Quotes of: Sports-pages Keyword

Racial distinctions should not play a role in sport.

Pierre de Coubertin

Poker has the feeling of a sport, but you don't have to do push-ups.

Penn Jillette

The important thing about a sport is the people who devote their lives to it.

Robert Redford

I decided to create a sports club during the Soviet times. It was my dream.

Sergei Bubka

Economics is about creating win-win situations. But in sports, someone loses.

Stan Kroenke

Basketball isn't as popular in Canada as it is in the US. Hockey is by far the most popular sport in Canada.

Steve Nash

When I was younger, I was very athletic and I always loved sports and physical things.

Saoirse Ronan

I've always been a guy who wants to play sports, not watch them.

Shaun White

I don't think the sport is any more dangerous than it's ever been.

Shaun White

Every sport needs its temple, its cathedral.

Thomas Friedman

I'm an athlete, so I'm very interested in making the sport as safe as possible - just for my own career longevity.

Ted Ligety

Success in management and success in sport are derived from the same basic principles.

Will Carling

Golf is the only sport where watching the game is arguably as grueling physically as playing it.

Willie Geist

As flies to wanton boys, are we to the gods; they kill us for their sport.

William Shakespeare

In love as in sport, the amateur status must be strictly maintained.

Robert Graves

I love this sport and I don't want to get involved in politics.

Sete Gibernau

I love various sports, including basketball, tennis and billiards.

Yani Tseng

I actually used to be a front for the largest national sports-betting syndicate in America.

Ashton Kutcher

In a proud fatherly sadomasicisticly way, I am thrilled when I get hit. As every deep purple bruise on my body represented a perfect swing. If I were to lift my shirt at any time there would be 4-5 bruises on my body. ... As soon as I was able to, I ...

In the Zone and other Sports Essays

Sure, there is an undeniable pleasure in rooting for a winning team and in being able to look down on opposing fans with equal measures of superiority and disdain. But that's also the Ruthian drawback in rooting for the Yankees (along with high ticke...

Love

Life happened because I turned the pages.

A History of Reading