Top sports Quotes Collection - Page 4

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Image of James Surowiecki
Nike used to be known as Blue Ribbon Sports. What's now Sara Lee used to be Consolidated Foods. And Exxon was once Standard Oil Company of New Jersey. These were name changes that worked. But for all the ones that do, there are 10 or 20 that don't.
- James Surowiecki
Collection: Sports
Image of Deion Sanders
I don't care what they say about me when I'm through with sports. I don't want to be known as anything else in life but a great father.
- Deion Sanders
Collection: Sports
Image of Vincent Kompany
Someone might come close to dying, and they'll enjoy life much more than everyone else. I came close to the death of my sports career, and I enjoy everything coming my way.
- Vincent Kompany
Collection: Sports
Image of Kurt Russell
For guys playing sports at a high level, for money, I can't put my finger on it, but in a man's world of sport, there is something visceral to beating another man.
- Kurt Russell
Collection: Sports
Image of Haruki Murakami
Team sports aren't my thing. I find it easier to pick something up if I can do it at my own speed. And you don't need a partner to go running, you don't need a particular place, like in tennis, just a pair of trainers.
- Haruki Murakami
Collection: Sports
Image of Neil Peart
It was actually drumming that gave me the stamina to get into sports later. I started playing drums at 13, and when I got to the international touring level... I got interested in cross-country skiing, long-distance swimming, bicycling... things that require stamina, not finesse.
- Neil Peart
Collection: Sports
Image of Renee Rapp
My sophomore year, I transferred from a public high school to an arts school, and, obviously, it didn't have any sports for me to do.
- Renee Rapp
Collection: Sports
Image of Rei Kawakubo
The most successful achievers in sports are people that are really driven and have that spirit of hunger.
- Rei Kawakubo
Collection: Sports
Image of Bill Simmons
You always hear that tragedies put sports in perspective, that they prove we shouldn't care this much about the successes and failures of a bunch of wealthy strangers. I'm going the other way - sometimes, sports put everything else in perspective.
- Bill Simmons
Collection: Sports
Image of Bobby Orr
We're going to have more kids playing, and we're going to have a better chance of finding those players Minor sports in a community is for fun and recreation. For everyone.
- Bobby Orr
Collection: Sports
Image of Dave Barry
The problem with winter sports is that - follow me closely here - they generally take place in winter.
- Dave Barry
Collection: Sports
Image of Billie Jean King
Women's sports is still in its infancy. The beginning of women's sports in the United States started in 1972, with the passage of Title 9 for girls to finally get athletic scholarships.
- Billie Jean King
Collection: Sports
Image of Gal Gadot
I danced for 12 years, and I played a lot team sports: basketball, volleyball.
- Gal Gadot
Collection: Sports
Image of Stone Cold Steve Austin
I'm telling you, there have been some great finishers in the world of pro wrestling or sports entertainment. Whatever you want to call it. Man, I enjoyed the Iron Claw back in the day. I believed it was real.
- Stone Cold Steve Austin
Collection: Sports
Image of Tony Dorsett
My four older brothers were my favorite players. That's why I got into football and sports.
- Tony Dorsett
Collection: Sports
Image of Kenny Omega
In high school, despite my involvement on four different sports teams, I threw my duties of being a jock out the window and spent my spare time in wrestling training or on the PS2.
- Kenny Omega
Collection: Sports
Image of Venus Williams
Sports are a great place to show that equality can happen.
- Venus Williams
Collection: Sports
Image of Kim Yuna
Where there is peace, there is sports; where there is sports, there is peace. Peace is what allows us, especially young people, to dream, go after one's goals and prepare you for the next challenge in life.
- Kim Yuna
Collection: Sports
Image of Willie Mays
When I was in Birmingham I used to go to a place called Redwood Field. I used to get there for a two o'clock game. Where can you make this kind of money playing sports? It was just a pleasure to go out and enjoy myself and get paid for it.
- Willie Mays
Collection: Sports
Image of Charles Barkley
I think sports has done a disservice for a lot of black kids thinking they can only be successful through athletics and entertainment. I want them to know they can be doctors, lawyers, teachers, fireman, police officers, etc.
- Charles Barkley
Collection: Sports
Image of Shannon Sharpe
Of all the four major sports, whether you like Ted Williams, Carl Yastrzemski, maybe you like Bobby Orr, or you like Larry Bird or Tom Brady - Bill Russell is the greatest athlete to play in Boston.
- Shannon Sharpe
Collection: Sports
Image of Retief Goosen
Traveling around, it's difficult to follow much TV. Mainly I'm somebody who watches sports.
- Retief Goosen
Collection: Sports
Image of Roger Goodell
It's not just the NFL. Every other league has a draft. It has been fundamental to the success of professional sports.
- Roger Goodell
Collection: Sports
Image of Venus Williams
In the sports arena I would say there is nothing like training and preparation. You have to train your mind as much as your body.
