Sports Quotes

Basketball is sort of an interesting sport that, you know, the top player on your team makes so much more of an impact than the top player in any other sport.

To the people out there, baseball is a simple sport. But it is complex. It is never easy.

Sports has become such a big business that the line between journalism and being a broadcast partner for all intents and purposes has been obliterated.

I knew it was my time to retire, when I saw Messi running past me.

Survival is the main objective. There are going to be some awful days, I know that from my background in the sport.

My advice is that going to the Olympics and winning a gold medal are great goals, but the real goal should be to be the best that you can be.

I know how to win. I have been winning. I do win. Even in sports.

What a player does best, he should practice least. Practice is for problems.

I touched the wall and all my dreams, hopes and ambitions basically coalesced into one moment.

The Rock is, without a shadow of a doubt, the most electrifying man in sports entertainment today.

My constant prayer, these days, as I start my backswing is, 'Oh, please let me swing slowly.' The trouble is that sometimes I wonder whether I swing at all; whether I am not strictly a chopper.

You weren't s-- then, Tiger. You ain't s-- now. You ain't never gonna be s--.

Sport, which mimics the language and emotional intensity of war but eliminates the fatal destruction, may be a form of redemption.

I have been dealing with back problems since 1995 when I was with the Blackhawks, and I've only missed part of one season because of it. That was last season in Toronto.

When I came to America Al Unser, Jr. was very difficult. And Bobby Unser.

Your power play can win you games, and your penalty killers can save you games.

I look forward to proving something to myself and others.

Right now I'm happy to be on the ice anywhere, anytime.

Sparky's the only guy I know who's written more books than he's read.

To say that politics is not a part of sports is not being realistic. When I run, I am more than a runner. I am a diplomat, an ambassador for my country.

Floyd Mayweather is in the sport to give great performances.

Training's completely different now. It used to be a lot of running and work without the ball. Now it's all with the ball, which any player loves.

I was formerly so stuck into plans. I can now live more spontaneously. This I want not yet to give away.

There should be a new way to record standings in this league; one column for wins, one for losses and one for gifts.

Play him, fine him, and play him again.

Bowling is not a sport because you have to rent the shoes. When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops? This title offends all three major religions, and even vegetarians!

Sport is cultural. What the star athlete does helps to define the culture. What the star athlete does on a Canadian team, especially if he or she is Canadian, helps define Canadian-ness.

The aspect of sport that you learn is that you have your good times and your bad times, but you share it with great people.

Play not for gain, but sport. Who plays for more Than he can lose with pleasure, stakes his heart; Perhaps his wife's too, and whom she hath bore.

I had a great interest in sports. I had three older brothers who were great athletes. I was not.

The only reward in this game is winning. It's no fun to practice; it's no fun to play and lose.

My favorite sport is female and my favorite food is beer.

School cross country runs started because the rugby pitches were flooded. There was an alternative: extra studying. This meant there were plenty of runners on sports afternoons.

Footballers are an easy target. They are offered big lines of credit. Every sport is vulnerable; its such a big gambling industry, and there are problems with syndicates in other countries.

Putting 100 percent into your life, your work, or sport, doesn't give you the right to expect success at whatever you are trying to do - it just provides the opportunity.

In sports, people reach their peak very early. You have to move on. I don't know if I will ever surpass what I did at the Olympics, but I'm still doing the work I always wanted to do.

I'm a very intense person. When I go after something, I want to go after it with everything I have. I want to push myself to the edge.

I don't think there are many larger lessons to be found in sports.

Ever since I was young, I played sports.

I hope we've got a lot of fairways and greens. We'll go from there.

My commitment to the Olympics is not a political commitment. It's not a commitment to any particular social system or cultural idea. It is a commitment to sport.

In order to play some sports there's quite a big cost implication, whereas football is relatively cheap. All you need is a ball and a couple of jumpers to practise.

It wasn't as easy as you think. It's hard to stay awake that long.

There's an undeniable pleasure in stepping into an open-top sports car driven by a beautiful woman. It feels like you're climbing into a metaphor.

At the moment we have a ruling class that has one law and the people the other.

Anything that you want to write about you can write about in sports.

By the time a man can afford to lose a golf ball, he can't hit that far.

You can't just go outside and play hockey. It's more of an expensive sport.

He said, 'Gosh, Dad, that mean's we're not going to any more bowl games.'

Are you saying that the assistant had the answers all along, he just wasn't telling anyone?