Sports Quotes

I don't really go mountain biking per se, like a proper sport.

The leader can never close the gap between himself and the group. If he does, he is no longer what he must be. He must walk a tightrope between the consent he must win and the control he must exert.

Golf is a thinking man's game. You can have all the shots in the bag, but if you don't know what to do with them, you've got troubles.

Pete Rose came over to the Phillies in '79 and he became the catalyst that helped us to put it all together.

I think this can be a championship team. But we do have to take it one game at a time. You can't look at the end of the road before you get the next foot in.

Live as if you were living already for the second time.

So what I did on the field was the essence of what I am. Remember me like that.

The sport [football] is simply more and more identified with violence, both in its inherent nature and in its savage personnel... [The National Football League] now needs a guardian, not a CEO.

You can never learn less; you can only learn more. The reason I know so much is because I have made so many mistakes.

To have no heroes is to have no aspiration, to live on the momentum of the past, to be thrown back upon routine, sensuality, and the narrow self.

True eloquence consists in saying all that should be said, and that only.

You may be big in New York, but in Walters, Oklahoma, you're nobody.

There is no position in sport as noble as goaltending.

Hell no. When I die I want to be sick.

No man is entirely worthless, he can always serve as a bad example.

The evolution of the sport is so fast, if you slow down for a second, you're past.

Back in the day you wanted your albums to have a theme, and 'Sports' theme was really a collection of singles. It was really a record for its time.

As far as I'm concerned, Aaron is the best ball player of my era. He is to baseball of the last fifteen years what Joe DiMaggio was before him. He's never received the credit he's due.

I enjoy playing the game. It's hard for me to just watch it, even while broadcasting.

Normally, racing drivers come from a long line of previous successful sports people.

I never wear a watch, because I always know it's now - and now is when you should do it.

Modeling is a way for me to continue with my sport, the hours are flexible and you can earn good money through photographic modeling and the catwalk

He can have heart, he can hit harder and he can be stronger, but there's no fighter smarter than me.

If you're not prepared, it's not pressure you feel, it's fear.

Extreme sport has only ever been about goals and the ways to achieve these goals. Adrenaline plays a part, but it's never in the foreground.

Sports provide girls with the opportunity to develop a better relationship with their bodies. They can be aggressive on the court, be strong and still be feminine.

And that is the reason why this victory is great, because different players have made contributions to the win.

I don't think the discus will ever attract any interest until they let us start throwing them at one another.

Sports are not about awards or world championships, though those are great. They're about the relationships we have with each other.

Number four, we're going to play like winners, play the game the way it's meant to be played. Don't get full of yourself if something good happens. Don't get too depressed when something bad happens.

I prefer other people to make judgments about the way I play and to characterize me, rather me describe myself.

I don't play the sport for fame. I don't try to win tournaments for fame. I don't do any of that. It's just me. I'm just Bubba. I goof around. I joke around. I just want to be me and play golf.

Listen, if you start worrying about the people in the stands, before too long you're up in the stands with them.

If we can't help our family, who are we going to help?

Everybody thinks this is a tough man's sport. This is not a tough man's sport. This is a thinking man's sport. A tough man is gonna get hurt real bad in this sport.

I've always had a determination to perfect whatever I'm doing. If I can't do something, I work on it until I figure it out.

When I was in prison, I was wrapped up in all those deep books. That Tolstoy crap - people shouldn't read that stuff.

I still learn, but I think it's the best thing in life to have a kid.

They would almost throw the cops in jail when they tried to arrest me.

Sport is singularly able to give us peak experience where we feel completely one with the world and transcend all conflicts as we finally become our own potential.

Love soothes wounds, while hatred and violence deepen them.

The playoffs are the wedge between the season and the World Series. If you lose, it means you won't be going to the greatest sports event in this country...You're forgotten by Thanksgiving.

I love this sport and I absolutely love the support you guys give me; and I will continue to do it until I can't.

Sports serve society by providing vivid examples of excellence.

I know how difficult my rookie year in the NFL was and I know how competitive this sport is.

The smaller the ball used in the sport, the better the book.

The coach doesn't have to play the sport as well as you do. They have to watch you and get you to be your best.

The Mets have shown me more ways to lose than I even knew existed.

I love winning and any team I'm on, I expect to win.

You had to decompress the pressure before the race. I taught my heart to relax. I lay down before the race. It gave me more energy just before the race.