Country Quote by Pierre de Coubertin

Sport is an art: it has incredible appeal everywhere on this earth, and it fills so many human hearts with passion that it's impossible…

— Frank Deford

Our country has been through some difficult moments recently in terms of its unity. But sport can unite.

— Gareth Southgate

The purpose of sports - even foreign sports - is not to bore people.

— P. J. O'Rourke

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 an international phenomenon, like science or music.

— Avery Brundage

It is unfortunate that in a country that has over a billion people, we have just one sport to talk about.

— Raj Kundra

Sport is a product of human culture. America seems to need football at this state of our social development. When you get ninety million…

— Joe Paterno

“I am always amazed when I hear people saying that sport creates goodwill between the nations, and that if only the common peoples of…

— George Orwell

When you help sportspersons achieve their full potential, you propel the sporting quotient of the entire country.

— MS Dhoni

Sport's always political and here it's more complex because we're a nation without a state.

— Joan Laporta

We're a crazy country about sports, but for the longest time, only followed our own sports.

— Claudio Reyna

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

— Billie Jean King