Sports & Teamwork: Sports Quotes

"All sport... is one of the few activities where young people can proceed along traditional avenues, where objectives are clear, where the desire to win is not only permissible, but encouraged"

Spiro T. Agnew, Politician

"Sports are more than just a game. They're a way of life"

Ben Mintz, Businessman

"In sports, there are no guarantees. You have to give it your all and hope for the best"

Ben Mintz, Businessman

"Sports fandom is like a family. You might not always agree with your family members, but at the end of the day, you're all in it together"

Ben Mintz, Businessman

"I want to be strong, dominant. Like Wilt Chamberlain"

Shaquille O'Neal, Athlete

"I play against a front and a back every night, Ming does not have to do that, Duncan does not have to do that, Garnett doesn't do that. I am the only one that has to do that"

Shaquille O'Neal, Athlete

"The major championships have always been a special focus in my career, and as a professional, I think Augusta is where I need to be"

Tiger Woods, Athlete

"It will always be the ball and me"

Tiger Woods, Athlete

"That is why one day I said my game will be like the Pythagorean Theorem - hard to figure out. A lot of people really don't know the Pythagorean Theory. They don't make them like me anymore. They don't want to make them like that anymore"

Shaquille O'Neal, Athlete

"If you got the game, you got the game. That's why Tiger Woods is out there playing golf with Greg Norman"

Shaquille O'Neal, Athlete

"The Masters is where I won my first major, and I view this tournament with great respect. After a long and necessary time away from the game, I feel like I'm ready to start my season at Augusta"

Tiger Woods, Athlete

"I started out as a football player. I liked to inflict pain. In basketball, it was the same thing"

Shaquille O'Neal, Athlete

"I have never been a shooter"

Shaquille O'Neal, Athlete

"Michael left because of the Bulls' management, not because he'd lost his love of playing the game"

Tiger Woods, Athlete

"As a kid, I might have been psycho, I guess, but I used to throw golf balls in the trees and try and somehow make par from them. I thought that was fun"

Tiger Woods, Athlete

"My main focus is on my game"

Tiger Woods, Athlete

"I do plan to return to golf one day, I just don't know when that day will be"

Tiger Woods, Athlete

"I love to play golf, and that's my arena. And you can characterize it and describe it however you want, but I have a love and a passion for getting that ball in the hole and beating those guys"

Tiger Woods, Athlete

"I did envisage being this successful as a player, but not all the hysteria around it, off the golf course"

Tiger Woods, Athlete

"What a great day for football, all we need is some green grass and a ball"

Bill Shankly, Athlete

"We murdered them 0-0"

Bill Shankly, Athlete

"Football (soccer) is a matter of life and death, except more important"

Bill Shankly, Athlete

"I run to see who has the most guts"

Steve Prefontaine, Athlete

"Nobody likes to hear it, because it's dull, but the reason you win or lose is darn near always the same - pitching"

Earl Weaver, Coach

"I was always athletic and I could do a lot of things"

Shannon Miller, Athlete

"I don't think I have the mileage on me to really complain of any injuries yet"

Shannon Miller, Athlete

"The only thing that matters is what happens on the little hump out in the middle of the field"

Earl Weaver, Coach

"I think the National League has better biorhythms in July"

Earl Weaver, Coach

"You can't sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You've got to throw the ball over the damn plate and five the other man his chance. That's why baseball is the greatest game of them all"

Earl Weaver, Coach

"I think there should be bad blood between all clubs"

Earl Weaver, Coach

"I love to get behind the wheel and get competitive"

Jason Statham, Actor

"I used to play a lot of racket sports, tennis and squash"

Jason Statham, Actor

"Basketball is in my blood. It is my obligation to try"

Hakeem Olajuwon, Athlete

"I'm used to short distances and short bursts of energy; it was just fastest"

Shannon Miller, Athlete

"I want to bring more gymnastics on television"

Shannon Miller, Athlete

"I thought about running a marathon a long time ago, but I'm just not a runner"

Shannon Miller, Athlete

"I'm a competitor. I really enjoyed the race more than just going out and running to run"

Shannon Miller, Athlete

"I will be talking with gymnasts from some of the other countries. I will be getting a feel for what they're thinking and what they're doing. It should be a really great meet"

Shannon Miller, Athlete

"And it was where I learned how to play tennis and eventually became captain of the tennis team at the school and was on the Junior Davis Cup in New York City"

Sanford I. Weill, Businessman

"My first game, I played the first play of the game and called a timeout and got sat down, got benched for the rest of the game, and we won the game. It was the longest day of my life. Long day. Very embarrassing"

Mike Singletary, Athlete

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