Famous Quotes & Sayings

Dizzy Dean

If you can do it, it ain't braggin'... it's a matter of self-confidence. I got where I did because I wasn't no shrinking violet.

Dick Vitale

The glory of sport is witnessing a well-coached team perform as a single unit, striving for a common goal and ultimately bringing distinction to the jersey the players represent.

Didier Drogba

People have an opinion of Africa and it is not so good, but we have to let sport unite us all.

Dave Parker

Drugs is a society problem. It ain't just isolated to sports or entertainment. There's people that are doing brain surgeries that probably have dabbled in drugs. There may be some, judges and lawyers involved in the case could have been involved. So it's a problem in all society.

Dick Williams

New York is great, but the New England fans are probably the most knowledgeable and ardent fans, and not just in baseball, but all sports. But Red Sox Nation is Red Sox Nation.

Dick Vitale

Gowdy had a love affair with the microphone and the fans had a love affair with him. American sports fans truly lost an icon, a legend who never felt he was bigger than anyone else. He had that humility that made him special, and he made everyone feel like they were so important.

Aaron Eckhart

I've not made a career of being physical in my movies, but I love sports. I'm a very physical guy.

News writing and sports writing have become synonymous. And it started with, you know, free agency, and now it's in the concussion debate.

Julia Mancuso

I work out a lot, but I like to do action sports. A lot of surfing, mountain-biking.

Peter Steele

We're the only species who hunts for sport.

Tora Berger

When I was about 18, I started to think that I could have a long sporting career.

Stephan James

Growing up, I was always into sports - basketball and volleyball - but I wasn't really a runner.

Don Yaeger

In sports, championships often define a person's legacy.

Jerry Seinfeld

I think of myself more as a sportsman than I do an artist.

Larry King

Sports are my favorite. It's the first thing I turn to every day.

William Shakespeare

Youth is full of sport, age's breath is short; youth is nimble, age is lame; Youth is hot and bold, age is weak and cold; Youth is wild, and age is tame.

Pete Rose

You don't dominate any sport when you're over 40.

Reid Scott

I ski, I surf, I scuba dive... any sport that starts with an 's.'

Ted Sarandos

I don't think on-demand brings anything extra to sports.

Ted Sarandos

I don't know that on-demand sports is remarkably better than live sports.

Alexander Wang

I wear sports clothes because I feel comfortable in them.

Alexander Wang

I always wanted to create a collection inspired by sports. I never played sports, maybe that's why it intrigues me.

Alexander Wang

I never really did sports growing up. Maybe that's why they intrigue me. The technology that goes into that clothing is steps ahead, so it's always been something I look towards.

Abhishek Bachchan

I am a sports enthusiast, and if given an opportunity, I want to be a sportsman, even today. I want to promote the sport that is indigenous to India. Kabaddi is a matter of national pride. Why can't cricket, hockey, football and kabaddi be given equal platforms and co-exist? I believe that can happen.

Aaron Rodgers

It's a special honor to be one of the leaders of this football team. But I said it once, I'll say it again, no one person wins a game by themselves. Individually, it's top of the mountain, my sport, my profession. It's what you dream about as a kid.

A. S. Byatt

I watch a lot of sport on television. I only watch certain sports, and I only watch them live - I don't think I've ever been able to watch a replay of a match or game of which the result was already decided. I feel bound to cheat and look up what can be looked up.

Raymond E. Feist

Writing is not a competitive sport. Everyone that writes has his or her own voice.

Richard Kinder

We don't have sports tickets, we don't have corporate jets. We don't have stadiums named after us.

Nikki Reed

I'm into outdoor sports like hiking, windsurfing, water-skiing.

Charles Dickens

Dreams are the bright creatures of poem and legend, who sport on earth in the night season, and melt away in the first beam of the sun, which lights grim care and stern reality on their daily pilgrimage through the world.

Alan Watts

It is interesting that Hindus, when they speak of the creation of the universe do not call it the work of God, they call it the play of God, the Vishnu lila, lila meaning play. And they look upon the whole manifestation of all the universes as a play, as a sport, as a kind of dance — lila perhaps being somewhat related to our word lilt

Alan Parsons

I'm delighted about the track's success in the sports world, but the frustrating thing is, I don't think I got rich on it. The labels and publishers did very cheap deals on our songs.

Alain Prost

So in fact the only thing you can judge in this sport its the longterm. You can judge a career or a season, but not one race.