Best Sport Words

1541 Sport quotes by 1076 unique authors

There was clearly great charm and worth in a sport so quaintly perverse in its basic instructions. Hit down to make the ball rise. Swing… — John Updike
In no other sport must the spectator move. — John Updike
Drugs are very much a part of professional sports today, but when you think about it, golf is the only sport where the players aren't… — Bob Hope
It's the most humbling sport ever. It's like a lousy lover. It's like some guy who's never there when you need him. Every once in… — Dinah Shore
By the time you get to your ball, if you don't know what to do with it, try another sport. — Julius Boros
If you can't handle all the injuries and scars, choose a less demanding sport. — Shannon Miller
They say that golf isn't a contact sport. Not the way that we play it — Alice Cooper
I don't think I've ever not gotten nervous. When you work so hard for one special day or routine, you want to perform it better… — Shawn Johnson
Greatness is defined by someone who is not simply awesome and wonderful in the sport they compete in but goes beyond that and is great… — Marion Jones
We trifle with, make sport of, and despise those who are attached to us, and follow those that fly from us. — William Hazlitt
I am getting to an age when I can only enjoy the last sport left. It is called hunting for your spectacles. — Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon
MEMORIES OF MY FAMILY MEETINGS still are a source of strength to me. I remember we'd all get into the car - I forget what… — Jack Handey
When we hold a World Championship for a particular sport, we invite teams from other countries to play as well. — John Cleese
Killing animals for sport, for pleasure, for adventure, and for hides and furs is a phenomena which is at once disgusting and distressing. There is… — Dalai Lama
You can sum up this sport in two words: You never know. — Lou Duva
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 most inviting sport… — Julius Erving
It's hard for me to congratulate somebody after you just lose to them, I'm a winner. It's not being a poor sport or anything like… — LeBron James
Sport is the best means of communication between people from different religions and countries. — Yao Ming
To me, first and foremost, basketball is a fun sport. It is a hobby, an interest. And second, it is a profession. I feel that… — Yao Ming
I think that David Stern is probably the greatest commissioner that any sport has ever had in the history of this country. — Bill Russell
First of all, what happens is, when you're good at something, you spend a lot of time with it. People identify you with that sport,… — Mike Krzyzewski
Basketball can serve as a kind of metaphor for ultimate cooperation. It is a sport where success, as symbolized by the championship, requires that the… — Bill Bradley
It has always seemed to me that any man is a better man for being a hunter. This sport confers a certain constant alertness, and… — Archibald Rutledge
Deerstalking would be a very fine sport if only the deer had guns. — W. S. Gilbert
A day for toil, an hour for sport, but for a friend is life too short. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Who Wrote These Sport Quotes

1,076 authors contributed a total of 1,541 Sport Quotes, led by these top contributors:

Best Sport Words

More Ways to Read Sport Quotes

Who Wrote These Sport Quotes