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Sports Quotes



"I think the Commissioner is taking the steps necessary to give the game back to the players and the fans and hopefully take the league to the next level."


"There are great amateur bodies that have good programs right from the grassroots level to professionals."


"We all know that girls who compete in sports perform better in school, are physically healthier and have a stronger self-esteem."


"I mean, I think I just it added to my excitement to playing today, and just going out there and doing the best I could, and no matter what happened, the end of the day was going to be a good end."



"The playoffs are the playoffs. You just play who is put in front of you."



"The Yankees won the pennant, we went on to the World Series, 41 years after that in the city of Toronto. The great city of Toronto, and all the provinces in Canada, everybody reached out and they were excited because we won the first World Series ever, across the border."


"You know, we don't look much alike, but Denzel Washington would make a great sports agent."



"It's always good to win a Test match and if you win it comfortably, it can leave a few psychological marks on opposition sides."


"To be a professional tennis player you need to put in these sort of hours."



"Our centers spread the floor, shoot the three and block shots. We can play pick and pop."


"How you played in yesterday's game is all that counts."


"The situation was, the team I was on when I got injured went down to the lower leagues. In America, they don't have that relegation, so when the team went down to the lower region, every player has his value, and they went off and sold any player who had value."


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


"Companies that support sports developmental programs in our communities should also be applauded."


"Cobb lived off the field as though he wished to live forever. He lived on the field as though it was his last day."


"To be a great game, one of the teams has to score first."


"On my morning run, I listen to sports talk radio."


"True sportsmanship is excellence in motion!"


"Forty years ago the chances of journalists reporting - or the authorities even prosecuting - a pro athlete were practically nil."



"My main idea was to create a sports facility for the basics. This is why I established the club."


"A true champion is one that accepts defeat the same manner he accepts winning."


"I've lived for 10 years in Switzerland, so I speak German."


"Marathon running, like golf, is a game for players, not winners. That is why Callaway sells golf clubs and Nike sells running shoes. But running is unique in that the world's best racers are on the same course, at the same time, as amateurs, who have as much chance of winning as your average weekend warrior would scoring a touchdown in the NFL."


"There were butterflies, otherwise, you're not really ready to play. The locker room, I remember, was quiet and we were very focused on playing that game."


"I'm not really interested in sports psychology. It makes me feel like a crazy person."


"First of all, a player has to know what is banned and what is not banned."


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


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