Funny Sports Quotes - Page 3

Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records.

William Arthur Ward

Motivational, Sports, Determination

William Arthur Ward (1968). “Thoughts of a Christian Optimist: The Words of William Arthur Ward”

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All hockey players are bilingual. They know English and profanity.

Gordie Howe

Sports, Hockey, Player

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I've never lost a game I just ran out of time.

Michael Jordan

Inspirational, Sports, Nba

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When I first started running, I was so embarrassed I'd walk when cars passed me. I'd pretend I was looking at the flowers!

Joan Benoit

Funny, Sports, Running

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I have two speeds. Fast and faster. I don't just run. I take it.

Arjen Robben

Soccer, Sports, Running

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In training, you listen to your body. In competition, you tell your body to shut up.

Rich Froning Jr.

Sports, Competition, Listening

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It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone.

A. Bartlett Giamatti

Motivational, Summer, Softball

"The Green Fields of the Mind," Yale Alumni Magazine, Nov. 1977

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You know what they say about big hitters...the woods are full of them.

Jimmy Demaret

Funny, Sports, Golf

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If you're in the penalty area and don't know what to do with the ball, put it in the net and we'll discuss the options later.

Bob Paisley

Soccer, Sports, Football

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If Kyle Korver blocks your shot there should be a penalty box you should go to!

Jeff Van Gundy

Sports, Block, Player

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Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them-a desire, a dream, a vision.

Muhammad Ali

Inspirational, Motivational, Success

Twitter post from Feb 03, 2011

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You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.

Michael Jordan

Inspirational, Motivational, Happiness

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Most football players are temperamental. That's 90 percent temper and 10 percent mental.

Doug Plank

Sports, Football, Player

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I look into eyes, shake their hand, pat their back, and wish them luck, but I am thinking, I am going to bury you.

Seve Ballesteros

Funny, Humorous, Eye

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You owe it to yourself to be the best you can possibly be - in baseball and in life.

Pete Rose

Motivational, Sports, Baseball

Pete Rose, Peter Golenbock (1985). “Pete Rose on hitting: how to hit better than anybody”, Perigee

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The three toughest fighters I ever fought were Sugar Ray Robinson, Sugar Ray Robinson and Sugar Ray Robinson. I fought Sugar so many times, I'm surprised I'm not diabetic.

Jake LaMotta

Funny, Fighting, Boxing

"Jake LaMotta - a life in pictures" by Daffydd Bynon, www.theguardian.com. September 20, 2017.

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Chemistry is a class you take in high school or college, where you figure out two plus two is 10, or something.

Dennis Rodman

Funny, Sports, School

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I went to a fight the other night, and a hockey game broke out.

Rodney Dangerfield

Sports, Fighting, Hockey

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How you respond to the challenge in the second half will determine what you become after the game, whether you are a winner or a loser.

Lou Holtz

Motivational, Soccer, Sports

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He dribbles a lot and the opposition don't like it - you can see it all over their faces

Ron Atkinson

Soccer, Football, Faces

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I used to jog but the ice cubes kept falling out of my glass.

David Lee Roth

Funny, Life, Sports

"Roth Army" by Oliver Hurley, www.theguardian.com. August 27, 2004.

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You can sum up this sport in two words: You never know.

Lou Duva

Sports, Two, Knows

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You have to play this game like somebody just hit your mother with a two-by-four.

Dan Birdwell

Motivational, Soccer, Football

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If you come to a fork in the road, take it.

Yogi Berra

Funny, Happiness, Baseball

Yogi: It Ain't Over (1989)

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A tie is like kissing your sister.

Duffy Daugherty

Softball, Sports, Football

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