Sports Quotes And Sayings From Sportsmen, Coaches, And Others

by allinspiration.com

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

“The man who views the world at 50 the same as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life.”
– Muhammed Ali

“He hits it long. His shoulders are impressively quick through the ball. That’s where he’s getting his power from. He’s young and has great elasticity.”
– Nick Faldo

“He’s got everything. He’ not a great player yet because he hasn’t won any major championships, but it’s a matter of time. He’s an outstanding talent. I didn’t realize how tall he is.”
– Nick Price

“Overall the fundamentals seem to be there and he’s obviously got a very mature head on his shoulders. He’s got a kind of presence.”
– Nick Price

“Baseball life is a tough life on the family.”
– Nolan Ryan

“Nobody’s a natural. You work hard to get good and then work to get better. It’s hard to stay on top.”
– Paul Coffey

“Golf is a game in which you yell ‘fore,’ shoot six, and write down five.”
– Paul Harvey

“It’s a round ball and a round bat, and you got to hit it square.”
– Pete Rose

“Baseball is a public trust. Players turn over, owners turn over and certain commissioners turn over. But baseball goes on.”
– Peter Ueberroth

“Other sports play once a week but this sport is with us every day.”
– Peter Ueberroth

“The integrity of the game is everything.”
– Peter Ueberroth

“If teams keep playing us this way, it’s going to be like this.”
– Peyton Manning

“Always keep an open mind and a compassionate heart.”
– Phil Jackson

“Approach the game with no preset agendas and you’ll probably come away surprised at your overall efforts.”
– Phil Jackson

“If you meet the Buddha in the lane, feed him the ball.”
– Phil Jackson

“The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team.”
– Phil Jackson

“All sports for all people.”
– Pierre de Coubertin

“Basketball is like war in that offensive weapons are developed first, and it always takes a while for the defense to catch up.”
– Red Auerbach

“Fans don’t boo nobodies.”
– Reggie Jackson

“I’d just as soon play tennis with the net down.”
– Robert Frost

“It is almost impossible to remember how tragic a place the world is when one is playing golf.”
– Robert Wilson Lynd

“I went to a fight the other night, and a hockey game broke out.”
– Rodney Dangerfield

“Football is violence and cold weather and sex and college rye.”
– Roger Kahn

“I was showing early symptoms of becoming a professional baseball man. I was lying to the press.”
– Roger Kahn

“Tennis and golf are best played, not watched.”
– Roger Kahn

“I don’t want to play golf. When I hit a ball, I want someone else to go chase it.”
– Rogers Hornsby

“People ask me what I do in winter when there’s no baseball. I’ll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring.”
– Rogers Hornsby

“After joyfully working each morning, I would leave off around midday to challenge myself to a footrace. Speeding along the sunny paths of the Jardin du Luxembourg, ideas would breed like aphids in my head—for creative invention is easy and sublime when air cycles quickly through the lungs and the body is busy at noble tasks.”
– Roman Payne, Rooftop Soliloquy

“So they left the subject and played croquet, which is a very good game for people who are annoyed with one another, giving many opportunities for venting rancor.”
– Rose Macaulay

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