Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jimmy Fallon

If you're a sports fan you realize that when you meet somebody, like a girlfriend, they kind of have to root for your team. They don't have a choice.

Joel Parkinson

It's funny, 'cause you think surfing is your whole life, but then when you make a family it seems like it's not at all.

Joel Parkinson

I think we want to make the sport bigger and better and leave a good legacy for the next generation that comes through.

Joel Silver

I never really was that passionate about playing sports. But when I was at this Mt. Herman school, I did have the ability to throw the frisbee. So when this sport evolved, it was fun because I was good at it.

Joel Silver

I'm a filmmaker and I'm proud of the movies I've made. But in the background of my life I was also very involved in the creation of the sport.

Joel Osteen

When I used to play sports, I'd be the one cheering the team on, 'Come on, we can beat these guys!' That's just in me.

Joan Cusack

Can they do both? That's a huge balance, I think, with kids- trying to find the right- it's everything, you know, it's social life, it's academics, it's sports.

Jimmy Greaves

The thing about sport, any sport, is that swearing is very much part of it.

Jim Thorpe

I have always liked sport and only played or run races for the fun of the thing.

Lou Piniella

George [Steinbrenner] is a great guy, unless you have to work for him.

Lou Piniella

Statistics are like bikinis-they show a lot but not everything.

John Daly

I can tell you one thing. I've done this my way. I don't have anybody to blame for this win but me, and I love it.

Lisa Guerrero

In the morning, I reach for the sports page.

Lisa Guerrero

On my morning run, I listen to sports talk radio.

Lionel Barber

There were always plenty of newspapers in the house. The Times, Guardian, Daily Telegraph and Daily Mail were all regular fixtures on the coffee table. I used to enjoy reading The Times editorial pages and the Daily Mail sports pages.

Lionel Messi

One of the Arsenal players came up to me afterwards and said it had been an honor to be on the same pitch as me. I thought, My God, that is a great thing to say when your team has just lost.

Lionel Messi

I go out and do the best I can in each game, and I don't think about the fouls other players will commit or whether I might be injured. It only does you harm to worry about those things.

Lionel Messi

The Barcelona youth program is one of the best in the world. As a kid, they teach you not to play to win, but to grow in ability as a player.

Lionel Messi

My family was always present when I needed them and sometimes felt even stronger emotions than me.

Lionel Messi

You have got to love the game.

Lionel Messi

I still have a lot of room for improvement. For example, I want to shoot equally well with both feet.

Lionel Messi

I know how important it is to have a helping hand. In my childhood I had difficult times because of hormonal problems. If I hadn't had support, I wouldn't have been able to fulfill my dreams.

Lionel Messi

Something deep in my character allows me to take the hits and get on with trying to win.

Lionel Messi

I never think about the play or visualize anything. I do what comes to me at that moment. Instinct. It has always been that way.

Lionel Messi

I have fun like a child in the street. When the day comes when I'm not enjoying it, I will leave football.

Lionel Messi

It takes sacrifice as well as talent.

Lionel Messi

The truth is my idea has been to always stay at Barcelona and see out the rest of my career here. Like I always say, one doesn't know what can happen in the future, but if it were up to me to decide, I would stay at Barcelona for the rest of my career.

Lionel Messi

Whether it's a friendly match, or for points, or a final, or any game - I play the same. I'm always trying to be my best, first for my team, for myself, for the fans, and to try and win.

Lionel Messi

The day you think there is no improvements to be made is a sad one for any player.

Lionel Messi

At Barca we trained every day with the ball. I hardly even took a step running without a ball at my feet.

Lionel Messi

I don't need the best hairstyle or the best body. Just give me a ball at my feet and I'll show you what I can do.

Linford Christie

My first love is the sport, and it will always be my priority.

Linford Christie

When you see athletes like me win gold medals, you only see the finished product, you dont see the real effort that the likes of Ron have put into making that product. Without the Ron Roddans of this world, you would have no sport.