Sports Quotes
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The triumph can't be had without the struggle. And I know what struggle is. I have spent a lifetime trying to share what it has meant to be a woman first in the world of sports so that other young women have a chance to reach their dreams.
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When I got injured, I think I was starting to sense that there was more to the world than just sports. This dream of playing professional soccer probably wasn't the best track for me.
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My whole family is missing that sports gene. I hope I didn't screw that up by marrying a great golfer.
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I come from a sports family and my husband is a rugby player.
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Any other business, you want your competitors to go out of business. In sports, you just don't want them to have as good a record as you do.
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I like watching baseball on TV. I love watching all the sports.
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I have always been physically active. I grew up a tomboy and was into sports, so staying active is something that I enjoy. I get antsy and annoyed if I am sedentary too long. I mix up exercise - yoga, Pilates, hiking, running, and weights. I also eat well. I do not eat meat or poultry - have not since I was eighteen.
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I am thrilled and honored to have a seat at the table for meaningful conversation with so many accomplished women in the sports world.
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One day you are drinking the wine, and they next day you are picking the grapes.
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I always had this curiosity about acting, but I was really into sports, and I never really thought about acting as a career. My senior year, I tried out for the high school production of 'The Wizard of Oz,' and that was it for me.
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When a coach gets that opportunity to observe, he's going to look. Because he wants to create a contract that is strong and gives his family the kind of security that guys really seek in anything, whether it be the corporate world, whether it be sports.
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Sport strips away personality, letting the white bone of character shine through. Sport gives players an opportunity to know and test themselves.
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If in sports you have a life cycle for 10 or 15 years, in fashion, you have no cycle; you're in it forever as long as you stay healthy. And I want to be in it forever.
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It is hard to compete with other sports. Badminton is a sport which, when compared with football and tennis, still needs promotion.
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That's one thing you learn in sports. You don't give up; you fight to the finish.
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Sports and education, I think they overlap.
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The one thing that has gotten worse for sports media is access. We hardly get to see, talk to and most of all get to know the players and coaches anymore.
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Not everyone likes sports. Gandhi and Malcolm X come to mind.
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My first inkling that I might have a yen for directing came when I realized I enjoyed creating plays for my various sports teams more than I actually liked playing the game.
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My first obsession was actually sports. I was a very good handball goalkeeper. With special permission, I played in the premier league in Germany before I was even old enough.
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It's even harder to stay at the top in sports than it is to get there.
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I think sports are meant to unite people.
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The dullest Olympic sport is curling, whatever 'curling' means.
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I try to stay level-headed and it's always the way I've been. Sometimes your personality out in the real world, you want to take that into your sport because that's where you feel comfortable. You never want to try to do something that's not you or you don't feel comfortable doing. That's where you get in trouble. It's the only way I've played sports and done things. I'm low-key, but I'm very competitive and hate to lose.
