Britain never had a greater sporting ambassador. [on Bobby Charlton]
Jimmy GreavesCards are war, in disguise of a sport
Charles LambHave the courage to do something which deserves transportation if you want to be somebody
JuvenalI 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 MafiaBlack people dominate sports in the United States. 20% of the population and 90% of the final four. We own this shit. Basketball, baseball, football, golf, tennis, and as soon as they make a heated hockey rink we'll take that shit too.
Chris RockWhen I was young, I did not see a single soccer match. Where I came from, football wasn't played. The sport simply did not exist...now some of us, the old guys, are beginning to understand how important the World Cup is for the entire world
George W BushThis sport is just as much about your teammates as you and your individual performance.
Mia HammWe all owe a little debt of gratitude for what he's done because he's transcended the sport to become an international superstar, more so than any other tennis player over the last 20 years. [Agassi]
James BlakeVolleyball is a Jewish sport. It's fun, and nobody can get hurt.
Gail ParentSuccess comprises in itself the seeds of its own decline and sport is not spared by this law.
Baron Pierre De CoubertinI never did like working out - it bears the same relationship to real sport as masturbation does to sex.
David LodgeSports broadcasters are the only reporters who describe past events in the future tense.
Burnett AndersonI have recently taken up two new sports: roller skating and ankle spraining, in that order. I am getting quite good at both.
Miles KingtonIf you spend a lot of time on sportsmanship, you're going to spend a lot of time losing.
Glenn DobbsOf all the talking points which make international sport fascinating, selecting a team to represent the country surely takes pride of place.
E W SwantonThere's probably no other sport [than tennis], and very few professions in this world, where a woman can earn as much as a man.
John McEnroeFor I must go where lazy Peace
Will hide her drowsy head;
And, for the sport of kings, increase
The number of the dead.
William DavenantBaseball is a red-blooded sport for red-blooded men. It's no pink tea, and mollycoddles had better stay out.
Ty CobbPerhaps sport should accept sponsorship from the Mafia. They kill fewer people than smoking.
Alan HubbardWe're used to comeback stories in the world of sports, but the Gail Devers story is remarkable. This is a comeback from an illness which almost killed her.
Bob CostasOne of the strange things about winning gold in this sport is that people know you more in other countries than in your own.
Bob HayesWhen you get a game like that I don't think there can be any other sport in the world that is quite as exciting.
Earl TatumPlaying 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 WilkinsonAll sports for all people.
Baron Pierre De CoubertinA rabid sports fan is one that boos a TV set.
Jimmy CannonSport is the only entertainment where, no matter how many times you go back, you never know the ending.
Neil SimonSportsmanship, next to the Church, is the greatest teacher of morals.
Herbert HooverBaseball 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 GoodenI'd seen it on top of the pops [son of my father]. The band were proper platform heeleed, tank top sporting, chest wig wearing glam rockers, and I'm pretty sure it was top of the charts for several weeks.
Hugh Fearnley-whittingstallWhen people come together, go to each other's country, and watch a conflict being played out on the field of sport, as opposed to the field of battle... then why can't that same spirit, that same philosophy, infect other aspects of relations? [Hoping India and Pakistan would develop their relationship off the pitch]
Colin PowellAmazing, this is absolutely amazing - the year I have had has been amazing [on Sports personality award]
Zara PhillipsI'm fanatical about sport: there seems to me something almost religious about the fact that human beings can organize play, the spirit of play.
Simon GrayMother... just because I wear trackies and play sports does not make me a lesbian! (Bend It Like Beckham)
Keira KnightleySure, winning isn't everything. It's the only thing. (Sports Illustrated, 1955)
Henry SandersEven now I want to keep my amateur spirit, to spend my time, to be in the sport with all my heart.
Sergei BubkaStart a lie and a truth together, like hare and hound: the lie will run fast and smooth, and no man will ever turn it aside; but at the truth most hands will fling a stone, and so hinder it for sport's sake, if they can.
OuidaI have the opportunity to be part of swimming history. To take the sport to a new level would be an honour for me. There's no better time to try this than now.
Michael PhelpsIt is a poor sport that is not worth a candle.
George HerbertThe understanding of being is clarified by sport.
Howard SlusherThere is only one emotion that I know of which has absolutely no place in spectator sport and death to it - laughter.
René MaheuAttacks of divine transports are of pride and I accept the part assigned.
Elizabeth BartonSport is part of every man and woman's heritage and its absence can never be compensated for.
Baron Pierre De CoubertinAll sports are games of inches.
Dick RitgerThe 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 BrundageI'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 JacksonI keep getting these extraordinary letters from American sports stars saying: 'I've always thought you were one pretty lady and now you're single I want to meet you for a drink.
Liz HurleyThe Lord taught me to love everybody, but the last ones I learned to love were the sportswriters.
Alvin DarkMy 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 BrownAs I understand it, sport is har work for which you do not get paid.
Irvin S CobbSport, rightly conceived, is an occupation carried out by the whole man.
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