Quotes About Sport

We're in a privileged position in sport and, above all, in football. We have a platform.

Tennis is such a physically demanding sport, and it can be so rough on the body at the pro level.

Golf is an awkward set of bodily contortions designed to produce a graceful result.

The Sun is a massive paper and I understand the roles and responsibilities that go with that. I want to add something unique and give a different perspective, not only on sport but many areas.

Sport is important for children, especially from disadvantaged places, to bring up their self esteem.

Cycling is unique in that in any other sport I'd be in a different weight category or discipline. What I do is a different sport to what Chris Froome does.

Sport instils discipline, and it's a distraction.

More so than any other major American sport, baseball has the most diversity of culture and personality, and is the least marketable. Why? It doesn't make any sense.

I never thought of what I was doing as a way to sell the NFL. I was making movies about a sport that I loved, about players and coaches that I respected. I wanted to convey my love of the game through film. And most artists convey their love through art. And my art and my love was expressed through film.

I've always loved boxing. It's something I've always been extremely excited about.

Sport can change so quickly where confidence is such a big factor.

I think the biggest thing that I learned, and why I've fallen in love with baseball, is how mental of a game it is. It's such a mental sport, and it's beautiful. I think definitely the mental aspect, the stats, and the mathematics, that, to me, really blew me away.

The more big teams we have the more competition we have.

In F1, we see teams spending ridiculous amounts of money. That's the sport.

I think there's a lot of deep-rooted history in England with racing. Lots of Formula One teams are based there. Formula One is obviously a huge sport over in England and Europe.

I was heavily into sport from 10 to 15, I was in all the teams, and it was everything to me. But I was very young for my school year and when puberty kicked in for my classmates I got left behind.

Baseball and its teams are proud of the sport's long-standing role as a change agent in American culture and society.

I feel fortunate to be a part of a football community that includes leaders who recognize the power of sport to make a difference and who, like so many of my coaches, are defined not only by their knowledge but by their ability to bring out the best in every member of their teams.

In sport, you only see the fighter, but it's teamwork. Without a good team, you will never be the best. In boxing, you have to work with the best coach, the best lawyer, the best manager, the best doctor. Exactly the same principle applies in politics.

I hate whenever there's a social issue that comes up in golf and people in the mainstream media who hate golf and who've conjured up all these stereotypes of people who are in the sport, the way they tear it down... I resent it, and I'll defend golf and people in golf until my dying day.

There is a part of football I would describe as 'serious' and one part I would describe as more 'playful,' i.e. more technical.

I know I'm the least technical guy in the sport. Most of the champions or guys at the top are real martial artists.

For me, it was very important to be part of a boxing film that actually explores the psychological aspects of the sport, more than just the physical aspects. I haven't seen boxing movies very often that really go so deep into the minds of the boxers. It really puts out how much it is about strategy and tactics and technique.

This is a full-contact sport. It's the objective to disable your opponent, even if sparring or a real fight. You've got to use your technique.