Famous Quotes & Sayings

Linford Christie

There was no money in the sport but we'd be out there day in, day out, rain or shine, doing it.

Lindsey Vonn

Roger Federer and my boyfriend, Tiger Woods, inspire me. It's incredible what they've done in their respective sports, especially Roger. He is the nicest and humblest guy. You would never know that he's the best tennis player of all time. And Tiger is so mentally tough. He can block everything completely out and stay in the moment.

Lindsey Vonn

My goal, for almost my entire career, has been to promote ski racing not just in America, but across the world. I think it's an amazing sport. I am happy to be an ambassador for the next Olympics and I will do my best to honour the Olympics spirit and to hopefully encourage kids to participate in sports, especially in Asia and Korea and I am looking forward to an amazing Olympics.

Lindsey Vonn

Since childhood, sports has been one of the most important influences in my life.

Lindsey Vonn

An overall title is one of the biggest things you can win in our sport.

Linus Torvalds

The thing I love about diving is the flowing feeling. I like a sport where the whole point is to move as little as humanly possible so your air supply will last longer. That's my kind of sport. Where the amount of effort spent is absolutely minimal.

Lindsey Shaw

The thing about sports movies is, they can't help but feel epic - putting music to images, etc.

Lindsey Vonn

It's so important for kids to get involved with sports in general at a young age.

Lindsey Vonn

Athletics at the highest level is a sport within a sport.

Lindsay Davenport

If you go to Australia, the Australian Open is on all day long on network TV. There's no way CBS, NBC and ABC would do that. They only show the finals. That's always been the case. They don't want to give the time to the biggest tournament we have in the United States. Any other country, it's everywhere -- front page of the main paper, front page of the sports section. We haven't had that here.

Lindsay Davenport

You always see people coming back to the sport, and I've always thought, 'Gosh, when you're done playing, wouldn't you just want to stay at home?

Linda Ellerbee

When there is good news, and it is news , we do report it, but usually news is a record of human failure. Those wanting to celebrate human accomplishment are, as someone said, advised to go to the sports section.

Lil' Romeo

Dancing with The Stars' is like learning a new sport with lots of bumps and bruises.

Lilith Saintcrow

I don't even have moderately big breasticles. They just look like - well, nevermind what they look like. At least they stay strapped down when I worm into a sports bra.

Lil Wayne

Honestly, I don't listen to nobody else's music but my own. It's kind of like sports to me. You don't see Kobe Bryant at a LeBron James game - he just works on his own game. And that's what I do. I only listen to me, so I can criticize and analyze and all those things.

Lil Wayne

Once you pick up a skateboard, you'll find out that it's not a hobby, it's not a sport, it's a lifestyle.

Leslie Nielsen

Any sport that comes from Scotland is good!

Leo Durocher

When you're in professional sports, winning is the only thing that matters.

Lee Smolin

On the way, I shared the backseat of Feyerabend's little sports car with the inflatable raft he kept there in case an 8-point earthquake came while he was on the Bay Bridge.

Lee Trevino

I adore the game of golf. I won't ever retire.

Lee Trevino

We all choke, and the man who says he doesn't choke is lying like hell.

Lee Trevino

When it comes to the game of life, I figure I've played the whole course.

Lee Trevino

Golf isn't just my business, it's my hobby.

Lee Trevino

Living in Dallas, I root for the Mavericks and the Stars and the Cowboys, but I've always pulled for the Chicago Cubs. I enjoy watching them play.

Lee Trevino

I still sweat. My guts are still grinding out there. Sometimes I have enough cotton in my mouth to knit a sweater.

Lee Trevino

The most interesting guy I've ever played with was King Hassan of Morocco. I went over there on a trip in the early 1970s, and the King and I played five holes. I've never been that nervous in my life.

Lee Trevino

I've played golf with three U.S presidents.

Lee Trevino

How can they beat me? I've been struck by lightning, had two back operations, and been divorced twice.

Lee Trevino

Yes, I think I have the best swing on the Tour. Why have scores comedown in the last ten years? Partly because they are imitating me.

Lee Trevino

I met Jesse Owens once. He was a remarkable individual, and I have tremendous respect for what he did in the Olympics under the circumstances.

Lee Trevino

I'm not a real smart guy. But I've got enough brains to realize that when I'm 60 years old and play a sport, that it's downhill.

Lee Trevino

There is no such thing as natural touch. Touch is something you create by hitting millions of golf balls.

Lee Trevino

I'm not scared of very much. I've been hit by lightning and been in the Marine Corps for four years.