Sports Quotes And Sayings From Sportsmen, Coaches, And Others

by allinspiration.com

“If a lot of people gripped a knife and fork the way they do a golf club, they’d starve to death.”
– Sam Snead

“I’m a competitive person and I love the challenge of mastering new things.”
– Sasha Cohen

“Don’t look back. Something might be gaining on you.”
– Satchel Paige

“If you got the game, you got the game. That’s why Tiger Woods is out there playing golf with Greg Norman.”
– Shaquille O’Neal

“I’m tired of hearing about money, money, money, money, money. I just want to play the game, drink Pepsi, wear Reebok.”
– Shaquille O’Neal

“What does it mean to be a snowboarder? It’s about having fun, with your friends or by yourself. It’s about pushing yourself to try new things and do the unexpected. Finally, and most importantly, it’s about being creative.”
– Shaun White

“It seems that soccer tournaments create those relationships: people gathered together in pubs and living rooms, a whole country suddenly caring about the same event. A World Cup is the sort of common project that otherwise barely exists in modern societies.” 
– Simon Kuper, Soccernomics: Why England Loses, Why Germany and Brazil Win, and Why the U.S., Japan, Australia, Turkey–and Even Iraq–Are Destined to Become the Kings of the World’s Most Popular Sport

“Run and become. Become and run. Run to succeed in the outer world. Become to proceed in the inner world.”
– Sri Chinmoy

“The difference between the old ballplayer and the new ballplayer is the jersey. The old ballplayer cared about the name on the front. The new ballplayer cares about the name on the back.”
– Steve Garvey

“I’m playing; I’m here. I’m going to fight until they tell me they don’t want me anymore.”
– Steve Nash

“Wouldn’t you like to make sure all those millions you give to Uncle Sam went to schools and hospitals instead of nuclear warheads? As a matter of fact, he would. Playgrounds for big kids, preschool programs to little ones, and mandatory LASIK surgery for NFL refs.”
– Susan Elizabeth Phillips, Natural Born Charmer

“Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good performer.”
– Ted Williams

“I’m a visual thinker, really bad at algebra. There’s others that are a pattern thinker. These are the music and math minds. They think in patterns instead of pictures. Then there’s another type that’s not a visual thinker at all, and they’re the ones that memorize all of the sports statistics, all of the weather statistics.”
– Temple Grandin

“The thing about football – the important thing about football – is that it is not just about football.”
– Terry Pratchett, Unseen Academicals

“Sometimes in football you have to score goals.”
– Thierry Henry

“Don’t force your kids into sports. I never was. To this day, my dad has never asked me to go play golf. I ask him. It’s the child’s desire to play that matters, not the parent‘s desire to have the child play. Fun. Keep it fun.”
– Tiger Woods

“Hockey is a sport for white men. Basketball is a sport for black men. Golf is a sport for white men dressed like black pimps.”
– Tiger Woods

“If you gone come in second, you’re just the first loser!”
– Tiger Woods

“I feel the need to endanger myself every so often.”
– Tim Daly

“I liked the energy of cooking, the action, the camaraderie. I often compare the kitchen to sports and compare the chef to a coach. There are a lot of similarities to it.”
– Todd English

“Football is an incredible game. Sometimes it’s so incredible, it’s unbelievable.”
– Tom Landry

“If you are going to throw a club, it is important to throw it ahead of you, down the fairway, so you don’t have to waste energy going back to pick it up.”
– Tommy Bolt

“Every great batter works on the theory that the pitcher is more afraid of him than he is of the pitcher.”
– Ty Cobb

“If winning isn’t everything, why do they keep score?”
– Vince Lombardi

“Show me a good loser, and I’ll show you a loser.”
– Vince Lombardi

“Winning is a habit. Unfortunately so is losing.”
– Vince Lombardi

“Winning isn’t everything–but wanting to win is.”
– Vince Lombardi

“Football is like life – it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority.”
– Vince Lombardi Jr

“When we plant a rose seed in the earth, we notice that it is small, but we do not criticize it as “rootless and stemless.” We treat it as a seed, giving it the water and nourishment required of a seed. When it first shoots up out of the earth, we don’t condemn it as immature and underdeveloped; nor do we criticize the buds for not being open when they appear. We stand in wonder at the process taking place and give the plant the care it needs at each stage of its development. The rose is a rose from the time it is a seed to the time it dies. Within it, at all times, it contains its whole potential. It seems to be constantly in the process of change; yet at each state, at each moment, it is perfectly all right as it is.”
– W. Timothy Gallwey, The Inner Game of Tennis: The Classic Guide to the Mental Side of Peak Performance

“Any game becomes important when you know and love the players.”
– W.P. Kinsella, Shoeless Joe

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