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Football games are generally won by the boys with the greatest desire. — Bear Bryant

Doubters don't win, winners don't doubt. — Denis Waitley

The disabled people that do sport, they don't think about what they don't have but try to get better with what they do have. That is the same for me. — Johan Cruyff

Education is a priority over any sport because without a mind you can't contribute to society. — Tiger Woods

I was so afraid to make mistakes and get reprimanded by my coaches that the joy of the sport started slipping away. — Dominique Moceanu

Play to win but never fear to lose. Win or lose-either way you are a winner. — Debasish Mridha

I was no great achiever at school, either academically or in the sporting field ... I was always tending to be in trouble. — Peter Hollingworth

There are two sides to a pancake. One is brown and fluffy; the other is burnt. — Bill Parcells

A good hitter has timing. A good pitcher upsets timing. — Warren Spahn

Lucia opened the door. "They say not to discuss politics and religion on the first date."
"Well, then." I gave her a huge smile. "We're screwed. — Jennifer Lane

What I spent, I had; What I kept, I lost; What I gave, I have. — Henry Ward Beecher

Don't let them drag you down by rumors just go with what you believe in. — Michael Jordan

Even though I play a professional sport now, I love college baseball. — Roger Clemens

I consider skateboarding an art form, a lifestyle and a sport. 'Action sport' would be the least offensive categorization. — Tony Hawk

Johan Cruyff was the first player who understood that he was an artist, and the first who was able and willing to collectivise the art of sports. — David Winner

Sports have become increasingly more specialized, but that doesn't mean they shouldn't be fun. — Mia Hamm

The film looks suspiciously like the game itself! — Bum Phillips

On a selfish basis, I really enjoy sports and activity. — Alan Thicke

Never play leapfrog with a unicorn. — Benny Hill

The crowd makes the ballgame. — Ty Cobb

Baseball is the only sport I know that when you're on offense, the other team controls the ball. — Ken Harrelson

But as a practical matter, Detroit's the sports city in the country. — Rick Snyder

If you are serious about volleyball, the only months to stop playing are those without a vowel. — John Kessel

I am a winner. I just didn't win today. — Greg Norman

He hits it long. His shoulders are impressively quick through the ball. That's where he's getting his power from. He's young and has great elasticity. — Nick Faldo

I don't think either team can win it. — Warren Brown

If you don't invest very much, then defeat doesn't hurt very much and winning is not very exciting. — Dick Vermeil

When you play test cricket, you don't give the Englishmen an inch. Play it tough, all the way. Grind them into the dust. — Donald Bradman

Like they say, it ain't over 'til the fat guy swings — Darren Daulton

That's one thing you learn in sports. You don't give up; you fight to the finish. — Louis Zamperini

Music is not like sports, where you can go and do a hundred reps in a gym and come out and be all buffed up. — Damian Marley

I was a sports fan long before I had any interest in film-making. — Asif Kapadia

It is a game before a product, a sport before a market, a show before a business. — Michel Patini

Growing up, I wanted to be a sports commentator. Then my aunt introduced me to the fashion industry, and everything sort of fell into place. — Olivia Palermo

Sports is a metaphor for overcoming obstacles and achieving against great odds. Athletes, in times of difficulty, can be important role models. — Bill Bradley

It's cool just because I've had this dream of changing the sport of swimming and it's finally happening. — Michael Phelps

I can beat anyone, either male, female, animal, vegitable, or mineral. — Jim Cornette

Nothing amuses people more than a cocky guy who starts losing. — Criss Jami

I grew up in Baltimore. And yes, I am a big sports fan, especially when it comes to my local teams. — Josh Charles

True sport is always a duel, a duel with nature, with one's own fear, with one's own fatigue, a duel in which the body and the mind are strengthened. — Yevgeny Yevtushenko

Men often compete with one another until the day they die. Comradeship consists of rubbing shoulders jocularly with a competitor. — Edward Hoagland

Maybe a day will come when we may have to just put on a pair of glasses and see sports events. — Kapil Dev

If you just play really hard, he says, nothing else matters. — Kekla Magoon

I love to shop, especially in retro stores. I have about a million pairs of old-school sports shoes like Adidas, so that's probably my biggest vice. — Carrot Top

The world is filled with great sporting events. — Alex Berenson

I learned early on, stay away from politics, stay away from religion and don't talk about sports. Those three right there will get you in trouble. — Gabriel Iglesias

He'd never considered sweet and conservative to be so hot, but damn, Emma wore it well. — Jami Davenport

I have a passion for playing tennis and enjoy the workload and struggles of performing in this amazing global sport. — Sania Mirza

I can only play the sport for so long, I have mathematics for the rest of my life. — John Urschel

