Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ronda Rousey

It was a very bold step for Sports Illustrated, and a lot of people are taking notice. I want it to be so normal that people don't even notice anymore.

Ronda Rousey

I really think that this magazine [Sports Illustrated] is a big step in the "healthy is the new skinny" movement.

Ronda Rousey

The Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue really sets the social standard for what people expect the perfect woman's body to look like, and a lot of those bodies usually look the same.

Ronda Rousey

Everyone wants to win. But to truly succeed - whether it is at a sport or at your job or in life - you have to be willing to do the hard work, overcome the challenges, and make the sacrifices it takes to be the best at what you do.

Ronda Rousey

Sports are a metaphor for life.

Ron Brown

Politics, life, and business are not spectator sports. You have to get involved to get ahead. Most importantly, when you reach that level of success, keep the door open and the ladder down for others to follow.

Roger Kahn

Football is violence and cold weather and sex and college rye.

Umberto Eco

There is no great sport in having bullets flying about one in every direction, but I find they have less horror when among them than when in anticipation.

Umberto Eco

The real hero is always a hero by mistake; he dreams of being an honest coward like everybody else.

Tyler Christopher

I was certain I was going to do something in sports.

Troy Vincent

Professional sports are something they can't control.

Troy Vincent

Obviously we will talk about doing everything we can to make our sport as safe as possible.

Troy Vincent

It is a violent sport that we choose as men, and that we as parents allow our children to play.

Troy Vincent

Technique is everything and we play a contact sport.

Troy Vincent

At the end of the program, I tried to talk to the kids a little bit about life skills.

Troy Vincent

Coaches aren't concentrating enough of the technical part of this game and that could lead to injuries.

Troy Polamalu

I've been surfing for a couple years, in the offseason in California and in Hawaii. I'm not very good, but it's just something that to be out there in the water, no cell phone, no music... very few sports are as pure as that.

Troy Polamalu

I really enjoy surfing a lot. It's an awesome sport. With surfing there are no mind games versus Peyton Manning, or versus anyone else. It's not me trying to throw a certain shot put further - or to put a ball in a hoop, it's just me against mother nature.

Troy Polamalu

I think it's important to cross train. Surfing is a good cross training sport for your shoulders. I don't think I know of any other football player who does it, who can go and paddle out past the sets.

Troy Polamalu

If you don't eat right as an athlete, you'll get tired and won't be as sharp. It's simple to drink sodas and sports drinks, but water is the most essential drink to put in your body.

Troy Polamalu

Playing professional sports, it's important to eat healthy and take care of your body. In the offseason, rest is really important to me.

Troy Polamalu

America needs football. It's a real blue-collar sport; it's played with a blue-collar mentality, a mentality that's the backbone of this country.

Troy Polamalu

I don't look at football as a violent, barbaric sport. It's a very spiritual sport, especially for someone facing the challenges during a game: the fear of failure, the fear of getting too big an ego, of making a mistake and everybody criticizing you.

Troy Polamalu

I've never been a fan of individual awards because football is such a team sport. There's so many things that goes into making plays. It's about teammates trusting one another and working together.

Trey Songz

As blacks, all we got is sports and entertainment. That's the only way out the hood sometimes.

Tricia Helfer

I have always been physically active. I grew up a tomboy and [was] into sports, so staying active is something that I enjoy.

Travis Pastrana

When you're good enough in your sport, you have the option to choose your sponsors. Sometimes you pass up a lot of money to support the people you like and the products you want to use but in the end it's worth it!

Travis Pastrana

Every day I push myself to redefine the limits of our sport

Travis Pastrana

Everyone that works behind a desk wants to know how many bones I've broken and how much money I make. It seems that people who've never experienced the excitement of sport seem to think the only thing worth taking risks for is money.

Rick Carlisle

Great sport has intellectual beauty.

Trishelle Cannatella

Because I just like sports, I like athletics and I like competition.

Trent Dilfer

Went to 16 and hit a really bad 3 wood for my second shot and got stuck in the bunker about 70 yards from the pin. Poor execution, chunked it, hit a good chip up to about eight feet, missed it.

Trent Dilfer

I was in the back part of the bunker, so I had to carry the whole bunker. It was probably 20 yards.