Quotes About Sports

I'm a big fan of black uniforms.

Sports can unify the Iraqi people - no Sunnis, no Shiites, just sport for the country.

Almost all of us growing up have played baseball on some level. It has an inside track with people. It has a unifying effect.

The home of Rugby Union is in Twickenham - just outside London in the suburbs, where I live. I'm mad for it. The trouble with being an actor and being in the theater is that you always miss the games.

I'm a huge Rugby Union fan, which is a bit like American football - but tougher.

My dad played rugby, so I used to watch a lot of rugby union and rugby league.

I grew up a little girl in the Soviet Union playing at a small sports club. Tennis gave me my life.

America has the best athletic programs. Even when the Soviet Union existed, that was Mickey Mouse compared to the U.S.

The Women's Sports Foundation holds a unique position in developing opportunities for girls and women of all abilities to be active whether recreationally or competitively, and I'm excited to help lead the organization to impact even more lives. It is an honor to continue to build the legacy created by Billie Jean King and all of our leaders.

Until Charlie broke his ankle in Toronto, we were as good a unit as anybody.

We could not be more proud to have LeBron James as part of our Lakers family. He is an incredibly thoughtful and intelligent leader and clearly appreciates the power sports has to unite communities and inspire the world to be a better place.

I've realized the extraordinary power of sports to heal, unite and inspire. I believe the Olympics will serve as the ultimate platform to provide positive changes and I hope to inspire all of Japan through my strong showing there.

I love how professional sports unite a city and a group of people.

ESPN truly is a game changer and has the ability to unite the world through sports, which is something I'm incredibly passionate about.

I know tennis is just a game, but it's something that it can actually unite us even more.

I was the best ski jumper in the United Kingdom.

In the United States, we spend millions of dollars on sports because it promotes teamwork, discipline, and the experience of learning to make great progress in small increments. Learning to play music does all this and more.

Even if soccer is not number one in the United States, they do things very well here. There's much our country can learn from the U.S.A., because we all know that soccer is not the main game in India. We can still do more things, like provide better facilities for the players so they can perform well.

I'm a huge sports fan, but I am also a huge supporter of the United States of America and our militaries and everything that we've got for us.

Football unites, and no one can use a football platform for political means.

It's amazing how sports is a way to control the masses. But it also unites people.

A film like 'Dangal' is universal; though it narrates a story that happened in Punjab/Haryana, we like its inspirational story and its idea of celebrating the girl child.

Television is making sports universal; for the same reason, big-time soccer is growing more popular in the United States.

Soccer is one of those sports that pulls in a universal audience in terms of demographics.