Sports Quotes - Page 35

• George Orwell famously described international sport as 'war minus the shooting'. But for all Orwell's greatness as a thinker, this was one of his least felicitous lines, analogous to 'murder minus the death' or 'life minus the breathing'.

  Gideon Haigh

  War, Greatness, Breathing

  Gideon Haigh (2010). “Sphere of Influence: Writings on Cricket and Its Discontents”, p.197, Victory Books

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• Rock stars are like sports stars: If you snap your ankle, you're done.

  Dave Grohl

  Stars, Rocks, Ankles

  Interview with Kyle Ryan, www.avclub.com. August 9, 2006.

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• I went to university (Brown), I worked as a designer, I competed in Olympic sport (rowing) ... and I ended up being a musician. It's in the DNA, I guess.

  Dhani Harrison

  Dna, Musician, Rowing

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• I love figure skating and what I am able to express creatively. I want to leave a legacy in the sport.

  Patrick Chan

  Skating, Legacy, Want

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• Contrary to the royal and uptight image of polo, I want to bring it to a younger generation. This is a great sport that can have a larger audience and appeal to more people. Sportsmanship is lacking in many other sports that I don't want to name.

  Randeep Hooda

  Names, People, Royal

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• There is no life without sport and no sport without competition.

  Randeep Hooda

  Competition

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• When I was a child, I saw in the news that a person from Belitung had done well in sports in Jakarta, and I just couldn't imagine that it was possible for someone from here to become famous, and it's still very isolated out here.

  Andrea Hirata

  Children, News, Jakarta

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• Every person working in sports journalism today owes a tremendous debt to Howard Cosell. His greatest contribution was elevating sports reporting out of daily play-by-play and placing it in the larger context of society.

  Roone Arledge

  Play, Debt, Today

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• Cricket pays well, so a lot of people are naturally drawn towards the game. But to carve a niche in non-cricket sports is not easy. So state governments need to be proactive. Indians need to be made aware of the power of an Olympic medal. It should be treated at par with an Oscars or a Nobel Prize.

  Gagan Narang

  Government, Games, People

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• People need to take as much interest in other sports as they take in cricket, and that's where we come across a vicious cycle of performance, sponsorship, recognition, jobs and TV visibility. It's a typical chicken-and-egg story; each one is directly related to the other without an answer for what comes first.

  Gagan Narang

  Jobs, Eggs, People

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• Not much is done to promote non-cricket sports in India. There is a lot of talk about how sports needs to reach the grassroots and how it should be introduced as a subject in school, but nothing has been done to that effect.

  Gagan Narang

  School, India, Needs

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• In my job, whenever I delivered a presentation I would rehearse several times before the actual event. In sport, it is important to be equally prepared about my opponents.

  Keeth Smart

  Jobs, Important, Events

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• Hunting is the noblest sport yet devised by the hand of man. There were mighty hunters in the Bible, and all the caves where the cave men lived are full of carvings of assorted game the head of the house drug home. If you hunt to eat, or hunt for sport for something fine, something that will make you proud, and make you remember every single detail of the day you found him and shot him, that is good too.

  Robert Ruark

  Home, Men, Hunting

  Robert Chester Ruark (1957). “The Old Man and the boy”, Henry Holt & Company

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• Football is a sport of paradox. It requires reaction, not reflection. Yet you must use your mind to calculate, to anticipate - to think and not think at the same time.

  Dhani Jones

  Football, Thinking, Reflection

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• There's never been a finer man in American sports than John Wooden, or a finer coach.

  Rick Reilly

  Men, Coaches

  Rick Reilly (2003). “The Life of Reilly: The Best of Sports Illustrated's Rick Reilly”, Sports Illustrated

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• I have always had my doubts about any form of divine intervention in sports contests. The power of prayer may be remarkable in many other arenas, but why should God want my team to win instead of the other side? Isn't it insulting to request God to even take an interest in baseball?

  Roger Ebert

  Baseball, Prayer, Team

  Roger Ebert (1995). “Roger Ebert's video companion: 1996 edition”

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• I mean, when you've had a problem in your past, whether it's attributed directly to high cholesterol or not, you want to lower your cholesterol. You want to eat healthy. You want to feel healthy. You want to have a little more energy.

  Mike Ditka

  Mean, Past, Healthy

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• Every athletic career, no matter how modest or lofty, is a journey.

  Dan Millman

  Success, Journey, Careers

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• Baseball caps never go out of style and are easy to wear. Beyond baseball, beyond sports, I really do think a baseball cap is for everyone.

  David Wright

  Baseball, Thinking, Style

  Source: www.esquire.com

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• You have to have a lot of motivation, a lot of heart and be able to work hard. You can never be down on yourself because baseball is a sport that will bring you down [at times].

  Bengie Molina

  Baseball, Motivation, Hard Work

  Source: www.businessinsider.com

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• People shy away from it [MMA] because they think it's a brutal, brutal sport, and I've said, 'Guys, MMA is safer than football and boxing,... And people tell me they don't believe it. Am I not the most credible person to give you the answer to that?

  Herschel Walker

  Football, Believe, Thinking

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• Whatever sport you choose, do it because you love it, and don't expect to be an expert first thing. It takes time to do well at anything, but if you love it, you'll stick with it.

  Ryan Sheckler

  Experts, Firsts, Sticks

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• From sports the greatest thing I've learned is discipline achieves goals.

  Desmond Green

  Mma, Discipline, Goal

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• Bringing more large sporting events to Africa would help the continent develop sports policies and at the same time optimize its peoples' chances of achieving competitive success.

  Richard Attias

  Events, Helping, Chance

  "Africa’s Olympic Potential" by Richard Attias, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 3, 2013.

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• Every child should try everything: sport, music, art, mathematics; they can do it all. Copying and competition are now seen as twin evils, but they are both useful tools.

  Tony Buzan

  Art, Children, Evil

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