Sports Quotes
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We make too much of winning. The mere fact of winning doesn't make you great.
Wilt Chamberlain
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I actually used to be a front for the largest national sports-betting syndicate in America.
Ashton Kutcher
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The machine may even carry mail is special cases. But the useful load will be very small. The machines will eventually be fast, they will be used in sport, but they are not to be thought of as commercial carriers.
Octave Chanute
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Baseball was the darling of all sports back then.
Marion Motley
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When I'm directing actors, I often find myself slipping in sports metaphors, like: 'Don't go for the punch line here, just put it up on a T-ball stand so she can hit it out of the park.'
Mark Waters
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Nothing is as good as it seems and nothing is as bad, but somewhere between reality falls.
Lou Holtz
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People have a hard time believing that, but not having a father around, being shy, I just never participated in sports much.
Chuck Norris
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I think most people don't even know what 'woo pig sooie' is if they're not a sports fan or they're not from Arkansas.
Matt Besser
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Detested sport, That owes its pleasures to another's pain.
William Cowper
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Sports and education, I think they overlap.
Jaylen Brown
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In Tulsa, it was sports or nothing.
Bill Hader
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Much of the pressure contemporary parents feel with respect to dressing children in designer clothes, teaching young children academics, and giving them instruction in sports derives directly from our need to use our children to impress others with our economic surplus. We find "good" rather than real reasons for letting our children go along with the crowd.
David Elkind
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I think that there are three incredible brands in the news and information space. I think ESPN owns sports; I think the Weather Channel owns weather, and I want CNN to own news and information in the global digital video space.
Jeff Zucker
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I gave birth to my first son in April 1986. I thought it would be a good goal to get back in shape after having a baby if I ran the New York City Marathon. I ran in it November 1986. I had just shot the 'Sports Illustrated' swimsuit issue, so I was in great shape.
Kim Alexis
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I think sports has done a disservice for a lot of black kids thinking they can only be successful through athletics and entertainment. I want them to know they can be doctors, lawyers, teachers, fireman, police officers, etc.
Charles Barkley
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Sports is like rock 'n' roll. Both are dominant cultural forces, both speak an international language, and both are all about emotions.
Phil Knight
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I hate ready-made suits, button-down collars, and sports shirts.
Bobby Fischer
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I played basketball in high school, and I love watching sports - I'll watch everything except maybe hockey.
Andy Roddick
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I enjoy sports in person.
Shania Twain
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I think that kids aren't even exploring the option of sports anymore, and they don't even know what they could do.
Allyson Felix
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I don't watch TV but occasionally I'll read the Washington Post. I will say that sports are the only "real thing" on television.
Ian MacKaye
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We didn't call it a sport necessarily, and skaters definitely weren't thought of as athletes, we were thought of as misfits.
Mike Vallely Black Flag
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There is life after sports. What we're trying to do is give you some skills to be successful out in the real world. I promise you I will take people to dinner or lunch for interviews, and I will watch how they eat to see if they have proper manners. It tells so much about a person.
Eric Hyman
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I played a ton of team sports growing up, and team wins are just incredibly gratifying.
Jason Bateman