Sport Quotes
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Years of concentration solely on work and individual success meant that in his retirement [Lyndon Johnson] could find no solace in family, in recreation, in sports or in hobbies. It was almost as if the hole in his heart was so large that even the love of a family, without work, could not fill it.
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Hunting is not a sport. In a sport, both sides should know they're in the game.
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For most Americans, economic growth is a spectator sport.
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Bowmen bend their bows when they wish to shoot: unbrace them when the shooting is over. Were they kept always strung they would break and fail the archer in time of need. So it is with men. If they give themselves constantly to serious work, and never indulge awhile in pastime or sport, they lose their senses and become mad.
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If it wasn't for my sport and my father, I'd probably be a fallen statistic. I'd be dead; I'd be in jail. Luckily, I had a great dad in my life.
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I missed the Olympic team in 1996 - missed making the team. I tried to make a comeback in my sport, and soon after the Olympic trials, Johann Olav Koss, who is a Norwegian speed-skater, called me up and asked me to be a part of Olympic Aid. Now Olympic Aid is Right to Play. It's a wonderful, narrow focus.
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The sport of shooting is my life.
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The man loves danger and sport. That is why he loves woman, the most dangerous of all sports.
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Democracy is not a spectator sport.
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Bullfighting is a horrible sport where a proud, strong animal is teased and tortured until a costumed asshole kills him and cuts off his ears and tail and is cheered by a bloodthirsty crowd. Every once and awhile, the bull gores the matador and kills him. Hats off to the bull.
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Money is a subsidiary of success. People always want to sponsor you. Without them there would be no money in sport.
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People who fish for food, and sport be damned, are called pot-fishermen. The more expert ones are called crack pot-fishermen. All other fishermen are called crackpot fishermen. This is confusing.
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Athletics at the highest level is a sport within a sport.
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Rowing is such a fine sport. Everyone goes backward, and the leader can see his opponents as they struggle in vain.
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Trout fishing is like any other sport. It is waste of words to try to give anyone who has never tried it any idea of what it means to land a five-pound trout on a gossamer leader.
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Prejudice hasn't changed to this day, not in golf. Maybe in other sports.
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You know, if you need 100 rounds to kill a deer, maybe hunting isn't your sport.
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I think there are definite parallels between sport and art. There's a real sense of sacrifice. There's a real sense of dedication that is needed in sport that I think you can attribute to art. I think so much of it is about bravery and courage, being an actor.
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Formula One was a very dangerous sport. It still is dangerous. But the danger factor is also the exciting part.
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Cycling is an activity which more and more young people are getting involved with, whether they are using their bikes to get to school or work, socially, or cycling as a sport. Cycling is cheap, it's quick, and it makes you look and feel great!
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You can win all the tournaments you want, but the majors are what you're remembered for. It's how you're measured as a champion in our sport. The majors are where it's at.
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Sport is an entertainment, in one sense. But it's also a business.
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I'm opposed to any sport that reduces the coefficient of friction between me and the ground.
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I treat golf as a sport. I let other people treat it like a hobby.
