Quotes About Sport

Whoever has lost a fight in the UFC and hasn't wanted to fight that guy the next day shouldn't be in the sport.

Whoever says basketball ain't a contact sport definitely lied.

One must understand that shooting is a very individual sport and see what sort of coaching possibilities exist in the country and what their standards are. One of the issues that has been faced earlier by shooting athletes is that we have one odd national coach for whom it's impossible to give that sort of attention to say, a group of 30.

It is tough when you're by yourself, and I think that's why team sport is so appealing.

Seriously, as a father, I want golf to be cool for my children. Easy to access. If they want to play in tracksuits and trainers, why not?

Supporters pay a lot of money, they do. And sport is beautiful in many ways, because it attracts people from far and wide.

We owe it to players, young and old, to train them thoroughly so that they can take full advantage of the insights that tech offers them. And what is true in sport also applies more widely to business.

Every sport has to set itself up for long-term growth and unless you engage with a wider audience and have numbers coming into your sport globally, you're not quite there.

All the intelligence and talent in the world can't make a singer. The voice is a wild thing. It can't be bred in captivity. It is a sport, like the silver fox. It happens.

I always enjoyed sport. I was a bit of a wild child, to be honest, and just loved running around.

In India, the wicket tends to get a bit slower once the ball gets old, but in England, it's pretty much the same whether it's new ball or old ball.

One of the best sayings in tennis and sport is that pressure is a privilege.

To me, anyone with an Australian accent wielding a tennis racket is cool.

My father used to play ice hockey, though not at a high level, and my mother wasn't involved in sport at all, but they were keen that we played some sort of sport. They chose tennis because they thought it was a good sport for girls to play.

I often find that pundits are quite negative... not just in tennis, but in sport in general. I just don't like that. Obviously, the job of a pundit is to create interest and a bit of controversy. I get that. Listeners like that. But I do think there's a duty there to promote the sport and talk about how good these people are at what they do.

I love playing tennis. I am an exercise freak.

Tennis is a hard sport. There is a lot of competition all year and you play alone.

I think, for me, I just really want to have fun with every match that I play because tennis is a game.

Everything in tennis is so neat and nice but boxing has sport down to its essence; it is very pure and I like that.

I think that tennis is a lady's sport, so we should look out there like ladies.

I just wanted to play tennis. I started because I wanted to pick up another sport and then as I was slowly getting better I wanted to see how far I can go but I always wanted to be myself. I wanted to be original. I didn't want to copy anybody's style.

I'm not into the gym. I prefer dancing or tennis.

Tennis is for me joy, nothing less than that.

I grew up surrounded by tennis, so I was obviously more interested in it than football - particularly as it's the most popular sport.