Sports Quotes - Page 37

• If somebody mistreats you, treat’em good. That kills’em.

  Bobby Bowden

  Nfl, Ems, Killing

  “Bobby Bowden: What I've Learned” by Call Fussman, www.esquire.com. November 30, 2009.

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• I can't imagine where I'd be without the opportunities provided to me in sports. Sports taught me that gender isn't an issue; in fact, when people talk about me being the first female governor, I'm a little absent from that discussion, because I've never thought of gender as an issue. In sports, you learn self-discipline, healthy competition, to be gracious in victory and defeat, and the importance of being part of a team and understanding what part you play on that team. You all work together to reach a goal, and I think all of those factors come into play in my role as governor.

  Sarah Palin

  Team, Opportunity, Thinking

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• The public must come to see that chess is a violent sport. Chess is mental torture.

  Garry Kasparov

  Chess, Violent, Torture

  "Transformation of the nerds: The modern chessplayer is a sleeker creature than the regressive slob of old. But can a game of such arcane difficulty really be glamorised into a global telly sport?" by Martin Amis, www.independent.co.uk. November 07, 1993.

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• The eyes of some of the fans at Davis Cup matches scare me. There's no light in them. Fixed emotions. Blind worship. Horror. It makes me think of what happened to us long ago.

  Boris Becker

  Eye, Thinking, Light

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• The individual, by means of the discipline imposed on him by sport, not only plays and finds relaxation from the various compulsions to which he is subjected, but without knowing it trains himself for new compulsions. ... Training in sports makes of the individual an efficient piece of apparatus which is henceforth unacquainted with anything but the harsh joys of exploiting his body and winning.

  Jacques Ellul

  Mean, Winning, Play

  "The Technological Society" by Jacques Ellul, translated by John Wilkinson, (p. 383), 1964.

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• If you want to make it as a sportsperson - Become knowledgeable in the sport you want to participate in. Think about the sport and what it can offer in its entirety. You shouldn't want to become a professional sportsperson because of the money. There's a lot more to gain from being involved in sport. Work hard to get what you want. If it's your ambition, go for it. You don't have to be the best in the world to make it as an elite athlete. You need to be a grafter and be prepared to sacrifice.

  Hope Powell

  Athlete, Ambition, Hard Work

  Source: www.bbc.co.uk

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• Triathlon is a very friendly sport. You can make friends quite easily. You don't have to be the most talented person. I was never outstanding at any one of the disciplines, but if you're dedicated and you're willing to put the time in, you can really achieve some good results.

  Helen Jenkins

  Discipline, Friendly, Achieve

  Source: www.bbc.co.uk

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• I think sports media really do need to think about the world in more humble terms. Not everything is the game of the century, and not everything is life or death.

  Tim Tebow

  Humble, Thinking, Media

  "Q&A on Tim Tebow’s gridiron faith". Interview with Adelle M. Banks, www.washingtonpost.com. September 25, 2012.

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• Alone I walked on the ocean strand, A pearly shell was in my hand; I stooped, and wrote upon the sand My name, the year, the day. As onward from the sport I passed, One lingering look behind I cast, A wave came rolling high and fast, And washed my lines away.

  Hannah Flagg Gould

  Ocean, Hands, Years

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• I am aware that many regard me as an anti-sports character person, but the truth is that the country's economy by then was in bad shape. Tanzania being among the highly indebted countries, I had to give sports the least prominence during my first term, while setting priorities in revitalising our economy.

  Benjamin Mkapa

  Country, Character, Giving

  "Tanzania: Mkapa - 'I Do Not Hate Sports'". allafrica.com. May 07, 2011.

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• For the amoral herd that fears boredom above all else, everything becomes entertainment. Sex and sport, politics and the arts are transformed into entertainment. ... Nothing is immune from the demand that boredom be relieved (but without personal involvement, for mass society is a spectator society).

  Merold Westphal

  Art, Sex, Boredom

  "Kierkegaard's Critique of Reason and Society". Book by Merold Westphal, 1987.

