Quotes About Sport

Above all: only grant the suspicion that sport is a pastime for the most stupid as much space as it deserves, do not misuse it as a pretext to drift further in your customary state of self-neglect, distrust the philistine in yourself who thinks you are just fine as you are! Hear the voice from the stone, do not resist the call to get in shape! Seize the chance to train with a god!

This is the country for cruel experiments—it's where idealists are sent to die, my friend. Killing people who believe in things is our national sport." With

Baseball is too much of a sport to be called a business, and too much of a business to be called a sport.

table tennis in the afternoon...

Australia is my favorite place to visit. The fans are great, and the sport of bodybuilding is huge.

I think that's one of the first things you'd say if you met me: that I am just nice and smiley. And that's how I might appear when I'm not competing. But I'm totally different when it comes to sport. It's just something that seems to be within me. It's not external or visual. But it's within me.

I play with a lot of emotion because I'm a passionate guy, and I play with that passion. I love playing that way. Sometimes you're late onto the ball, sometimes you're not. Sometimes you make contact with the guy when you tackle him, sometimes not. It's a sport where individual duels are vital, so I don't see it as a problem.

The sportsman knows that a sport is a recreation, a game, an amusement and a pastime, but his eyes are fixed on a higher goal, on the most important thing in his life, which is his education or his vocation.

My mum had always pressed on me to continue my education, and it was just the volatility of sport in terms of not being able to control the result.

My first sport was volleyball, and then somebody told me about cross-country. They said it was outdoors, coed, and everybody got to participate. And I said, 'That is the sport for me!'

There's only one way to prepare for playing beach volleyball, and that's by getting in the sand.

I have been playing beach volleyball since I was 10. I'm very passionate about this game and every summer I have been practising with my friend.

Volleyball was a lot of fun, but I knew it wasn't my sport.

When three-quarters of the tournaments were being held in parking lots and other artificial locations, that was a growing frustration for me as someone who grew up playing beach volleyball and idolizing the guys who came before me and knowing the history of the sport.

I've always played sport, ever since I was little. I played volleyball and I believe sport teaches you a lot, such as teamwork, respect and discipline.

Sport is the habitual and voluntary cultivation of intensive physical effort.

That's the biggest part of our sport, is self-confidence, and self-belief.

When I'm away from sport and not doing something I have much self-belief in, I can lack self-confidence at times.

Golf wear isn't the sexiest attire.

Experience will always win in this sport. That experience helps with a lot of things, even in the race shop. You are going to have experience in certain scenarios where you can make those right decisions.

I'm out there to play my sport, to showcase my sport. I'm not an actress.

Anything that looks at sport in its entirety is my bag. It's not just about bringing back medals, it's about communities, people's lives, how sport can make a difference.

Football is an American sport. Everyone loves it. I certainly would never want to ban football.

I had the world against me. I was told I shouldn't be doing sport and that I wouldn't go to the Paralympics. I've had so many barriers.