Famous Quotes & Sayings

Plautus

In wondrous ways do the gods make sport with men. [Lat., Miris modis Di ludos faciunt hominibus.]

Plato

But at three, four, five, and even six years the childish nature will require sports; now is the time to get rid of self-will in him, punishing him, but not so as to disgrace him.

Plato

Apply yourself both now and in the next life. Without effort, you cannot be prosperous. Though the land be good, you cannot have an abundant crop without cultivation.

Phil Lesh

I mean, sports are big, big, big business.

Phil Knight

We wanted Nike to be the world's best sports and fitness company. Once you say that, you have a focus. You don't end up making wing tips or sponsoring the next Rolling Stones world tour.

Phil Knight

Sports is like rock 'n' roll. Both are dominant cultural forces, both speak an international language, and both are all about emotions.

Phil Knight

Meeting sports athletes that are the best in the world is a thrill to this day.

Phil Jackson

I'm a sports-watcher. I played football and baseball, coached baseball. So I watch those things.

Phil Jackson

No one plays this or any game perfectly. It's the guy who recovers from his mistakes who wins.

Phil Jackson

Wisdom is always an overmatch for strength.

Phil McGraw

Life is a full-contact sport, and there's a score up on the board.

Martin Seligman

Psychology is much bigger than just medicine, or fixing unhealthy things. Its about education, work, marriage - its even about sports. What I want to do is see psychologists working to help people build strengths in all these domains.

LeBron James

The modern athlete is an individual corporation. I'm not quite sure it's very good for sport, or good for team work, or those different things that sport says it's about. This is about business.

LeBron James

When did I know I had talent? I think it started when I first started playing sports, organized sports.

LeBron James

But sports carried me away from being in a gang, or being associated with drugs. Sports was my way out.

LeBron James

Don't be afraid of failure. This is the way to succeed.

Lauryn Williams

I had no idea what was in store for me this season. This is the first time I've been a part of a true team sport, and there's someone else counting on you. You can't let that person down, and that's what drives me.

Philip Sidney

Cupid makes it his sport to pull the warrior's plum.

Peyton Manning

In life, and in sports, we all know that nothing lasts forever.

Peyton Manning

I've been a Colt for almost all of my adult life, but I guess in life, and in sports, we all know nothing lasts forever. Times change, circumstances change, and that's the reality of playing in the NFL.

Peyton Manning

Some guys need to see things on a grease board, ... I like when you can see it in your mind. And that's what Marvin does, too. He visualizes. He sees things in his mind so well.

Peyton Manning

If your team is going to win, you need to play better than the other quarterback.

Peyton Manning

If teams keep playing us this way, it's going to be like this.

Peyton Manning

I feel one of the most significant honors a player can have in his sport is to have his number retired. Certainly for me to have that at Tennessee, it's with great pride.

Peyton Manning

My dad told us up front, 'Guys, if you want to play sports, go ahead, but it's your decision.

Peter Dunne

Motor racing's less of a sport these days than a commercial break doing 150 mph.

Peter Criss

There's a lot of smoke being blown at you, but this is no new sport to me; I've been doing it a long time, I'm used to it and I see it coming immediately the minute it gets into our realm.

Peter De Vries

We are not primarily put on this earth to see through one another, but to see one another through.

Peter Drucker

Miracles are great, but they're so damn unpredictable.

Penn Jillette

I'm always fascinated by the use of the first-person plural talking about sports.

Penn Jillette

My whole family is missing that sports gene. I hope I didn't screw that up by marrying a great golfer.

Penn Jillette

Poker has the feeling of a sport, but you don't have to do push-ups.

Pee Wee Reese

Changing from a player to a coach, I felt like a mosquito in a nudist colony. I didn't know where to begin.