A Compilation Of Sports Quotes – Some Inspiring, Some Funny

by allinspiration.com

“Our philosophy precedes from the belief that sport is an inalienable part of the educational process and a factor for promoting peace, friendship, cooperation and understanding among peoples.”
– Juan Antonio Samaranch

“Olympism is a philosophy which, by blending sport with culture, seeks to create a way of life based on the joy found in effort, the educational value of good example and respect for universal ethical principle”
– Juan Antonio Samaranch

“You can’t win unless you learn how to lose.”
– Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

“One man practicing sportsmanship is far better than a hundred teaching it.”
– Knute Rockne

“It doesn’t matter who scores the points, it’s who can get the ball to the scorer.”
– Larry Bird

“You can make a lot of money in this game. Just ask my ex-wives. Both of them are so rich that neither of their husbands work.”
– Lee Trevino

“There is no such thing as a natural touch. Touch is something you create by hitting millions of golf balls.”
– Lee Trevino

“I squirm when I see athletes praying before a game. Don’t they realize that if God took sports seriously he never would have created George Steinbrenner.”
– Mark Russell

“It’s good sportsmanship to not pick up lost golf balls while they are still rolling.”
– Mark Twain

“Golf is a good walk spoiled.”
– Mark Twain

“The trouble with jogging is that the ice falls out of your glass.”
– Martin Mull

“Baseball is what we were, and football is what we have become”
– Mary McGrory

“Football players, like prostitutes, are in the business of ruining their bodies for the pleasure of strangers”
– Merle Kessler

“I am building a fire, and everyday I train, I add more fuel. At just the right moment, I light the match.”
– Mia Hamm

“I am a member of a team, and I rely on the team, I defer to it and sacrifice for it, because the team, not the individual, is the ultimate champion.”
– Mia Hamm

“I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.”
– Michael Jordan

“As athletes, we’re used to reacting quickly. Here, it’s ‘come, stop, come, stop.’ There’s a lot of downtime. That’s the toughest part of the day.”
– Michael Jordan

“Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game.”
– Michael Jordan

“Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.”
– Michael Jordan

“You can’t put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get.”
– Michael Phelps

“I won’t predict anything historic. But nothing is impossible.”
– Michael Phelps

“Well, baseball was my whole life. Nothing’s ever been as fun as baseball.”
– Mickey Mantle

“Do you know what my favorite part of the game is? The opportunity to play.”
– Mike Singletary

“I want to rip out his heart and feed it to Lennox Lewis. I want to kill people. I want to rip their stomachs out and eat their children.”
– Mike Tyson

“A good catcher is the quarterback, the carburetor, the lead dog, the pulse taker, the traffic cop and sometimes a lot of unprintable things, but no team gets very far without one.”
– Miller Huggins

“It’s just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up.”
– Muhammad Ali

“Bulls do not win bull fights. People do.”
– Norman Ralph Augustine

“To brag little – to show well – to crow gently, if in luck – to pay up, to own up, and to shut up, if beaten, are the virtues of a sporting man”
– Oliver Wendell Holmes

“A particular shot or way of moving the ball can be a player’s personal signature, but efficiency of performance is what wins the game for the team.”
– Pat Riley

“When a gifted team dedicates itself to unselfish trust and combines instinct with boldness and effort, it is ready to climb.”
– Patanjali

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