Best 7068 quotes in «sports quotes» category

There are two things that come very easily to me: rooting for New York sports teams and making mistakes.

There are two sides to a pancake. One is brown and fluffy; the other is burnt.

There are viable (and usually better) alternatives to the use of animals for food, sport, clothing, & experimentation. I beg you to discontinue any actions that might cause or condone animal torture, abuse, or destruction.

There are very few sports where you can find that tranquility. Some people find that in golf, but when you're in the water it's such a difference from the golf course or the basketball court. That's what makes surfing unique over any other sport.

The reason I am here, they tell me, is that I played the game a certain way, that I played the game the way it was supposed to be played.

The reason I think I'm a good pitcher is I locate my fastball and I change speeds. Period. That's what you do to pitch. That's what pitchers have to do to win games

The reason sport is attractive to many of the general public is that it's filled with reversals. What you think may happen doesn't happen. A champion is beaten, an unknown becomes a champion.

The reason most people play golf is to wear clothes they would not be caught dead in otherwise.

The reason we call that pitch up and in is because the arms are attached to the shoulder.

The records I always maintained were there to serve just one purpose - that was to be broken

There can only be democracy when money is not allowed to be spent in Politics.

There comes a time where next to everyone will resort to techniques that enhance cognitive, mental including emotive, physical, and other capacities. When this has happened, if not before, the ban on doping in sport will have been lifted.

The referee is going to be the most important person in the ring tonight besides the fighters.

There has always been a saying in baseball that you can't make a hitter, but I think you can improve a hitter. More than you can improve a fielder. More mistakes are made hitting than in any other part of the game.

There have been many frustrating games. I don't there's going to be another one that isn't frustrating. That happens, but that's sport. Otherwise why would there be so much glory in victory.

There has never been a great athlete who died not knowing what pain is.

There have been a few players described as the new George Best over the years, but this is the first time its been a compliment to me.

There is a huge responsibility on all of us to get England through. It would be one of the biggest disasters in sports history if we blew it and we must make sure it does not happen.

There is a lot of pressure on tennis players like other sports that are singular like you're not on a team. When all the pressure rides on your shoulders, it can be a lot different. Team sports you share those moments with the teammates. You share the pressures. You share the wins. You share the losses. You have a coach that can change the course of matches. But in tennis you're out there by yourself. There are no caddies. There are no coaches. You do it alone in the arena and I think that ups the ante a little bit.

There is among us a far closer relationship than the purely social one of a fraternal organization because we are bound together not only by a single interest but by a common goal. To win. Nothing else matters, and nothing else will do.

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

There is a one woman in China that claimed she paid $50 to get my e-mail address. It was pretty shocking. I got one this morning from Scotland. A girl's requesting a signed photo of me.

There is a timelessness about sport. Like music and art, it is a quality that cuts across generations and nations. It provides a link between Australians of succeeding generations whether urging on a Donald Bradman or cheering and rejoicing in the America's Cup victory. Call it the spirit, the soul of sport - it will be in 2001 the same as it was in 1901.

There is a very special place in the Australian psyche for sport. It is one of the pillars of the Australian way of life. You don't really understand what makes the Australian nation tick unless you understand the great affection Australians have for sport.

There is much romanticism about Formula One of the past. Today it has to be more of a family sport, not less. It is a fixture in the Sunday afternoon TV programmes, and probably flamboyance - those white silk suits and devil-may-care attitudes - would be outworn attributes today.

There is no age, height, or weight requirement to skate. It is good exercise no matter what your age is. If you want to be competitive, most start young. But, I practice with many adult competitors.

There is no cheap way to achieve the ability to turn pro in tennis; it unfortunately is more expensive than team sports.

There is no continuum for success. Focus on the progress, not the results.

There is no doubt about how hard it is to stay on top in any sport, but to do it in an individual sport for the majority of your career, it is not easy.

There is no fun equal to the satisfaction of doing one's best. The things that are most worthwhile in life are really those within the reach of almost every normal human being who cares to seek them out.

There is no greater anesthetic than sport.

There is no harm in dreaming of becoming the world's best player. It is all about trying to be the best. I will keep working hard to achieve it but it is within my capabilities.

There is no law, divine or human, that the saloon respects.

There is no great sport in having bullets flying about one in every direction, but I find they have less horror when among them than when in anticipation.

There is no life for girls in team sports past Little League. I got into tennis when I realized this, and because I thought golf would be too slow for me, and I was too scared to swim.

There is no higher religion than human service. To work for the common good is the greatest creed.

There is no need for me continuing unless I'm able to improve.

There is no more exciting sport than flying, for if you lose, you die.

There is no position in sport as noble as goaltending.

There is no physical punishment in chess; suffering goes on inside the mind. You defend a bad position for hours, you suffer. You lose, you suffer like in any other sport. Suffering euphoria comes when the opponent blunders in a winning position, but it is undeserved.

There is no similarity between golf and putting; they are two different games, one played in the air, and the other on the ground.

There is no room in baseball for discrimination. It is our national pastime and a game for all.

There is no sport in hate where all the rage Is on one side.

There is no sports event like Opening Day of baseball, the sense of beating back the forces of darkness and the National Football League.

There is no such thing as a successful defense.

There is no such thing as 'staying in shape;' you either work to get better, or you allow yourself to get worse.

There is no substitute for excellence. Not even success.

There is no such thing as life in-between.

There is no such thing as natural touch. Touch is something you create by hitting millions of golf balls.

There is nothing more exciting in sport when the top two countries in the world are battling for the Ashes