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Sports Quotes by Will Self
- It is not that sport, over-indulged in, coarsens the mind; it is that it dulls it.
- As the render is to the building, and the blueprint to the machine, so sport is to social existence.
- If the government announced that it was going to allocate a vast tranche of education funding purely to the pupils at the best public schools,…
- It is fair to say that insofar as sport is taken seriously by those who play it, then to that extent their conduct in play…
- Just as the blurring between childhood and adulthood has produced the kidult, so the stretching of middle into old age has fostered another peculiar chimera:…
- Most of us have had that experience - at around puberty - of realising that, despite whatever efforts we put into our chosen sports, we…
More Sports Quotes
- Aside from a handful of guys boxing is missing the good trainers, that's why our sport is so in the air now… — Alexis Arguello
- 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