Quotes About Sports

I grew up playing field hockey and lacrosse - prep school sport - and I was terrible at them.

Gymnastics is not at all as popular as, for example, soccer. Gymnastics as a sport isn't promoted very well.

Soccer and cricket were my main sports growing up. I had trials as a soccer player with a few clubs interested, Crystal Palace being one, but it was cricket which became my chosen profession.

I long for the days when athletes were revered. I want to see the romance return to sports, to see people enjoy the game purely for the game and the players.

Fascism rewarded jackasses in uniform. Democracy gives privileges to those in sports' gear. In Italy, political regimes come to pass. Jackasses remain. Triumphant.

Tennis is not like other sports where the coach is hired by an independent entity, and that makes a huge difference in the dynamic.

As a child I was very involved with sports and I knew at age 9 that I wanted to be an Olympic champion.

Your adrenaline starts to go when the market opens in the morning. It's like sports programming.

When cerebral processes enter into sports, you start screwing up. It's like the Constitution, which says separate church and state. You have to separate mind and body.

When I was younger it was twice a day with a game on the weekend. Then when I got older, three times a day everyday in college and on the national team.

Basketball was not my main sport in grade school, or even the first year of high school.

Except for Ali, fighters had never been marketable.

This is a tough game. There are times when you've got to play hurt, when you've got to block out the pain.

It is fun to be outside; it's good to move your body and there is just a joy in sports and athletics.

It is a good idea to become involved with sports and athletics. It makes you strong. You need to be strong to deal with this world and the powers and forces that block enlightenment.

Sports and athletics can be a path in Zen, in concordance with daily practice of zazen meditation. You need to move with your spirit, not just with your body.

I think a big part of our attraction to sport movies are the stories contained within the sports.

If your intent is that athletics and sports are tools or devices to reach higher levels of mind, then your workout sessions become meditation.

If you are serious about sports and athletics then you need to begin the discipline of mind. With the power of mind, almost anything can be accomplished.

People tend to box little girls in. They teach them to sit properly and stand quietly and not attract attention. Sports is one place where girls can be free and enjoy the exhilaration of movement.

Injuries are part of the game, but sometimes we can avoid them by just practicing our techniques.

The marketing of players has created untold wealth for many sports stars. You can't blame them or the company that covets the relationship with them, but that doesn't mean the player is good.

When I grew up music was something I did on the side - I played sports, I went to school - and so music was always there, and I was really fortunate to have that, but so were so many other things.

Ruth was probably the greatest athlete to perform in any sport. Never has there been anybody like him.