There will always be cheaters. It is human nature. It will never be 100 percent clean, in any sport. — David Millar

I learn teaching from teachers. I learn golf from golfers. I learn winning from coaches. — Harvey Penick

In sports ... you play from the time you're eight years old, and then you're done forever. — Joe Montana

I know If I score we're going to win the match. — Cristiano Ronaldo

Tell me your heroes and I'll tell you how your life will end up — Warren Buffett

Journalism is a team sport. Writing novels is golf: it's you and the ball. — Pete Hamill

When I was really young, I can remember being into fashion, but I was really into horses and sports. — Kendall Jenner

For me, by far, the Olympics is the biggest sporting event in the world. — Andy Murray

Falling in love is the right adventure for those who dislike sports and travel. — Mason Cooley

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

You can't just go outside and play hockey. It's more of an expensive sport. — Jeremy Roenick

If you gone come in second, you're just the first loser! — Tiger Woods

Tennis and golf are best played, not watched. — Roger Kahn

Baseball is too much of a sport to be called a business, and too much of a business to be called a sport. — Philip K. Wrigley

I love team sports - they give me something to focus on rather than the fact that I can't breathe or my muscles are aching. — Sanjeev Bhaskar

I decided to create a sports club during the Soviet times. It was my dream. — Sergei Bubka

Sport is an international phenomenon, like science or music. — Avery Brundage

Football is a sport of emotions, and we have to capture that in our films. — Steve Sabol

I never drop a player I only make changes. — Bill Shankly

I think, without question, the way someone plays sports shows something about inherently who they are, you know? — Hill Harper

Everyone has to remember, I've always said that soccer is my number-one sport. — Chad Ochocinco

Too many coaches have too big a mouth and not big enough ears. — John Kessel

I work 12 to 14 hours a day, and in the spare time I do sport. — Mikhail Prokhorov

If it wasn't for my sport and my father, I'd probably be a fallen statistic. I'd be dead; I'd be in jail. Luckily, I had a great dad in my life. — Apolo Ohno

Golf is a game in which one endeavors to control a ball with implements ill adapted for the purpose. — Woodrow Wilson

Destroy all creatures for thy sport or gust, Yet cry, if man's unhappy, God's unjust. — Alexander Pope

Pro football is like nuclear warfare. There are no winners, only survivors. — Frank Gifford

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

Just be patient. Let the game come to you. Don't rush. Be quick, but don't hurry. — Earl Monroe

I think that there's only one nationality and one language in the sport, and you call it performance. — Wladimir Klitschko

I grew up reading the newspapers, mostly the sports section. I was a wrestler and would check to see if I was ranked. — Michael Pena

Being an athlete helps me get those grandiose emotions of pleasure and pain that are involved in sports. — Yanni

There are three choices in life and sport - either you do it, you don't do it or you think about it. Most humans think about it. We will do it. — John Kessel

There is only one emotion that I know of which has absolutely no place in spectator sport and death to it - laughter. — Rene Maheu

I don't think you're going to be a success in anything if you think about losing, whether it's in sports or in politics. — Edward Kennedy

I grew up playing every sport. — Paula Creamer

That's what we need nowadays, is more children that have goals other than being a sports figure or some kind of celebrity. — Joe Nichols

I call tennis the McDonald's of sport - you go in, they make a quick buck out of you, and you're out. — Pat Cash

Overall the fundamentals seem to be there and he's obviously got a very mature head on his shoulders. He's got a kind of presence. — Nick Price

You have people telling you how good you are and all of a sudden, you might start believing it and forget what it takes to be good. — Lou Lamoriello

I'm not a sports dude, but I'm interested in the sociological implications of it. — Ian MacKaye

My deep dark secret is that I was a nerd in school. I liked the theater. I liked to study. I wasn't very good at sports. — Rob Lowe

They are who we thought they were! — Dennis Green

The aura of soccer is very different from other sports. — Dave Checketts

I'm a very feminine man. I like feminine things. I don't go to strip clubs. I don't drink beer. I don't play sports. — Nicolas Winding Refn

I hope others take as much pride in the sport as I do. — Johnny Damon

I wouldn't give one iota to make a trip from the cradle to the grave unless I could live in a competitive world. — Adolph Rupp

I don't play sports. The only sports I play is shopping. But there is a lot of walking involved in that ... running sometimes if there's a sale. — Jessica Simpson

I've lied all my life. I'm just now learning how to tell the truth, and I'm not going to start playing games again, especially not with you. — Collette West

The Game gives you a Purpose. The Real Game is, to Find a Purpose. — Vineet Raj Kapoor

In my experience, it's only people who don't play sport at a professional level who think that there is anything remotely erotic about a locker room. — John Amaechi