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Sports Quotes by Thomas Boswell
- In and of itself, sports may be trivial, but as a symbol of the American way of life, it has enormous weight. We are seen,…
- Baseball has traditionally possessed a wonderful lack of seriousness. The game's best player, Babe Ruth, was a Rabelaisian fat man, and its most loved manager,…
- More than any other American sport, baseball creates the magnetic, addictive illusion that it can almost be understood.
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- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle
- The things that people do now in sports, you can't even believe. These are complete total athletes. To see what human beings… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- Making movies was more a reaction to not being chosen for sports. Other kids were out there playing at whatever; I was… — J. J. Abrams
- Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever. — Lance Armstrong
- Winning is about heart, not just legs. It's got to be in the right place. — Lance Armstrong
- If you worried about falling off the bike, you'd never get on. — Lance Armstrong
- The ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally tight. — Arthur Ashe
- There is a syndrome in sports called 'paralysis by analysis.' — Arthur Ashe
- Basketball is like war in that offensive weapons are developed first, and it always takes a while for the defense to catch… — Red Auerbach
- For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbors and laugh at them in our turn? — Jane Austen
- Don't be dismayed by good-byes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And meeting again, after moments or lifetimes, is… — Richard Bach