Sports Quotes

The fewer rules a coach has, the fewer rules there are for players to break.

I'm glad you're doing this story on us and not on the WNBA. We're so much prettier than all the other women in sports.

If I weren't earning $3 million a year to dunk a basketball, most people on the street would run in the other direction if they saw me coming.

We're in a leadership position in sports. People look up to the National Football League.

If I was invincible, maybe I would take up some extreme sports.

Now, I know you expected me to say that, well, I just kick back in the rocking chair, fished a little bit, listened to Willie Nelson tapes and watched old baseball games on the Classic Sports network. And, tell you the truth, I have done that for maybe about five total minutes.

If winning isn't everything, why do they keep score?

I lived in a town of 400 until I was like nine or ten. My dad coached all the sports - he was a gym teacher and health teacher for grades K-12.

The bell that tolls for all in boxing belongs to a cash register.

I wanted to be a sportswriter because I loved sports and I could not hit the curve ball, the jump shot, or the opposing ball carrier.

Eighteen holes of match play will teach you more about your foe than 18 years of dealing with him across a desk.

I think it is that parents just don't kick their kids out the door as much as they used to. I think the demise of sandlot sports has had a lot to do with it.

I think that every single person should play sports.

It's good sportsmanship to not pick up lost golf balls while they are still rolling.

Men's competitive team sports focus on the balance between individual achievement and team achievement with the emphasis on team achievement.

As an example, one of the schools I have been studying is too small to compete effectively in most sports, but participates with vigor each year in the state music contests.

Breaking records is not something you expect to be doing. That's like a sports thing, it's not usually a comedy and writing thing.

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

Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game.

Overall the fundamentals seem to be there and he's obviously got a very mature head on his shoulders. He's got a kind of presence.

Why should sports men and women get punished harsher than people in the normal world?

The Olympic Games must not be an end in itself, they must be a means of creating a vast programme of physical education and sports competitions for all young people.

Sports do not build character. They reveal it.

You always get a special kick on opening day, no matter how many you go through. You look forward to it like a birthday party when you're a kid. You think something wonderful is going to happen.

I've had the good fortune to have a much more diverse life than most people would, professional sports and television and news and movies.

Sports betting is all about money management, so the most money won on one event is not the most important thing.

Gold medals aren't really made of gold. They're made of sweat, determination, and a hard-to-find alloy called guts.

I went to Ohio University studying arts and history, and playing football. But I was only interested in girls, my pals and sports. I only did the minimum for school.

We coaches have to learn how to deal with that: How do I get to each one best - with a talk, with video analysis? And what sort of tone? We need our own coaches for that. The sports psychologist coaches me too.

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