Sports Quotes

What really makes baseball so hard is it's retributive capacity for disaster if the smallest thing is done wrong, and the invisible presence of defeat that attends every game.

I would never say one was more important or more gratifying than the next because there's a tremendous amount of work, as you know, that goes into winning a cup.

...in my book success and winning are not always the same thing. To me, success is playing - or working - to the best of your ability.

If you want a thing done - go. If not - send.

I want to give my six hours of serious cricket on the ground and then take whatever the result.

Throughout the history of the sport, the heavyweight champion has been... a reason to talk about boxing at the water cooler.

If the world was perfect, it wouldn't be.

Running is not just a sport but a biological necessity.

The tragic incident of Luis Salom reminds us that our sport, our passion, is dangerous. We know it but, in a way, we don't think about it.

I like physical exercise. I actually like sports in general. I really like snowboarding and playing soccer, too.

Sports became a favorite subject of reflection and will soon be the only way of thinking

Writing is like a sport - you only get better if you practice

Hard work alone won't guarantee success, but without hard work, I'll guarantee you won't have success.

There was an old man of Orleans, Who was given to eating of beans; Till once out of sport, he swallowed a quart, That dyspeptic old man of Orleans.

Sports can do so much. It's given me confidence, self-esteem, discipline, and motivation.

When baseball is no longer fun, it's no longer a game.

I grew up on a farm and I always learned when you work you go forward, you don't stop and say, well, I'll take a break. You always go forward and get the job done.

I'm from the bottom, I understand what it's like to have and to not have. My perception on giving is to put yourself in those people's shoes and go from there. So that's what I did.

Baseball caps never go out of style and are easy to wear. Beyond baseball, beyond sports, I really do think a baseball cap is for everyone.

We have not yet begun to fight.

A country can truly call itself sporting when the majority of its people feel a personal need for sport.

Sport is quite a simple thing. It is play, and in play, people of all ages find the chance to engage their most profound emotions-love, fear, excitement, disappointment, anger and joy.

I don't feel right unless I have a sport to play or at least a way to work up a sweat.

Left hand, right hand, it doesn't matter. I'm amphibious.

My expectations are greater than the average fan's but, I'm more realistic than the top prognosticators.

The time to worry is before you place the bet - not after the wheel is spinning. Once it spins, you forget about it.

My dad has always said to me, "where there is a will there is a way" and this is the type of dedication hockey has taught me. Being dedicated to this sport [hockey] has been my will to play.

Once you pick up a skateboard, you'll find out that it's not a hobby, it's not a sport, it's a lifestyle.

I've been knocked down more than any heavyweight champion in history.

Cross Country: No half times, no time outs, no substitutions. It must be the only true sport.

If I had said, "I don't stand a chance," one thing is clear: I wouldn't have.

I am very slow to warm. I've always been sort of a loner. I didn't play team sports. I am better one-on-one than in big groups

It's not so important who starts the game but who finishes it.

Decisions are more apt to be accepted when you've listened to suggestions first. I wanted them to see the reason behind what I asked of them, not to do things just because I said so.

They wanted to buy out my contract, but I couldn't make change for a $20, so they had to let me stay.

In all of my life, when I was playing sports, I always put 100 percent. I have always given the best.

I've prided myself on being in excellent condition-as good as any man in my profession. Now this doesn't come from sitting around on your rear end. This comes from hard, hard work.

Thats the hard part about sport: as men we havent started to be in our prime, but as athletes we are old people. I needed support. I lost trust and did stupid things.

When I create a sports costume, I remember that it must not look - how do you say? - bedraggled.

I think that, generally, you need to live with your sport 24 hours a day.

Cycling isn’t a game, it's a sport. Tough, hard and unpitying, and it requires great sacrifices. One plays football, or tennis, or hockey. One doesn’t play at cycling.

Because running fast is more fun than running slow.

Being compared to Ian Thorpe, that could be one of the greatest compliments you could ever get in swimming - being compared to him and Mark Spitz.

When you are caring about your children perhaps you always have to remember at what point you can become over involved because of something you need rather than something the child needs.

If I win several tournaments in a row, I get so confident I'm in a cloud. A loss gets me eager again.

It takes time to create excellence. If it could be done quickly, more people would do it.

You carry on no matter what are the obstacles. You simply refuse to give up - and, when the going gets tough, you get tougher. And, you win.

I keep a lucky red rag in my pocket when I bat, which has been a good luck charm for a few years.

Other people go to the office. I get to coach. I know I've been blessed.

Never mistake activity for achievement.