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Quotes About Joy

The joy of surfing is so many things combined, from the physical exertion of it, to the challenge of it, to the mental side of the sport.
~ Kelly Slater
From nothing else but the brain come joys, delights, laughter and sports, and sorrows, griefs, despondency, and lamentations
~ Hippocrates
We play with enthusiasm and recklessness. We aren't afraid to lose. If we win, great; but win or lose, it is the competition that gives us pleasure.
~ Joe Paterno
Skiing is the next best thing to having wings.
~ Oprah Winfrey
The most beautiful thing in the world is a ballpark filled with people.
~ Bill Veeck
Singing a song, playing sports - anything that entertains, that takes people away from their own problems, is good.
~ Stan Lee
I want to do my best to make the people happy. I play with my heart for the sport.
~ Pele
Minor sports in the community is fun and recreation for everyone, not just the elite. I think back to my days in minor hockey and those are my fondest memories, having fun.
~ Bobby Orr
I have fun like a child in the street. When the day comes when I'm not enjoying it, I will leave football.
~ Lionel Messi
Because running fast is more fun than running slow.
~ Frank Shorter
When baseball is no longer fun, it's no longer a game.
~ Joe DiMaggio
He loves to sit and hear me sing, Then, laughing, sports and plays with me; Then stretches out my golden wing, And mocks my loss of liberty.
~ William Blake
A good life is a collection of happy memories.
~ Denis Waitley
There's nothing like playing. You can coach and you can be around the game, but there is nothing like playing. It's just so much fun.
~ Steve Largent
When I play with my cat, who knows whether I do not make her more sport than she makes me?
~ Michel de Montaigne
We used to have a lot of fun. We never had any problems. We always ate. The fact that we didn't have steak? Who had steak?
~ Jesse Owens
It's still fun to come to games, and it's still fun to be in the Seattle crowd.
~ Steve Largent
Today I will run for pure, absolute joy!
~ Lopez Lomong
It is fun to be outside; it's good to move your body and there is just a joy in sports and athletics.
~ Frederick Lenz
Sports are, and should be, a joy. And it delights me that the joy I felt through the years of broadcasting games was projected onto the audience.
~ Marty Glickman
The sports of children satisfy the child.
~ Oliver Goldsmith
I was always a great bundle of energy. As a child, instead of walking, I would run. And so running, which is a pain to a lot of people, was always a pleasure to me because it was so easy.
~ Roger Bannister
I've been very fortunate. I feel very thankful. I've been able to come home and do some fun things and make it exciting for people here at home
~ Roger Clemens
I have come, more and more, to believe that the way we are in the world actually has an impact on the world. When we are respectful, joyous, grateful, engaged, the world responds to that in concrete ways. When we are angry and resentful, or selfish or bitter, things sour around us.
~ Alan S. Kesselheim