Sport Quotes
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The Greek in me wanted to know what it felt like to pull an oar. The intellectual wondered about how to get eight individuals to move to the same beat. The athlete wanted to check what has been described as the ultimate workout. The romantic craved seeing if the quirkiness of the sport - there is after all, little practical value to oarsmanship in the postindustrial age - stirred his blood.
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Growing up, I was like any Aussie kid - you know we love our sport - that was my favourite subject at school. That is a subject, right?
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If people will pay to see it, I'll fight anyone in any sport.
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In what other sport do you get a 15-second break every hour?
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I grew up in a sport that didn't allow you to grow up. There was always the threat of younger competition. So you had to maintain the image of youth.
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Mathematics is not a spectator sport!
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Every sport has dangers, and it's a risk we all take, but that's why people need to give us the credit we deserve.
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It's intense in every sport. No matter what, USC vs. UCLA is crazy. Especially when it comes down to football and basketball, it's just nuts.
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I think football is a team sport.
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This sport is just crazy. Your worst enemy in college is your teammate and friend when you get to the NBA. Who would have thought it?
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I am still young. I have a lot of time. And if someone breaks my records in the future, I won't cry. That's sport.
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The title 'black swimmer' makes it seem like I am not supposed to be able to win a gold medal, I am not supposed to be able to break the Olympic record, and that is not true, as I work as hard as anybody else, and I love the sport, and I want to win, just like everybody else.
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As a sport, we lose a lot more than we win.
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I feel like the sport is coming to me.
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I'm calm and focused and I can't wait for the biggest sport event in the World to begin.
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The only way to prove that you're a good sport is to lose.
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Leadership is one of sports' intangibles. Guys can score, guys can fight, guys can skate faster than anybody else. But not everybody can say, 'Follow me.'
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Other sports play once a week but this sport is with us every day.
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The smaller the ball used in the sport, the better the book.
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Jet-skiing is my favorite water sport.
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Exploration is the sport of the scientist.
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It's such sport with these heroes of finance: they are like beads on a string — when one slips off, all the rest follow.
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One of the reasons I wrote 'The Fall' is that climbing's more than a sport, it's a way of life. When you're in it, it's all you think about.
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I've been in this sport only four years, and I know that I'll keep learning and improving.
