Quotes About Sports

One of the more bizarre games I played as a kid was something called 'kill the man.' It was a cross between football and rugby, which found the person carrying the ball a target of some hungry tacklers. I still don't know why we enjoyed the game because it was impossible to win.

Sometimes I feel like the easiest target in sports.

I just don't think cricket should be targeted for political gains.

Having targets is really fun but catching the ball is even more fun.

My first taste of the business was the glamorous job of pulling camera cables so they wouldn't get tangled while the football games were filmed.

No one would get a tattoo like this, so I decided to get Jesus holding a basketball.

In college and high school, you're always taught to hit the ball on the ground and on a line.

At school I hated swimming and felt bigger and more self-conscious than all the other girls - and I would go to summer sports camps to desperately try to change my shape so that it couldn't be one of the taunts aimed at me by bullies.

Why should 'big sports' get tax breaks that businesses and families across America don't get?

Look, we play the Star Spangled Banner before every game. You want us to pay income taxes, too?

When I played in the Australia team the captains were all nerds. Allan Border was a nerd, Mark Taylor was a nerd, Steve Waugh was definitely a nerd and Ricky Ponting too.

Kids in the city can play cricket, badminton, tennis or football. Athletics is not their cup of tea.

I don't think I have the ability or patience to teach badminton to others.

Sports build good habits, confidence, and discipline. They make players into community leaders and teach them how to strive for a goal, handle mistakes, and cherish growth opportunities.

Dad always enjoyed sports, and he decided to join a Guadalajara gym to learn how to box. What he didn't realize was that they didn't teach boxing at that particular gym - they taught 'lucha libre.'

I am always available to share my experiences. I am happy to talk to people in Indian sports administration, maybe teach them a few things, and eventually help out an athlete. That would make me happiest.

One thing that golf teaches you is humility.

I've played sports pretty much my whole life, and that teaches you how to work with anyone, whether you like that person or you don't, and whether you get along with them or you don't. The circumstances don't matter. Team work is part of life.

I think sports is good for goal setting, and I think it teaches you some important values.

Playing sports is great when you're young. It teaches you how to focus, how to direct your energy, how not to think about a million other things that are going on.

I think all children like futsal. Making quick decisions, moving fast when you're in difficulties on the pitch; it teaches you a lot. I'm passionate about this sport.

Recently, my dad has been teaching me a lot - like how to read a script. It used to just be about hockey or baseball or sports of whatever. We don't have glitzy or glamour-y Hollywood-type talk, like, 'Isn't that person great?' It's more about the process of how it works.

When Dad passed away, grandpa took on that mantle of teaching me how to tackle at football or taking me and mum to cricket.

I enjoy teaching football.