- Venus Williams
Collection: Sports
Image of Steve Blake
I'm pretty quiet. But I love to play sports. I like playing all sports. I'll act goofy at times around my wife and my son, around my own family. I like to have fun in general.
- Steve Blake
Collection: Sports
Image of Shigeru Miyamoto
I never really participated in specific sports or anything, but once I hit 40, I started to get a little bit more active and began swimming more.
- Shigeru Miyamoto
Collection: Sports
Image of Jeff Garcia
Part of my growing up was always trying to make my parents proud and always trying to keep them happy. I think part of what held them together was my involvement in sports.
- Jeff Garcia
Collection: Sports
Image of Joel Silver
I never really was that passionate about playing sports. But when I was at this Mt. Herman school, I did have the ability to throw the frisbee. So when this sport evolved, it was fun because I was good at it.
- Joel Silver
Collection: Sports
Image of Ryan Sheckler
I am so grateful to everybody that supports the Sheckler Foundation, and gives us the ability to continue to help kids and injured action sports athletes.
- Ryan Sheckler
Collection: Sports
Image of Jack Markell
Delaware is the only state east of the Rockies that is allowed under federal law to offer sports betting.
- Jack Markell
Collection: Sports
Image of Rick Snyder
But as a practical matter, Detroit's the sports city in the country.
- Rick Snyder
Collection: Sports
Image of Rick Snyder
So if you want great sports, Michigan's the place to be.
- Rick Snyder
Collection: Sports
Image of Hope Solo
I hate the cliche of 'just have fun,' but what I've seen in today's sports, especially with parents, is they put so much pressure on the kids.
- Hope Solo
Collection: Sports
Image of Harvey Weinstein
There are two things that come very easily to me: rooting for New York sports teams and making mistakes.
- Harvey Weinstein
Collection: Sports
Image of Jimmy Wales
I have zero interest in sports of any kind - professional, college or international.
- Jimmy Wales
Collection: Sports
Image of Dennis Miller
I had fun pretending to be a sportscaster. People always think that was a down thing for me. I had the best job in sports broadcasting for two years.
- Dennis Miller
Collection: Sports
Image of Stedman Graham
Sports isn't just a part of life. It's not life itself.
- Stedman Graham
Collection: Sports
Image of Stedman Graham
So while you're an athlete, and you have that platform, what you want to be able to do is make it work for you as much as possible, because there's going to be life after sports.
- Stedman Graham
Collection: Sports
Image of Louis C. K.
Breaking records is not something you expect to be doing. That's like a sports thing, it's not usually a comedy and writing thing.
- Louis C. K.
Collection: Sports
Image of Joaquin Phoenix
There are kids who get on a BMX bike when they're eight years old and they go, 'Whoa, this is incredible,' and grow up to do extreme sports. It's the same for me with acting.
- Joaquin Phoenix
Collection: Sports
Image of Billie Joe Armstrong
The things that people do now in sports, you can't even believe. These are complete total athletes. To see what human beings can do in the highest level is amazing.
- Billie Joe Armstrong
Collection: Sports
Image of Rene Redzepi
I started my cooking 'career' aged 15, almost 20 years ago. At the time it was quite a shock suddenly working 75 to 80 hours a week, without time to play football or other sports.
- Rene Redzepi
Collection: Sports
Image of Mindy Kaling
I'm not good at anything except writing jokes. I wasn't good at sports, I wasn't good at anything artsy, ever. I think there was a real worry for a while about what I would be good at. I was just this chubby little Indian kid who looked like a nerd.
- Mindy Kaling
Collection: Sports
Image of Ted Turner
I've had the good fortune to have a much more diverse life than most people would, professional sports and television and news and movies.
- Ted Turner
Collection: Sports
Image of Bernadine Dohrn
I'm so unhappy with electoral politics that I switched to sports radio.
- Bernadine Dohrn
Collection: Sports
Image of Rory McIlroy
I receive huge support from Irish and British sports fans alike and it is greatly appreciated. Likewise I feel I have a great affinity with the American sports fans. I play most of my golf in the U.S. nowadays and I am incredibly proud to have won the U.S. Open and U.S. PGA Championship in the last two years.
- Rory McIlroy
Collection: Sports
Image of Kim Alexis
A supermodel needed to be able to be on 'Sports Illustrated,' to be able to walk runways, to be able to do beauty ads, to be on covers. And the girls now can no longer be on covers and be in the ads because your actresses have taken over all the jobs. I don't know what happened, but we want our jobs back.
- Kim Alexis
Collection: Sports
Image of Curt Schilling
There's not a long track record of people leaving professional sports to become a software developer.
- Curt Schilling
Collection: Sports
Image of Arlen Specter
Americans' addiction to sports, with the NFL at the top, is based on the excitement generated by the potential for the unexpected great play which can only happen with honest competition from great athletes.
- Arlen Specter
Collection: Sports