- 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
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love sport, I grew up playing sports, that's all I did, and it is so invigorating now that I'm supposedly adult to learn something completely new, from the bottom up.
- I Feel Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up playing sports, but now I feel like I can't, because if I get injured, I'll impair whatever film I'm working on.
- High School Students
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- Nov 07, 2020
Many high school students are under so much competitive pressure. They are sometimes taught that if they don't have a 4.0 GPA, score in the 99th percentile on admissions tests, and demonstrate leadership in sports and participate in clubs, they won't get into college anywhere. Even highly credentialed professionals get caught up in this.
- Derision
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- Nov 07, 2020
Anyone could be in the orchestra, or sports team, or arts club at my school. It was precisely the kind of inclusivity that now meets with a sort of scorn and derision as a prizes-for-all culture that generates only mediocrity. There's something so insulting about the idea that including lots of people means mediocrity.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have a pretty expanded view of what art is. I include pop music and even some sports.
- Stars
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- Nov 07, 2020
I keep getting these extraordinary letteres, really weird ones from American sports stars - I've always thought you were one pretty lady and now that you're single I want to meet you for a drink.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father was a Republican and my mother was a Democrat. In Michigan, we always fought about sports, not politics.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
Vienna is a city where they love sports.
- Nov 07, 2020
If you are humble, your concentration will be very high. That’s the way to go in sports.
- Exemption
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- Nov 07, 2020
A significant piece of the wealth that the NFL owners garner is a result of the enormous TV revenues they get - and those revenues are supported by a legislatively granted exemption from the antitrust laws that has been made applicable to sports leagues, primarily the NFL.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
All sports have a zone, but ours is at 95 mph. You can feel the speed; you can feel the wind. It's the most euphoric thing I've ever done.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not sure I'll ever love softball as much as bobsled. It's like having children: you don't love one more than the other, you just love them differently, and that's how my love for softball is vs. my love of bobsled - two totally different sports with different personalities.
- Name
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- Nov 07, 2020
I played all kinds of sports growing up: soccer, basketball, track. You name it, I've probably played it.
- Blocks
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- Nov 07, 2020
My concentration level blocks out everything. Concentration is why some athletes are better than others. You develop that concentration in training and concentrate in a meet.
- Mean
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was always a mean and lean athlete - not tall - not large.
- Overcame
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- Nov 07, 2020