Sports Quotes | Beyond Motive 11/15

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Sports Quotes

"I know Koufax' weakness. He can't hit."

"I know Koufax' weakness. He can't hit."

Whitey Ford, American Athlete

Sports, Weakness

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"A good fighter usually knows, to within a very few seconds, when a three-minute round is going to end."

"A good fighter usually knows, to within a very few seconds, when a three-minute round is going to end."

Jack Dempsey, American Athlete

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"I came from such a simple origin, without any great privilege, and I would say I also wanted to make a mark. It wasn't until I was about 15 that I appeared in a race."

"I came from such a simple origin, without any great privilege, and I would say I also wanted to make a mark. It wasn't until I was about 15 that I appeared in a race."

Roger Bannister, British Athlete

Sports, Privilege, Race

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"But every day I tell my story, and be comfortable with my story and be comfortable with what I've done, and what I did, and how I am today, it lessens the likelihood it will ever happen."

"But every day I tell my story, and be comfortable with my story and be comfortable with what I've done, and what I did, and how I am today, it lessens the likelihood it will ever happen."

Lawrence Taylor, American Athlete

Sports, Day, Today, Will

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"I don't think we should tell them what we're going to do in advance. Let them think. Worry. Wonder. Uncertainty is the most chilling thing of all."

"I don't think we should tell them what we're going to do in advance. Let them think. Worry. Wonder. Uncertainty is the most chilling thing of all."

Vernon A. Walters, American Soldier

Sports, Uncertainty, Wonder, Worry

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"I was a lousy hitter in May doing the same things that made me a great hitter in June."

"I was a lousy hitter in May doing the same things that made me a great hitter in June."

Carl Yastrzemski, American Athlete

Sports, June, May

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"All us Youngs could throw. I used to kill squirrels with a stone when I was a kid, and my granddad once killed a turkey buzzard on the fly with a rock."

"All us Youngs could throw. I used to kill squirrels with a stone when I was a kid, and my granddad once killed a turkey buzzard on the fly with a rock."

Cy Young, American Athlete

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"The doors fly open when you're a professional athlete."

"The doors fly open when you're a professional athlete."

Dennis Rodman, American Athlete

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"If you will play, you will shine. If you don't play, you will never shine. And that's why sports is important for overall development of an individual."

"If you will play, you will shine. If you don't play, you will never shine. And that's why sports is important for overall development of an individual."

Narendra Modi, Indian Leader

Sports, PersonalDevelopment, Governance, Integrity

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"I used to play a lot of racket sports, tennis and squash."

"I used to play a lot of racket sports, tennis and squash."

Jason Statham, British Actor

Sports, Play, Tennis

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"My biggest loss was the Olympics. I just can't forget losing. I never will."

"My biggest loss was the Olympics. I just can't forget losing. I never will."

Mark Spitz, American Athlete

Sports, Forget, Losing, Loss, Will

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"When they get a 50-inch waist and a gorilla butt, it's ugly looking - and I think bodybuilding has become ugly looking."

"When they get a 50-inch waist and a gorilla butt, it's ugly looking - and I think bodybuilding has become ugly looking."

Joe Gold, American Businessman

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"Pop flies, in a sense, are just a diversion for a second baseman. Grounders are his stock trade."

"Pop flies, in a sense, are just a diversion for a second baseman. Grounders are his stock trade."

Jackie Robinson, American Athlete

Sports, Flies, Sense, Trade

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"I'm a high-risk taker on the court in the sense of trying to squeeze things in there."

"I'm a high-risk taker on the court in the sense of trying to squeeze things in there."

Jason Kidd, American Athlete

Sports, Court, Sense, Trying

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"This illuminates not only fans' interest in major league teams but also the minors and even Little League."

"This illuminates not only fans' interest in major league teams but also the minors and even Little League."

John Thorn, American Historian

Sports, Fans, Interest

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"Just be patient. Let the game come to you. Don't rush. Be quick, but don't hurry."

"Just be patient. Let the game come to you. Don't rush. Be quick, but don't hurry."

Earl Monroe, American Athlete

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"My style is to keep folks in place who are good managers and want to win."

"My style is to keep folks in place who are good managers and want to win."

Tom Hicks, American Businessman

Sports, Managers, Style, Want

24

"I have a need to play intensely every day, to fight every match hard."

"I have a need to play intensely every day, to fight every match hard."

Zinedine Zidane, French Athlete

Sports, Day, Fight, Play

24

"We signed to play until the day we died, and we did."

"We signed to play until the day we died, and we did."

Jimmy Greaves, English Athlete

Sports, Day, Play

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"A great catch is like watching girls go by the last one you see is always the prettiest."

"A great catch is like watching girls go by the last one you see is always the prettiest."

Bob Gibson, American Athlete

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"But I'm not going to walk Barry Bonds, like some teams do, in the first inning with nobody on."

"But I'm not going to walk Barry Bonds, like some teams do, in the first inning with nobody on."

Frank Robinson, American Athlete

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"Complaining and arguing will not help. We are fully concentrating on the game against the Czechs."

"Complaining and arguing will not help. We are fully concentrating on the game against the Czechs."

Oliver Kahn, German Athlete

Sports, Complaining, Help, Will

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"And I realized that there was no sports reporter, so I started covering sporting events."

"And I realized that there was no sports reporter, so I started covering sporting events."

Ed Bradley, American Journalist

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"Can they do both? That's a huge balance, I think, with kids- trying to find the right- it's everything, you know, it's social life, it's academics, it's sports."

"Can they do both? That's a huge balance, I think, with kids- trying to find the right- it's everything, you know, it's social life, it's academics, it's sports."

