Sports & Teamwork: Sports Quotes

"The slow-motion replay doesn't show how fast the ball was really travelling"

Richie Benaud, Athlete

"Sadly, this problem of steroid use is not isolated to baseball"

Jim Sensenbrenner, Politician

"It is essential that we put an end to steroid abuse and set a better example for aspiring young athletes to follow, so that some day, when they make it in the All Star Game, it will be because of their own natural talents, and not because of a performance enhancing product"

Jim Sensenbrenner, Politician

"I was a little, skinny, runt kid, and I decided that bowling was what I was going to do in life"

Don Johnson, Actor

"These days, the temptation to use steroids in sports has become too great for many young athletes"

Jim Sensenbrenner, Politician

"Football, basketball, and the Olympic sports all have their problems with banned substances"

Jim Sensenbrenner, Politician

"I really got into the cricket and staying up late watching the World Cup"

Jeremy London, Actor

"I love extreme sports, I like snowboarding and motorcross and rollerblading and hockey"

Jeremy London, Actor

"That is not enough. Sport has been great for me, a great learning place that, if you want to achieve, you can, even if you are from the poorest part of Africa"

Haile Gebrselassie, Athlete

"Though I was not a belligerent kid, I do not think I ever passed up a good opportunity to fight"

Gene Tunney, Athlete

"It ain't about if he knocks a guy out. It's about how he knocks a guy out. It's the style, the improvisation"

Don King, Celebrity

"Sugar Ray Robinson was at the top of the boxing world during the 1950's when it seemed that he would either win or lose the championship about every three or four months"

Dick Schaap, Journalist

"Sportswriters have changed more than sportswriting"

Dick Schaap, Journalist

"I think it's a lot harder for the pros to have a long career in ice dance and in pairs. It seems the singles have a little bit of a longer career!"

Nancy Kerrigan, Athlete

"My whole feeling in terms of racing is that you have to be very bold. You sometimes have to be aggressive and gamble!"

Bill Rodgers, Athlete

"Being a runner means you are now "free" to win and lose and live life to its fullest"

Bill Rodgers, Athlete

"Being with all those great bowlers was the greatest three days I ever had"

Don Johnson, Actor

"Despite reforms in steroid control, serious problems still occur in and out of baseball"

Jim Sensenbrenner, Politician

"Some people who love boxing might love Mike Tyson, but people outside of the sport are generally repulsed by him and therefore, repulsed by the sport"

Dick Schaap, Journalist

"I did not choose necessarily on the basis of significance. If you have a vote for the most significant athlete, then you have Ali, then you have Babe Ruth, then you have Michael Jordan"

Dick Schaap, Journalist

"The '70s were a time of turmoil and turnover. But I grew up here. I always wanted to play here"

Carlton Fisk, Athlete

"I knew it was gonna go out. It was just a question of it being fair or foul. The wind must have carried it 15 feet toward the foul pole. I just stood there and watched. I didn't want to miss seeing it go out"

Carlton Fisk, Athlete

"I'm so lucky. I have such a great support system. All I have to do is run"

Cathy Freeman, Athlete

"I wanted to be a sportswriter because I loved sports and I could not hit the curve ball, the jump shot, or the opposing ball carrier"

Dick Schaap, Journalist

"Willie Mays was the best ever. When I was in college I once made a catch like the one Mays made over his head. Sometimes when I'm lying in bed at night I think about it. It still makes me warm"

David Duchovny, Actor

"I made my first Australian senior team when I was 16, first Olympics when I was 19, and I retired. I'm 32, I retired four years ago, so a good third of my life or nearly a third of my life has been all about running"

Cathy Freeman, Athlete

"When it's football season, I'm all football"

Hayden Fry, Coach

"Now we're doing it for different reasons. We're doing it to bring back the families to the game, people who love the game, and make it an affordable night's entertainment"

Bobby Hull, Athlete

"I just picked up golf, it was good, give me a chance to play golf"

Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Politician

"The starting line of the New York Marathon is kind of like a giant time bomb behind you about to go off. It is the most spectacular start in sport"

Bill Rodgers, Athlete

"I ran my fastest marathon in the rain"

Bill Rodgers, Athlete

"Anybody can be a runner... We were meant to move. We were meant to run. It's the easiest sport"

Bill Rodgers, Athlete

"Every professional athlete owes a debt of gratitude to the fans and management, and pays an installment every time he plays. He should never miss a payment"

Bobby Hull, Athlete

"All I've done all my life is just tried to better the game for our players and for those people watching"

Bobby Hull, Athlete

"Some Kentucky fans are a little more subdued"

Ashley Judd, Actress

"The worst injury I ever had was a stress fracture from running"

Grete Waitz, Athlete

"The fun never goes out, but it changes with the years, with winning and losing"

Bear Bryant, Coach

"I hope to get out before they start football next year"

Bear Bryant, Coach

"And now we have the formalities over, we'll have the National Anthems"

Brian Moore, Novelist

"After a goalless first half, the score at half time is 0-0"

Brian Moore, Novelist

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