Sport Quotes
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Ah, nut-brown partridges! Ah, brilliant pheasants! And ah, ye poachers!--'Tis no sport for peasants.
Lord Byron
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Martina Navratilova is not a 'girl,' nor is Debi Thomas or Katarina Witt, and the women skaters weren't 'cute' in 1988. The problem with describing women as girls is that they never grow up and therefore can't take positions of authority in the world of sport. But the good news is that you can change language, so ultimately you can change the picture of women in sports.
Anita DeFrantz
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I've been in this sport only four years, and I know that I'll keep learning and improving.
Francis Ngannou
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One of my true dreams is to do a sports talk radio show and take calls.
Joshua Morrow
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Olympism is the marriage of sport and culture.
Juan Antonio Samaranch
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The smaller the ball used in the sport, the better the book.
George Plimpton
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Boxing is an ego-driven sport. The idea is to not get too personal or emotional with it. You just know when it's over, it's over, and that's it.
Mike Tyson
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Oh, aren't you just the rottenest wet blanket whoever spoiled a sport.
Catherynne M. Valente
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I love this sport and I absolutely love the support you guys give me; and I will continue to do it until I can't.
Dan Henderson
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When I'm not writing or working on books as a publisher, I'm doing things that make me happy. One is skiing with my kids and husband. I love sports.
Andrea Davis Pinkney
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The black market poses a greater risk to the integrity of sports than open, visible, and regulated betting.
Matt Gaetz
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I'm a solo skater; the sport can be lonely.
Mirai Nagasu
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Boxing was not the sport that I thought is was due to all the politics.
Gerry Cooney
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At nine years old I didn't really know what that meant at the time. I thought it might be in a warm summer sport like softball, but I played a variety of sports growing up - basketball, soccer and track. I really didn't care. I just wanted to be an Olympian.
Elana Meyers
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More than any other major sport, professional or amateur, college football games are decided by the physical incompetence and downright chokery of their players.
Stephen Rodrick
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I like playing sport. I'm a bit of a design enthusiast, and like spending time with my girlfriend and mates.
Nick D'Aloisio
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To me I don't think sport is something that I can take for life. I still have my academy, my studies.
Caster Semenya
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Don't praise your own good shots. Leave that function to your partner who, if a good sport, will not be slow in performing it.
Harry Vardon
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Our philosophy precedes from the belief that sport is an inalienable part of the educational process and a factor for promoting peace, friendship, cooperation and understanding among peoples.
Juan Antonio Samaranch
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For a thorough understanding of rowing, for the what, the how and the why, the books making up Peter Mallory’s The Sport of Rowing certainly do it all.
Anita DeFrantz
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I just try to stay half way decent looking. Boxing's a rough sport and you get hit a lot.
Muhammad Ali
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They say politics is a contact sport, and I have to agree with that.
Steve Largent
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I've had concussions, and I'm still here. I still love the sport.
Eric Reid
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When we started in the early '60s, football had a little bit of a tradition. But, they didn't have a mythology. And NFL Films, through our music and our scripts and our photography, created a mythology for the sport.
Steve Sabol