Sports Quotes

I never in my wildest imagination dreamed that I would somehow become a sports commentator.

There is a huge responsibility on all of us to get England through. It would be one of the biggest disasters in sports history if we blew it and we must make sure it does not happen.

I've aways been good at picking up certain things, like sports and dancing.

If I wasn't dyslexic, I probably wouldn't have won the Games. If I had been a better reader, then that would have come easily, sports would have come easily... and I never would have realized that the way you get ahead in life is hard work.

For the tiny percentage of people who are negatively affected by our embracing of standards, they can just get their sports somewhere else in the meantime. It's not like we're denying them hospital care.

You don't suffer, kill yourself and take the risks I take just for money. I love bike racing.

The last few years I became a lot more into sports. Growing up, the sports I liked were independent sports, like skateboarding. I was really into skateboarding, and not necessarily team televised sports.

What other people may find in poetry or art museums, I find in the flight of a good drive.

When my TV show, 'Sports Jobs with Junior Seau,' assigned me to be a 'Sports Illustrated' reporter for a weekend, I didn't realize I'd have to squeeze it in around another sports job. I had planned to retire from the NFL to enjoy the cushy lifestyle of a full-time reality TV star, but I wound up getting run over by a bull.

When you're a kid growing up, and you think you're gay, you know that you're different; you're often teased and it can really destroy your self-esteem. But sports can be great for building self-esteem.

It's not just the NFL. Every other league has a draft. It has been fundamental to the success of professional sports.

I was focused on athletics, outdoors, sports.

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

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.

Many forms, sizes and colors, I think there are heroes in sports, in life... It would be cliche to say my dad, my granddad. I think I'm a fan of people who were brave, my aunt, my grandmother, those are my heroes.

Sports are one of the main cultural activities on the face of the earth.

The trouble with jogging is that the ice falls out of your glass.

I think life is sort of like a competition, whether it's in sports, or it's achieving in school, or it's achieving good relationships with people. And competition is a little bit of what it's all about.

I was certain I was going to do something in sports.

Do you know what my favorite part of the game is? The opportunity to play.