Sports Quotes
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Some of the authorities would like to remove rhythmic gymnastics from the list of Olympic sports and turn it into art. I think this would be wrong, as rhythmic gymnastics is a true sport - we train around six hours per day and sometimes spend entire days in the gym.
 Yana Kudryavtseva
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I live by 'Go big or go home.' That's with everything. It's like either commit and go for it or don't do it at all. I apply that to everything. I apply that to relationships, I apply that to like sports, I apply that to everything. That's what I live by. That's how I like it.
 Paul Walker
					 
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I do Pilates. And that's best for me... because I can't really do any other sports any more because of my muscles.
 Barbara Palvin
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I was the kid who would join a sports team and be the biggest liability at first and a star player by the time the game got going. I just move very slowly.
 Bill Pullman
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When I came to America in 1978, I was a huge sports fan - the problem was, my sport was cricket. Shockingly enough, no one wanted to talk cricket with me!
 Indra Nooyi
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Soccer and cricket were my main sports growing up. I had trials as a soccer player with a few clubs interested, Crystal Palace being one, but it was cricket which became my chosen profession.
 Ian Botham
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I love sports because it takes me away from reality, and I tell people, 'No matter how bad your life is, if you are having problems at home, you are having problems at work, that's the beauty of sports.'
 Charles Barkley
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There is talk that badminton may not make it as a sport in the 2020 Olympics. We must bear in mind that other sports are strongly lobbying to be included.
 Taufik Hidayat
					 
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If you're a sports fan, it is really cool when you see the best-on-best for hockey at the Olympics.
 Gary Bettman
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He's going to be around a long, long time, if his body holds up. That's always a concern with a lot of players because of how much they play. A lot of guys can't handle it. But it looks like he can.
 Jack Nicklaus
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I think tennis is very different than most of the other sports when you have the opportunity to go pro. For me, it was pretty simple. Tennis was always an individual sport, and your direct results determined where you could go and what you could do.
 Katrina Adams
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I do enjoy playing some sports, even though none of them are organized. I enjoy football most of all.
 Nathan Kress
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The sports space is so full of opinion that you aren't hearing from the athletes just speaking for themselves. We are such a Twitter-oriented society with radio talk shows, TV talk shows and social media - what you are missing is the authentic, unfiltered aspect of who these people are.
 Hannah Storm
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Sports movies are a genre that I really respond to, but they can be done really poorly and really fall short. The good ones are just so good and inspiring and make you feel good.
 David Walton
					 
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I have to move on now as there is no point to dwell on the past. I have a few days to refocus and get ready for the 200 meters on Friday. After this I have the 4×100-meter and a few other races before the end of the season.
 Usain Bolt
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If you don't demand that your people maintain. High performances to remain on your team, Why should they be proud of the association?
 Lou Holtz
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I have a couple of friends who have gone pro in sports, and if you are off by an inch, it's an entire mindgame for the next week. That's how it works: like, your whole world is based around an inch. Being an actor, your whole world turns on an inch, too.
 Johnny Simmons
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When you have a father and a mother who work all their lives so you can have an education and build your body - it's a blessing.
 Lou Gehrig
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Actually, I always dreamed about getting a gold medal in the 100-meter freestyle in Olympic swimming. I always thought that would be the epic award in sports to get.
 Chris Klein
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Good sports facilities are a blessing.
 Kapil Dev
					 
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Kids tend to look up to sports figures and entertainers, probably more than they should, but I've tried to use that in a positive way.
 Warren Moon
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It is surprising how many professional athletes, along with their families and friends, are gaga over movie and music stars, and the reverse is true with entertainers and sports stars.
 Cheech Marin
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New York is great, but the New England fans are probably the most knowledgeable and ardent fans, and not just in baseball, but all sports. But Red Sox Nation is Red Sox Nation.
 Dick Williams
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I know many sports fans that don't enjoy soccer. The argument is that there's no action, not enough of it.
 Rabih Alameddine