Quotes of: Sports-pages Keyword

Basketball was not my main sport in grade school, or even the first year of high school.

Mike Krzyzewski

Democracy is not a spectator sport, it's a participatory event. If we don't participate in it, it ceases to be a democracy.

Michael Moore

For truly it is to be noted, that children's plays are not sports, and should be deemed as their most serious actions.

Michel de Montaigne

I grew up reading the newspapers, mostly the sports section. I was a wrestler and would check to see if I was ranked.

Michael Pena

My first waitress job was at Johnny Rockets in New Jersey, and then I waited tables at a sports bar.

Melissa Rauch

I walked away from the sport for 17 years, then started swimming again recently in a master's program.

Mark Spitz

With sports, there's no entitlement on the field. It's about numbers. It's about results. It's about outcomes.

Maynard Webb

People aren't familiar with wheelchair sports. The only film crew in Athens for the Paralympics was the documentary crew.

Mark Zupan

The only sport I'm not interested in is horse racing. That's because I don't know the horses personally.

Nat King Cole

I call tennis the McDonald's of sport - you go in, they make a quick buck out of you, and you're out.

Pat Cash

The more violent the body contact of the sports you watch, the lower the class.

Paul Fussell

It's not only hockey, it's every sport. You know, it's a big event.

Peter Forsberg

I don't think there's any honor bigger than going to your Hall of Fame for your sport.

Pete Rose

Sporting achievements bestow a sense of unification on the cultures and societies in which they take place and create an outpouring of nationalism and pride.

Richard Attias

You can't explain the feeling of singing hit songs to an audience - it's like being a genuine sports star at the peak of their powers.

Rick Astley

Competing in sports has taught me that if I'm not willing to give 120 percent, somebody else will.

Ron Blomberg

Traveling around, it's difficult to follow much TV. Mainly I'm somebody who watches sports.

Retief Goosen

Anytime you play a team sport, the success of the team really makes everything better. It's nice.

Ricky Williams

My main idea was to create a sports facility for the basics. This is why I established the club.

Sergei Bubka

When golf used to be a rich man's sport, if you were poor you could not step foot on a course.

Shia LaBeouf

The plays and sports of children are as salutary to them as labor and work are to grown persons.

Samuel Richardson