Joan Cusack, American Actress

Sports, Life, Balance, Kids

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"I never slept when I lost. I'd see the sun come up without ever having closed my eyes. I'd see those base hits over and over and they would drive me crazy."

"I never slept when I lost. I'd see the sun come up without ever having closed my eyes. I'd see those base hits over and over and they would drive me crazy."

Robin Roberts, American Athlete

Sports, Eyes, Sun

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"Like I said, I'm just trying to continue to improve and get better."

"Like I said, I'm just trying to continue to improve and get better."

Karrie Webb, Australian Athlete

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"A lot of the high-level sports are really in your mind."

"A lot of the high-level sports are really in your mind."

Ronald Graham, American Mathematician

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"And then I got into sports and gave my guitar to my brother Jeff who was just a little kid at that time."

"And then I got into sports and gave my guitar to my brother Jeff who was just a little kid at that time."

Beau Bridges, American Actor

Sports, Time, Brother, Guitar

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"You can make plans but if the opposition plays well, then all your plans become worthless."

"You can make plans but if the opposition plays well, then all your plans become worthless."

David Gower, English Athlete

Sports, Opposition

24

"What's unfortunate about buying a pitcher for $12 million is that he carries no warranty."

"What's unfortunate about buying a pitcher for $12 million is that he carries no warranty."

Bob Verdi, American Journalist

24

"I always turn to the sports pages first, which records people's accomplishments. The front page has nothing but man's failures."

"I always turn to the sports pages first, which records people's accomplishments. The front page has nothing but man's failures."

Earl Warren, American Judge

Sports, People, Accomplishments, First

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"The memories of the Munich games for me are of triumph and tragedy."

"The memories of the Munich games for me are of triumph and tragedy."

Mark Spitz, American Athlete

Sports, Games, Memories, Tragedy

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"To be great we need to win games we aren't supposed to win."

"To be great we need to win games we aren't supposed to win."

Julius Erving, American Athlete

24

"The moguls are driven by their respective desires for profit - period."

"The moguls are driven by their respective desires for profit - period."

Todd Gitlin, American Sociologist

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"I have often repented speaking, but never of holding my tongue."

"I have often repented speaking, but never of holding my tongue."

Xenocrates, Greek Philosopher

24

"All sports for all people."

"All sports for all people."

Pierre de Coubertin, French Leader

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"Pete Rozelle used television to get the game to the American public by creating the Super Bowl and making it the biggest sporting event in the world."

"Pete Rozelle used television to get the game to the American public by creating the Super Bowl and making it the biggest sporting event in the world."

Will McDonough, American Writer

Sports, Public, Television, World

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"A light, tender, sensitive touch is worth a ton of brawn."

"A light, tender, sensitive touch is worth a ton of brawn."

Peter Thomson, Australian Athlete

Sports, Light, Worth

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"But I was so wrapped up in sports growing up as a kid, that I think I was going to grow to be a pro ball player. But I found out real quick that was not going to happen."

"But I was so wrapped up in sports growing up as a kid, that I think I was going to grow to be a pro ball player. But I found out real quick that was not going to happen."

Tim McGraw, American Musician

Sports, Growing up, Quick

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"I keep a lucky red rag in my pocket when I bat, which has been a good luck charm for a few years."

"I keep a lucky red rag in my pocket when I bat, which has been a good luck charm for a few years."

Steve Waugh, Australian Athlete

Sports, Charm, Luck, Years

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"I was the very first athlete in East Germany allowed to go professional."

"I was the very first athlete in East Germany allowed to go professional."

Katarina Witt, German Athlete

Sports, First, Germany

24

"And, in nineteen seventy two Olympic Games I wasn't really going to be a star, and overnight I became a star."

"And, in nineteen seventy two Olympic Games I wasn't really going to be a star, and overnight I became a star."

Olga Korbut, Russian Athlete

24

"I had slumps that lasted into the winter."

"I had slumps that lasted into the winter."

Bob Uecker, American Athlete

24

"Pretty much whoever wins the tournament at the end of the week is the guy that putted probably the best."

"Pretty much whoever wins the tournament at the end of the week is the guy that putted probably the best."

Retief Goosen, South African Athlete

Sports, End, Pretty

24

"Early in my career, I struggled with consistency, but I couldn't get more consistent than this year."

"Early in my career, I struggled with consistency, but I couldn't get more consistent than this year."

Roger Federer, Swiss Athlete

Sports, Consistency, Career

24

"I fancy our chances at the European Championships."

"I fancy our chances at the European Championships."

Frank Lampard, English Athlete

24

"You play to win, to get that World Series ring, All-Star games and whatever comes with it."

"You play to win, to get that World Series ring, All-Star games and whatever comes with it."

Nick Johnson, American Athlete

Sports, Games, Play, World

24

"I never played inside as a kid - even in the rain I'd go out."

"I never played inside as a kid - even in the rain I'd go out."

Anthony Doerr, American Writer

24

"Certainly, the poverty, the discrimination, the episodic unemployment could not but strike an inquiring youngster: why did these exist, and what could we do about them."

"Certainly, the poverty, the discrimination, the episodic unemployment could not but strike an inquiring youngster: why did these exist, and what could we do about them."

Joseph E. Stiglitz, American Economist

Sports, Discrimination, Poverty, Unemployment

24

"Bjorn was a different breed, I threw my best material at him, but he would never smile, but that added to the charm when he played me and Mac. We were going nuts and losing our mind and he was sitting back like he was on a Sunday stroll."

"Bjorn was a different breed, I threw my best material at him, but he would never smile, but that added to the charm when he played me and Mac. We were going nuts and losing our mind and he was sitting back like he was on a Sunday stroll."

Jimmy Connors, American Athlete

Sports, Charm, Losing, Mind, Smile

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