Ice skating - with its meticulously preordinated choreography, fanciful dress and movements that consists of wandering around in apparently pointless, ever decreasing circles - is closer to Trooping the colour than to a sport.
Julie BurchillEven now I want to keep my amateur spirit, to spend my time, to be in the sport with all my heart.
Sergei BubkaI agree with women's rugby. At an early age, I think girls are better and more skilful players than boys. Whether the game goes professional or not is a difficult one because obviously you need a support base, and the support base in Wales at the moment is generally for male rugby. But I've got no issue with women playing rugby - it's a great sport that should be played by everyone.
Gareth ThomasOscar is probably going to change the world of Paralympic sport in ways that we never imagined [on Oscar Pistorius]
Tanni Grey ThompsonThere are people who put their own dismal prejudices, their half-baked colonial chippiness and their enjoyment of the agreeable futilities of sport ahead of these terrible things.
Simon BarnesI don't take sports seriously although I like that Scottish thing where they throw the poles. I'm down with that.
Peter BuckThe sportsman knows that a sport is a recreation, a game, an amusement and a pastime, but his eyes are fixed on a higher goal, on the most important thing in his life, which is his education or his vocation.
Avery BrundageDeer hunting would be fine sport, if only the deer had guns.
W S GilbertBaseball is a sport that gives you the highest highs and lows, there is nothing like a great game to get the adrenaline flowing and make you feel alive.
Dwight GoodenOf course a sports psychologist can help - it's certainly helped me [on Wayne Rooney]
David JamesThe thing about sport, any sport, is that swearing is very much part of it.
Jimmy GreavesOf all the talking points which make international sport fascinating, selecting a team to represent the country surely takes pride of place.
E W SwantonI'm afraid I'm not really interested in starting off someone's career and trying to turn a nobody into a someone. All my expertise, and all my recent knowledge, lies at the top end of the sport.
Colin JacksonUnlike any other business in the United States, sports must preserve an illusion of perfect innocence.
Lewis H LaphamBoxing is an incredible sport and one of the oldest and most basic, and all the more prestigious for that.
Joe FrazierA healthy Amtrak is an integral part of New York and the Nation's economy and transportation systems.
Timothy H BishopI'm glad to say that this is the first Saturday in four weeks that sport will be weather-free [classic Colemanball!]
David ColemanBaseball was the one sport my dad shared with us as kids.
Marvin BushHe will never be dull to strangers who joins in sport with his own family.
Titus Maccius PlautusI lost my passport. Then it turned up in someone else's bag [the day to day trauma of being in the Sugababes]
Keisha SugababesAbsolutely the worst thing about this job is the travel and being away from family. I have a wife and three wonderful children, the kids are all active in sports and it's very difficult to up and leave and miss them growing up.
Roy ClarkI always turn to the sports section first... the front page has nothing but man's failures.
Earl WarrenAirplane travel is nature's way of making you look like your passport photo.
Al GoreI don't believe she will ever be able to repair her image. For the sake of her own well-being and the sport, it would be best if she went away quietly.
[Marion Jones]
Michael JohnsonThe Lord taught me to love everybody, but the last ones I learned to love were the sportswriters.
Alvin DarkI didn't aspire to be a good sport; 'champion' was good enough for me.
Fred PerryVery little is known of the Canadian country since it is rarely visited by anyone but the Queen and illiterate sport fishermen.
P J O'RourkeIt's the best thing to happen to a sport, that you have a superstar. In football there is always something to write about the Beckhams, same as people want to write about Rooney or Hooney or whatever his bloody name is.
Bernie EcclestoneSportsmanship, next to the Church, is the greatest teacher of morals.
Herbert HooverMy initial reaction is that I do not believe it is true. But the integrity of the sport is bigger than anyone playing it and if someone undermines the integrity of a sport then I find that offensive. (on Rusedski's drug trial)
Andrew CastleSunday league cricket: multi-coloured pyjamas, two tone umpires, and white balls with black seams. There is nothing like traditional English sport.
David HunnI totally wanted to fix up my health and to challenge myself. I've never attempted to keep fit or do any sports at all.
Lisa MafiaOur sports are totally different, if Lance Armstrong himself were to come and train with us he'd be completely exhausted after half and hour.
Joachim LowIt doesn't comfort man. On the contrary, it encourages him in his folly, it transports him to the supreme regions where he is. [On the effects of alcohol]
Marguerite DurasTo receive it from Ian, my boyhood hero, makes it all the more sweet [on winning sports personality of the year, 2005]
Andrew FlintoffFor someone who's grown up in a sports-mad family and a bit of an Olympic junkie, I can't think of a better way to get fit. [on C4 show The Games]
Anna WalkerThe more violent the body contact of the sports you watch, the lower the class.
Paul FussellSuch challenges [test cricket] require people who are more than 100% committed, dedicated, disciplined and passionate about the game, what it seeks to achieve and how those involved in the game can best serve cricket, sport and the wider community. [On retiring from test cricket]
Damien MartynSport is the only entertainment where, no matter how many times you go back, you never know the ending.
Neil SimonSport is an international phenomenon, like science or music.
Avery BrundageWhen badminton was accepted into the Barcelona Olympic Games it showed that there was an acceptance of my sport internationally.
Rhonda CatorMy favourite sport at school was rugby. All sports are teamwork, but rugby particularly is about teamwork and I think teamwork is the essence of this.
Gordon BrownBritain never had a greater sporting ambassador. [on Bobby Charlton]
Jimmy GreavesFishing is the king of sports, there is nothing as relaxing as a day fishing and nothing as satisfying as landing a big catch.
Rex HuntBeing an Olympian is the ultimate test of one's sporting ability.
Russell MarkOne of the strange things about winning gold in this sport is that people know you more in other countries than in your own.
Bob HayesPlaying for Success is working tremendously well since its launch five years ago. It's getting lots of schoolkids more involved with their local sports teams while teaching them the basics in a way that interests them.' - on initiatives to improve English rugby
Jonny WilkinsonSport is life to the nth degree.
Neil OffenDon't be surprised if I demur, for, be advised my passport's green. No glass of ours was ever raised to toast The Queen.
Seamus HeaneyThere is more energy locked up in sources around the solar system than we could ever reasonably expect to need, the problem would be transporting them back to earth and using them in a cost efficient manner.
Wilson Greatbatch
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