Competition Quote by Jason Whitlock

Sports occupies a central place in our society, and, as such, it is unavoidably cultural in nature and often engaged in societal issues.

— John Skipper

Sport is very political.

— Paul Casey

My political views are left of centre but I think there are a lot of advantages of being a cross-bencher because you can vote…

— Tanni Grey-Thompson

Modern sport can be an ugly convergence of commerce and celebrity, but it still has the capacity to move a crowd.

— Katie Kitamura

Sports are a microcosm of society. It just shows how much more competition there is in the world.

— Billie Jean King

Sport is something that cannot be rejected even in a closed society.

— Antonio Inoki

Sports are a microcosm of society.

— Billie Jean King

Sport allows people to come together, but politics divides people.

— Francois Hollande

Surely, sport is not fundamentally about the safety of athletes. If it were, we'd probably have to ban professional football, right after boxing.

— Alice Dreger

Well, the problem is the freedom that the sport gives you without getting to politics. Unfortunately, you cannot now separate it because people cannot…

— Hakeem Olajuwon

Many more people in the world are concerned about sports than human rights.

— Samuel P. Huntington

As a professional, I get in a dilemma between sport and entertainment. There's these two sides.

— Lyoto Machida