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Sports Quotes


"If they asked me, I did two shifts. I did sports, I did news, because I loved it."


"Losing a game is heartbreaking. Losing your sense of excellence or worth is a tragedy."


"Barcelona are my favourite team in Spain, let's put it that way."


"Once Liverpool had asked me to sign again, there was no hesitation."


"I was only 24 then, but 18 of those 24 years had been dedicated to wanting to get to that moment."


"We didn't think he would play on Sunday because he was suspended - that makes me think he has all the qualities to join Arsenal!"



"I began playing in the Pacific Coast Indoor Tennis Championships."


"EA SPORTS has a strong partnership with adidas and through this relationship they approached adidas about using some of their top players from around the world."


"Been in this game one-hundred years, but I see new ways to lose 'em I never knew existed before."


"Tiger Woods is the only sports star who's worth every penny he makes."


"Sports do not build character. They reveal it."


"The Games were created for the glorification of the individual champion."


"Lots of young players have triumphed at United, so why can't it happen to me? I'm not worried I'm young - it's an incentive to do the best I can."


"Football fans share a universal language that cuts across many cultures and many personality types. A serious football fan is never alone. We are legion, and football is often the only thing we have in common."



"The Athletic Association competed against the University. So there was an event. You cannot break world records unless it is an established event, and you have three timekeepers, and the whole thing is organized."



"Professional sports are something they can't control."


"It's kind of ironic that the two sports with the greatest characters, boxing and horse racing, have both been on the decline. In both cases it's for the lack of a suitable hero."


"I think the National League has better biorhythms in July."



"I don't like my hockey sticks touching other sticks, and I don't like them crossing one another, and I kind of have them hidden in the corner. I put baby powder on the ends. I think it's essentially a matter of taking care of what takes care of you."


"I can't think of any NBA team over the last few years that lost three starters. And we replaced them basically with three guys who really haven't played in this league."


"I think it's as popular as it ever has been and it continues to grow as it does all around the world."


"I am still quick at 250 to 260 lbs and I am smarter."


"Several professional athletes have wrongly taught many young Americans by example that the only way to succeed in sports is to take steroids."


"I was maybe only 13 or 14 when I started to play junior tournaments."


"That's what amateur skating is about, technical expertise, and it should always stay that way."


"What a ball from Frank. Frank and I go back years. He used to do that when I was at Ajax."


"I like to walk around my apartment naked. I like sitting around in the nude watching sports, actually."


"These days the temptation to use steroids in sports has become too great for many young athletes."
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