- Dream
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sports Quotes
More than a game to the people who live it.
A few of these are candid about the professional distance coaches and players keep, while others celebrate becoming attached to a new sports city. For a laugh in between games, check our Jokes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think that people who have played sports have an ability to relate to people because when you're playing you have to work on teams and with opposing players.
- Football
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- Nov 07, 2020
If architecture is, as is sometimes said, music set in concrete, then football and basketball may be said to be creativity embodied in team sports.
- Lose
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- Nov 07, 2020
The cardinal sin in sports, what could really wreck it, is not cheating to win, which has gone on forever, but cheating to lose. That threatens a fundamental aspect of sports' appeal, which is their spontaneity. If games are fixed, they're no different from movies; they're scripted.
- Matter
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- Nov 07, 2020
People who think they know what they are talking about when they talk about baseball include the announcers and all of the sports press - no matter how much evidence you present them to the contrary they will continue to think that what they think is right.
- Columns
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- Nov 07, 2020
The sports world is an echo chamber. All it takes is one quote from a general manager and a thousand sports columns bloom.
- Time
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- Nov 07, 2020
I played a lot of sports when I was a kid so I get in that ballgame mindset of being really, really respectful, but at same time saying to yourself, 'Don't back down a single inch, hang with these guys if you can.' If they throw it high and tight you have to stand in there, you can't take yourself out of that moment.
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
The mind is absolutely instrumental in achieving results, even for athletes. Sports psychology is a very small part, but it's extremely important when you're winning and losing races by hundredths and even thousandths of a second.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Here
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
My tastes in all things lean towards the arty and boring. I like sports documentaries about Scrabble players, bands that play quiet, unassuming music, and TV shows that win awards. In that way, I am an elitist snob.
- Foundation
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm doing things in Manchester with the Trafford Sports Park in partnership with the Manchester United foundation and I'm also doing things in Newcastle as well. It's something I'm passionate about.
- Growing Up
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love sports. I've played basketball, baseball, soccer, tennis, track and field growing up.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am building a fire, and everyday I train, I add more fuel. At just the right moment, I light the match.
- Mean
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- Nov 07, 2020