Sports Quotes
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When I get into a bad mood, I do sports and then everything's OK. And then I go and make decisions, however painful they may be.
Dmitry Medvedev
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I'm glad you're doing this story on us and not on the WNBA. We're so much prettier than all the other women in sports.
Martina Hingis
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I can't imagine where I'd be without the opportunities provided to me in sports. Sports taught me that gender isn't an issue; in fact, when people talk about me being the first female governor, I'm a little absent from that discussion, because I've never thought of gender as an issue. In sports, you learn self-discipline, healthy competition, to be gracious in victory and defeat, and the importance of being part of a team and understanding what part you play on that team. You all work together to reach a goal, and I think all of those factors come into play in my role as governor.
Sarah Palin
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I don't really pretend to know what's going on, but I've been immersed in the excitement of watching sports, particularly football. I like baseball, probably more than football.
Kevin Corrigan
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There is a solidarity that black people can find in celebrating the athletic success of our own, especially in sports where our existence is sparse.
Clint Smith
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Sports are not for everyone.
Dante Hall
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Every single model wants to be in 'Sports Illustrated,' and I feel extremely blessed to have that opportunity.
Katherine Webb
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Auto designers usually have to think in terms of the standard categories: SUV, sports car, etc.
Charles Pelly
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I did a shoot for 'Sports Illustrated,' and my grandpa called me and asked when my issue of 'Playboy' was coming out. It was hilarious as well as embarrassing.
Jasmine Tookes
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It's even harder to stay at the top in sports than it is to get there.
Babe Didrikson Zaharias
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I've always had a foot in everything. As a kid, I was active in sports and theater. Now, I'm learning I have to focus a bit. I'm trying to get to next projects, like writing a screenplay. Once that comes together, I could put my mind to another book - maybe a fun kids' book.
Maz Jobrani
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In sports, every day you can be the hero or the goat.
Geoff Stults
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The Tour de France would make a great movie. Drugs, corruption, political chicanery, guys risking their lives - everything you need for a great sports drama.
Asif Kapadia
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That's one thing you learn in sports. You don't give up; you fight to the finish.
Louis Zamperini
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I come from a sports family and my husband is a rugby player.
Kirsty Gallacher
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The dullest Olympic sport is curling, whatever 'curling' means.
Andy Rooney
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Being in front of the camera - first of all, when I wanted to get into television, it was as a producer. I never had an idea that I would do anything in front of the camera, and that kind of happened by accident. But I wanted to be a producer or give me a job with the Yankees or play for the Knicks. I was a sports nut when I was a kid.
Matt Lauer
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I never got into sports at all until I was in my early 20s, after my music career got going.
Neal Schon
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A huge part of my passion for the sport comes from being Canadian and growing up watching Hockey Night in Canada on CBC with my parents and siblings.
P. K. Subban
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I like sports, and I enjoy playing basketball and lifting weights.
Joel Osteen
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I've been a sports fan forever.
Kygo
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With the polarization of points of view around significant political and social issues, sports is a place where people can sort of talk about something together. And I think that is important to people.
John Skipper
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Every now and then, I get a free ticket from someone, and I look at the price, and it says $800, and I'm thinking, 'A thousand dollars to see,' I said, 'There's no ballgame in the world worth that kind of money,' and yet the attendance for sports is more than it ever has been.
Frank Deford
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Most people compliment me on maintaining my femininity while I'm on the court. People like the fact that I model. My fans or little girls always say they want to play sports, but also want to be a model like me and I think that's great.
Lisa Leslie