Organized Sports Quotes

• When did I know I had talent? I think it started when I first started playing sports, organized sports.

  LeBron James

  Sports, Thinking, Firsts

  Interview With Larry King, www.cnn.com. June 2, 2010.

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• The physical exercise and emotional stretching that children enjoy in unorganized play is more varied and less time-bound than is found in organized sports. Playtime—especially unstructured, imaginative, exploratory play—is increasingly recognized as an essential component of wholesome child development.

  Richard Louv

  Sports, Children, Exercise

  Richard Louv (2013). “Last Child in the Woods: Saving our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder”, p.44, Atlantic Books Ltd

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• In no organized sport do the participants have to endure days of struggle just to get to the starting line of their event. The option to drop out of a race that is going badly does not exist for a climber halfway up a big route, and may entail more risk than pushing on. A team of volunteers will not be waiting with warm blankets and hot food at the next bivy ledge. When you reach the summit, having overcome the challenges that inspired you for months or years, you are not at the finish line. The race is not over. You can't relax and let your guard down like a normal athlete.

  Steve House

  Sports, Team, Struggle

  Source: www.omnivoracious.com

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• I hate to lose, and if anybody gets used to losing they are going to be a loser. I'd like to tell you losing is part of the game, and it is, but I hated it. I still hate to lose. And that will never change. By the way, just because I turned the page and poured all my energies into business does not mean that I don't miss organized sports. I do.

  Donald Trump

  Sports, Hate, Mean

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• Chuck Parson did not participate in organized sports, because to do so would distract from his larger goal of his life: to one day be convicted of murder

  John Green

  Sports, Goal, One Day

  John Green (2010). “Paper Towns”, p.16, Bloomsbury Publishing

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• Of course, in our grade school, in those days, there were no organized sports at all. We just went out and ran around the school yard for recess.

  Alan Shepard

  Sports, School, Yards

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• I think it's very important, even if you're not in organized sports, but just to be active, to be healthy.

  Allyson Felix

  Sports, Thinking, Healthy

  "The Tavis Smiley show", www.pbs.org. October 25, 2012.

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