Sports Quotes

Brooks Robinson belongs in a higher league.

But I haven't met a player or a coach whose goal isn't to win the Super Bowl.

Pro football was taking off when I became commissioner, and when a sport's successful and you're its chief executive officer, much of the credit flows to you and you develop a good track record.

If Davis Cup was a little bit less or once every two years, I would be more inclined to play. But the way it is now, it is too much tennis for me.

When you retire you want to get as far away as possible from the game for a couple of years.

There's always one shot that I can rely on when I'm not hitting the ball that well, is my serve.

I am going to hold serve the majority of the time. It is nice to have a little time to return serve.

We are not primarily put on this earth to see through one another, but to see one another through.

We had a great group of guys when I was there, five of us, I think. It's a great competition. Every practice was hard. I think that's helped us a lot, everybody that was there.

In life, and in sports, we all know that nothing lasts forever.

Selecting the right person for the right job is the largest part of coaching.

Life is a full-contact sport, and there's a score up on the board.

As concerning football, I protest unto you that it may rather be called a friendly kind of fight than a play or recreation - a bloody and murdering practise than a fellowly sport or pastime.

Sport is the habitual and voluntary cultivation of intensive physical effort.

I was so surprised. Then again, I was so relaxed in the water, it felt amazing

But at three, four, five, and even six years the childish nature will require sports; now is the time to get rid of self-will in him, punishing him, but not so as to disgrace him.

It is unbecoming for a cardinal to ski badly.

Sport, rightly conceived, is an occupation carried out by the whole man.

What do you mean you have my children at the police station? Why are my kids at the police station?

And still I'm not completely happy with my skating. I always feel I can do more and climb higher.

I don't care what the critics say or think because I care for and love my fans.

I started taking ballet lessons when I was three and a half and I still take dance classes.

Now, I don't make decisions as fast as I used to.

No, I'm not coaching. It's a huge responsibility to coach somebody.

Pairs skating and singles are two different things. Although some skaters have achieved this successfully, it is a very difficult transition. You’re looking at double work.

I've been around tennis, and I have a feeling for the sport. I still play tennis, and I can still do a lot of harm to a lot of people.

And from that nineteen sixty four, this was my goal to go to Olympic Games. And I realized what does it mean, Olympic Games, like big celebration.

I am not interested in medals or titles. I dont need them. I need the love of the public and I fight for it.

And, in nineteen seventy two Olympic Games I wasn't really going to be a star, and overnight I became a star.

But let me do I will show the world what gymnastics looks like. Well may be this is a future gymnastics.

How many people in the world is, each of them is individual. And I like to eat bread, somebody don't like that. You know this is the same in gymnastics.

I would say this is not negative this is h, a hard part in gymnastics. You can't eat, whatever you want to eat. And what kind of meal you're supposed to have, you can't.

Finally I almost dropped gymnastics because I couldn't live without create, and you know, and then, all public in the world start to say, we don't want to see gymnastics without Olga.

And I suggested to change very simple way to Olympic Games, in one competition, two different levels. Separate from, until sixteen, and after sixteen years old.

Surely the best way to meet the enemy is head on in the field and not wait till they plunder our very homes.

The sports of children satisfy the child.

I was never good at sports. I was never good at exams, because they didn't understand dyslexia.

Dwell not too long upon sports: for as they refresh a man that is weary, so they weary a man that is refreshed.

I think a big part of our attraction to sport movies are the stories contained within the sports.

Tennis is a hard sport. There is a lot of competition all year and you play alone.

I respect the Hall of Fame, and if they think that I'm worthy enough, I would be very honored. And if they don't, I gave it all that I had to this game.

When I testified in front of Congress, I know that I was testifying under oath and I told the truth.

The tragedy of all of this is that it happened to me and it shouldn't have happened. It ruined my life and my career. That's the tragedy of this.

Yes, but I - you know, it's been such a long time, I'm sure that I've got cousins and uncles that I've never met before, you know, that I've left behind.

Baseball gets better for whatever reason.

I still feel like I can play defense at first base at a very high level

They try to say this era was a tainted era. But so many great players played in the last 15 to 20 years. This is going to be the best era in the history of the game in my opinion

A day for toil, an hour for sport, but for a friend is life too short.

There is no life without sport and no sport without competition.

Just like music, sports elevates us to new levels of achievment.