Sports Quotes - Page 105

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

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.

Competing against each other leaves little space for reciprocity and the growth of social capital. Running against another in a race may benefit our speed, but jointly organising the sports day produces cooperation and trust. There are many situations where cooperation and reciprocity are more effective than competition. Civic virtues come from building on what we have in common rather than by using our differences to create in-groups, outgroups and fear driven competition

To be a good sportsman, one must be a stoic and never show rancor in defeat, or triumph in victory, or irritation, no matter what annoyance is encountered. One who can not help sulking, or explaining, or protesting when the loser, or exulting when the winner, has no right to take part in games or contests.

I was always very physical, growing up, and did sports. I like to get out and do different things, and walk in different shoes. I like change. I like challenge.

When I get into a bad mood, I do sports and then everythings OK. And then I go and make decisions, however painful they may be.

The bottom line is that these athletes tend to be safer investments because they really value their marketing opportunities. They don't make as much money as during their active careers.

Either black people end up being the best in sports, or else it's show business. You know, we all got rhythm.

A good life is a collection of happy memories.

Racism is not about hurtful words, bruised feelings, political correctness, or refusing to call short people 'vertically challenged.' Racism is about the power to treat entire groups of people as something less than human—for the benefit of that power. That’s why a Native American sports mascot is far from harmless.

Killing animals for sport, for pleasure, for adventure, and for hides and furs is a phenomena which is at once disgusting and distressing. There is no justification in indulging is such acts of brutality.

I have my flaws too, but I am a professional who doesn't like to miss or lose.

I don't watch the news, I don't care about politics, I don't care about other sports.

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

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

The difference is almost all mental. The top players just hate to lose. I think that's the difference. A champion hates to lose even more than she loves to win.

If I weren't earning $3 million a year to dunk a basketball, most people on the street would run in the other direction if they saw me coming.

You gotta lose 'em some of the time. When you do, lose 'em right.

I think that it's perhaps harder to learn from victory than it is from defeat. I think that we don't want defeat. We don't want defeat in sport. We don't want defeat in life. How are we going to be beaten? All right. We have to deal with those things. What's going to cause us to lose the game, whatever the game might be?

I hate ready-made suits, button-down collars, and sports shirts.

He who gets the best players usually wins.

This must be how the guys in Space Jam felt when MJ gave them their powers back through that old basketball.

On Rafael Nadal: Every point he plays is like match point. That's why he's the champion right now.

Tennis is a traditional game. A big sport like tennis does not need too many changes. The game has become too fast, there are hardly any long, interesting rallies these days. So maybe slowing down the courts could help. But you can't really stop a sport from evolving.

I tell you that the curse of God Almighty is on the saloon.