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Quotes About Athletes

Meeting sports athletes that are the best in the world is a thrill to this day.
~ Phil Knight
Mike Trout is unbelievable. He's one of the best players in baseball right now, if not the best.
~ Bryce Harper
Who were the best players I had ever played against? Raul, Messi, Zidane.
~ Rio Ferdinand
You know what's sad about this? Not the gambling, but the best way to reach college athletes is the Cartoon Network.
~ Jay Leno
It's good to be compared with Randy Johnson, and it's wonderful to be compared to all the best pitchers in the game.
~ Johan Santana
Football's a difficult business and aren't they prima donnas. But it's a wonderful game.
~ Queen Elizabeth II
Twenty games is the magic figure for pitchers - .300 is the magic figures for batters. It pays off in salary and reputation. And those are the two things that keep a ballplayer in business.
~ Warren Spahn
I feel that my advances in the business world will shatter a lot of white myths about black athletes-and give some pride and hope to a lot of young blacks.
~ O. J. Simpson
Professional sports is a business.
~ Lynn Swann
That boy could throw a ball through a car wash and not get it wet. (on Warren Moon)
~ Bum Phillips
It cannot be stressed too much that team learning is a team skill. A group of talented individual learners will not necessarily produce a learning team, any more than a group of talented athletes will produce a great sports team. Learning teams learn how to learn together. If
~ Peter M. Senge
I think I throw the ball down the field pretty well, but I think I'm really accurate and make good decisions.
~ Jared Goff
I always admired the Celtics from afar.
~ Al Horford
Strikers need to score goals and when they don't their confidence is affected.
~ Kolo Toure
The N.B.A. is for the best players, not for the most affordable players.
~ Jason Collins
Anytime you go to the All-Star Game, you recognize that it's special. It's an experience that you don't want to pass up.
~ Barry Trotz
Rhea is special and anytime we are in the ring, I am excited.
~ Bianca Belair
I never said, 'I wouldn't help a cricketer if he approaches me.'
~ Kapil Dev
Argentina have always had the best strikers in the world.
~ Gabriel Batistuta
I always see Argentina with great players.
~ Javier Zanetti
I was as excited when Beckham started to play with us as I am with the arrival of Cristiano.
~ Raul
Sports without music is just a game. Music makes it entertaining.
~ Ice Cube
Little known fact: offensive tackles score higher on the Wonderlic than any other position.
~ Craig Johnson
There's not a long track record of people leaving professional sports to become a software developer.
~ Curt Schilling