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• All you have to do is play better than the other guy and things go well. If you don't play better than the other players then somebody takes your place. Now a lot of guys, in this day and time with the transient nature of the sport, as soon as the competition gets too good, they want out.

  Bill Parcells

  Player, Guy, Competition

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• The military works like government; is financed like government, and sports the same inherent malignancies and perverse incentives of government, down to the racial-spoils system.

  Ilana Mercer

  Military, Government, Incentives

  "The Silent Co-Conspirators In Military Mass Shootings". www.economicpolicyjournal.com. September 22, 2013.

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• I have spent--or wasted--my life around motor racing: driving, promoting, and writing about what Ernest Hemingway once linked with mountain climbing and bull fighting as the only true sports. The rest, he sniffed, are merely games.

  Brock Yates

  Writing, Fighting, Motor Racing

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• I am honored to be to be part of the biggest sports event in the world. The fact that the Games are returning to their birthplace and to the city where they were revived makes Athens 2004 very special. The opportunity to perform my music for billions of people around the globe will be the greatest highlight of my life.

  Tiesto

  Opportunity, People, Events

  "Tiesto Tapped For Olympic Opening Ceremony". www.billboard.com. August 10, 2004.

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• For people to judge a man's worth and his very manhood according to the way he feels about sport, and not to recognize it for the piddly, inconsequential goings on that it really is.

  Robin Green

  Men, People, Judging

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• when I was younger I used to wrestle, and I feel that it contributed to my athletic ability because as a wrestler you have to be an all-encompassed athlete. You need stamina, strength, endurance and mental capacity. You also have to learn how to adapt in any situation. In the book, that's how all the sports helped me in my strategies for football and life.

  Dhani Jones

  Football, Book, Athlete

  "Bengals LB Jones proves to be a true Renaissance man". Interview with Michael Fabiano, www.nfl.com. May 17, 2011.

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• I've been involved with Fantasy Football for more than 10 years now, and I'll keep competing each year as long as I'm still having fun. I like to play sports, and I like to compete, but I also have a wife and three daughters. This lets me stay involved with the sport I love and still spend quality time with my family too.

  Stevie Richards

  Daughter, Football, Fun

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• I knew there was a certain level that I could get to within the sporting world. But as I continued with my career, not only did I grow, but the sport grew. All of a sudden, all of these doors opened to me. It's been amazing. I guess I was born at the right time.

  Shaun White

  Doors, Careers, World

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• In the silence
  that is his chosen medium
  of communication and telling
  others about it
  in words. Is there no way
  not to be the sport
  of reason?

  R. S. Thomas

  Communication, Silence, Way

  "Between Here and Now" by R. S. Thomas, ("The New Mariner", p. 99), 1981.

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• Our success at friendship, business, sports, love--indeed, at nearly every enterprise we attempt--is largely determined by our self-image. People who have a confidence in their personal worth seem to be magnets for success and happiness.

  Alan Loy McGinnis

  Confidence, Self, People

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• In representing criminal defendants - especially guilty ones - it is often necessary to take the offensive against the government: to put the government on trial for its misconduct. In law, as in sports, the best defense is often a good offense. The courtroom oath - to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth - is applicable only to witnesses... because the American justice system is built on a foundation of not telling the whole entire truth.

  Alan Dershowitz

  Government, Law, Justice

  "The Best Defense: The Courtroom Confrontations of America's Most Outspoken Lawyer of Last Resort - the Lawyer Who Won the Claus von Bulow Appeal". Book by Alan Dershowitz, 1982.

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• Politics is that rare sport where the amateur contest is actually more interesting than the professional.

  Lawrence Lessig

  Interesting, Contests

  Lawrence Lessig (2011). “Republic, Lost: How Money Corrupts Congress--and a Plan to Stop It”, p.224, Hachette UK

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• At times they don't like you to kick them and they feel you're not allowed to kick them.

  Alan Shearer

  Like You, Kicks, Feels

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• These guys have been criticized the last few years for not getting to where we're going, but I've always said that the most important thing in sports is to keep trying. Let this be an example of what it means to say it's never over.

  Jerry Sloan

  Mean, Winning, Years

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