694 private quotes tagged sports

“As a kid who wasn't into sports, at school I felt almost alienated at times, whereas in the theatre community there was this amazing sense of camaraderie. Early on, we would go to rehearsals with my dad and I was like the mascot for the backstage crew. That was a big part of my childhood, so I dreamed of one day doing a play in London.”— Zach Braff

“So I developed very early a massive inferiority complex, and I've told the story often about how that inspired me later in life to get involved in other things, because I couldn't out-do my brothers in sports, and it's a very competitive relationship.”— George J. Mitchell

“You'll be dedicated and that's what you should want to be in anything in life - whether it's sports or academics or your relationship. It all stems from finding that fun, that thrill, that excitement.”— Brandi Chastain

“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.”— Claudio Reyna

“Baseball players are smarter than football players. How often do you see a baseball team penalized for too many men on the field?”— Jim Bouton

“I do not like sports, unless you consider treating all humankind with love and respect a sport.”— Todd Barry

“Sports are a microcosm of society.”— Billie Jean King

“Adversity causes some men to break others to break records.”— William Arthur Ward

“Most Indians go into education. Their parents just push them into education like parents in Australia push them into sports.”— Mahesh Bhupathi

“Hockey is a sport for white men. Basketball is a sport for black men. Golf is a sport for white men dressed like black pimps.”— Tiger Woods

“I went to a football school, which meant that I went to a university that served up education and was simultaneously operating a sports franchise.”— Susan Orlean

“I'm sort of like a lame, single guy in a red sports car.”— Billy Corgan

“Baseball is a game where a curve is an optical illusion, a screwball can be a pitch or a person, stealing is legal and you can spit anywhere you like except in the umpire's eye or on the ball.”— James Patrick Murray

“If winning isn't everything, why do they keep score?”— Vince Lombardi

“Sports nurtures dreams of achieving self confidence and masculine striving for the skinny kid watching a boxer dance around the ring with sublime ease.”— Armstrong Williams

“People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring.”— Rogers Hornsby

“In the United States, we spend millions of dollars on sports because it promotes teamwork, discipline, and the experience of learning to make great progress in small increments. Learning to play music does all this and more.”— Linda Ronstadt

“I want to rip out his heart and feed it to Lennox Lewis. I want to kill people. I want to rip their stomachs out and eat their children.”— Mike Tyson

“You can't put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get.”— Michael Phelps

“That's what we need nowadays, is more children that have goals other than being a sports figure or some kind of celebrity. I think it's great that a kid wants to learn more and wants to be at the peak of learning, especially at that young.”— Joe Nichols

“Winning is habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.”— Vince Lombardi

“If a lot of people gripped a knife and fork the way they do a golf club, they'd starve to death.”— Sam Snead

“Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they've got a second.”— William James

“There's three things men always talk about - women, sports, and cars.”— Mario Lopez

“I think exercise tests us in so many ways, our skills, our hearts, our ability to bounce back after setbacks. This is the inner beauty of sports and competition, and it can serve us all well as adult athletes.”— Peggy Fleming