copy Share Image
More time than not, athletes, specifically fighters, have a 15 or 20-year career, and unfortunately, we end up right where we started… — Andre Ward Copy Share Image
“After joyfully working each morning, I would leave off around midday to challenge myself to a footrace. Speeding along the sunny paths… — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
All of the sports have a safety net, but boxing is the only sport that has none. So when the fighter is… — Gerry Cooney Copy Share Image
Rivalries don't necessarily mean races being close at major championships. I had a rivalry with Butch Reynolds for many years. I won… — Michael Johnson Copy Share Image
They are both all over physical sports that require being focused, accurate and having good strength. They are both fast with big… — Liz Halliday Copy Share Image
Only in sport? The qualification would seem meaningless to many Australians. What also is there that matters as much as sport? It… — Donald Horne Copy Share Image
“In primary school, sports day was the one day of the year when the less academically gifted students could triumph...As if a… — Gail Honeyman Copy Share Image
I do not like football, which I think of as a game in which two tractors approach each other from opposite directions… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
People need to take as much interest in other sports as they take in cricket, and that's where we come across a… — Gagan Narang Copy Share Image
Women need to make sure they know what they're talking about. You can't just plant yourself in front of a camera and… — Michelle Beadle Copy Share Image
I think we have tremendous media covering the sport of boxing, even if boxing is a little bit lost in popularity with… — Wladimir Klitschko Copy Share Image
My brother played the game with his friends, so I thought I was a pretty smart kid and I played this friend… — Maurice Ashley Copy Share Image
I'm not a sports fan, but I remember watching highlights with post-rock guitar instrumental music over these slow-motion shots of football players.… — Brian Reitzell Copy Share Image
I went to school to play sports, but I got involved in theatre in college kind of by mistake. I ended up… — Jon Bernthal Copy Share Image
I'm slightly influenced by sport in that I like the idea of trying, like an athlete, to keep absolutely ready. That's an… — Colm Toibin Copy Share Image
If you give me anything less than your best, you're not only cheating yourself. your coaches, your teamates, everybody in Green Bay,… — Vince Lombardi Copy Share Image
We all admire the courageous person and quite often consider the individual who lacks courage, a coward. However, that is not how… — Bob Proctor Copy Share Image
If you can react the same way to winning and losing, that's a big accomplishment. That quality is important because it stays… — Chris Evert Copy Share Image
Don't force your kids into sports. I never was. To this day, my dad has never asked me to go play golf.… — Tiger Woods Copy Share Image
I've stayed calm when I'm winning and I've stayed calm when I've lost. Tennis is a sport where we have a lot… — Rafael Nadal Copy Share Image
