Sports Quotes - Page 43

The tragedy in sports is seeing a team beaten not by a better team, but by themselves.

Ethnic prejudice has no place in sports, and baseball must recognize that truth if it is to maintain stature as a national game.

Don't fight the rabbits. If you fight the rabbits, the elephants are going to kill you.

It's blood, sweat, sometimes tears.

If we could have just screwed another head on his shoulders, he would have been the greatest golfer who ever lived.

Sport must be amateur or it is not sport. Sports played professionally are entertainment.

I believe in work, in connections between the players, I think what makes football great is that it is a team sport. You can win in different ways, by being more of a team, or by having better individual players. It is the team ethic that interests me, always.

You have to remember something: Everybody pities the weak; jealousy you have to earn.

You have no control over what the other guy does. You only have control over what you do.

I've always been a slave to my heart.

I play some fighting games, but mostly I just play sports.

I have long recognized a link between fitness and mental health and I think we need to encourage young people to take part in sports and team activities because we know it has such positive results.

My mom would never let us quit. She always taught us the importance of sticking with it, even when times are tough. We didn't just hear her, we watched her. I know what to do because she led the way. She showed us that if you put your mind to it, you can accomplish the world. No matter where you're from and what you're up against.

Sports are my passion and I really enjoy connecting with others who share my love of the game

I think sports gave me the first place where this awkward girl could feel comfortable in my own skin. I think that's true for a lot of women-sports gives you a part of your life where you can work at something and you look in the mirror and you like that person.

Soccer is a great game, and the rich variety of styles and passions that come with being truly global makes the World Cup a nonpareil event in the universe of competitive sport.

Don't be surprised if I demur, for, be advised my passport's green.

A guy that throws what he intends to throw, that's the definition of a good pitcher.

Competing in sports has taught me that if I'm not willing to give 120 percent, somebody else will.

Bodybuilding is not just a sport; it's a way of life. If every aspect of your life is not focused on making the sacrifices necessary to build your best physique, you will ultimately fail and never reach your full potential.

Every sport has its own cast of characters.

The NFL, like life, is full of idiots.

I never left the field saying I could have done more to get ready and that gives me peace of mind.

I saw my name: THOMAS, Petria. Saw my time, 57.72. Saw the number one next to them. I'd done it. Me! Petria Thomas, Olympic champion. The feeling inside was one of pure, utter joy. Excitement, disbelief, relief, hapiness, amazement, the whole works. Id worked so hard. I'd gone through so much, privately, publicly. I'd lost faith in myself and found it again. I'd sometimes stopped believing that I could do it and that I had a purpose in life. I'd come through the darkness, and this, this moment, was the sweetest, most amazing light there could possibly be. I was alive and loving it!

There are similarities between business and sport, in the pressures involved and in the fitness aspect too.