Athlete Quote by Roger Bannister

If you enter a sport, you'd rather reflect on competing against people who are considered the best in history, rather than having what could…

— David Coulthard

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

— Billie Jean King

Too many people want the appearance of winning rather than the practices and hard work that create a true champion.

— T. D. Jakes

Why do we place such a disproportionate emphasis on sporting achievement? Why doesn't success in other fields receive similar attention... Maybe it's because in…

— Mia Freedman

Because the sport has changed, competition is not only stronger but it's deeper throughout the field than it's ever been. It's harder to win.

— Jeff Gordon

Like families, competitors can bring out the worst as well as the best in each other. Like romance, competition has many faces, some of…

— Mariah Nelson

In all sports, people get competitive; things happen that shouldn't happen.

— Gary Lineker

Sport can bring communities together and can release a lot of pent-up emotions

— Ian Botham

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

— Katie Kitamura

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

There is an aura of changelessness to sport. There is the flux of competition, but it occurs within the ordering confinement of clear rules.

— George Will

Sport can transcend bias.

— Elana Meyers