Sports & Teamwork: Sports Quotes

"You know that a given in life in human nature, is that at a sporting event, a baseball game, a football game, you never introduce a politician, is because he'll be booed. I don't care if he's the most beloved person in the world, it's part of the game"

Mark Russell, Writer

"The World Cup tournament overall and, naturally, the new stadiums at its heart, are the ideal platform to portray Germany as a positive and exceptional location, and above all, of course, as a highly capable economic location"

Franz Beckenbauer, Athlete

"After all, is football a game or a religion?"

Howard Cosell, Lawyer

"I have decided to come back for Les Bleus"

Zinedine Zidane, Athlete

"It's supposed to be fun. The man says 'Play Ball,' not 'Work Ball,' you know"

Willie Stargell, Athlete

"I consider skateboarding an art form, a lifestyle and a sport"

Tony Hawk, Athlete

"Actually, punching is a mistake; a heavy hitter will cut you with one shot"

Alexis Arguello, Athlete

"There are seven winners of the Monaco Grand Prix on the starting line today, and four of them are Michael Schumacher"

Murray Walker, Entertainer

"Anything happens in Grand Prix racing, and it usually does"

Murray Walker, Entertainer

"I would recommend anybody who gets a chance to see short track skating, make it a point to go out there when Apolo is skating because you won't see anybody better"

Eric Heiden, Athlete

"Golf is deceptively simple and endlessly complicated"

Arnold Palmer, Athlete

"I feel very strong as an individual, but as a famous footballer I know I am prone to certain things. All the media have a continuous interest for me. It varies from once a year to every day interest"

Ruud van Nistelrooy, Athlete

"Everybody says we hated the Yankees. We didn't hate the Yankees. We just hated the way they beat us"

Al Lopez, Coach

"You don't face Nolan Ryan without your rest. He's the only guy I go against that makes me go to bed before midnight"

Reggie Jackson, Athlete

"I am the best in baseball"

Reggie Jackson, Athlete

"Fans don't boo nobodies"

Reggie Jackson, Athlete

"They don't pay you a million dollars for two-hand chest passes"

Pete Maravich, Athlete

"The crowd makes the ballgame"

Ty Cobb, Athlete

"Didn't come up here to read. Came up here to hit"

Hank Aaron, Athlete

"Over the last 10-15 years, you've seen soccer finally start to grow at a fast pace, start to get the recognition it deserves, and I think it has to do with all of the people who come to America from foreign countries"

Claudio Reyna, Athlete

"No, I'm not a lager lout either. I think you have to be a massive football fan to be a lager lout"

Hugh Dancy, Actor

"The great trouble with baseball today is that most of the players are in the game for the money and that's it, not for the love of it, the excitement of it, the thrill of it"

Ty Cobb, Athlete

"I have observed that baseball is not unlike a war, and when you come right down to it, we batters are the heavy artillery"

Ty Cobb, Athlete

"Chess is ruthless: you've got to be prepared to kill people"

Nigel Short, Celebrity

"Academics often discount the value of top-rated sports programs in helping to develop a campus life and in contributing to the overall success of a college or university. Like it or not, the sports programs a college or university has are the front page of that university"

James E. Rogers, Educator

"A kid grows up a lot faster on the golf course. Golf teaches you how to behave"

Jack Nicklaus, Athlete

"Canadian hockey fans... They boo me every time I go anywhere. Because I play for Team USA"

Brett Hull, Athlete

"When you think of hockey, when you think of Canada, you think of Wayne Gretzky"

Joe Sakic, Athlete

"I didn't like the way the game was being played"

Mario Lemieux, Athlete

"By the time I got to Northwestern University in 1930, I was a football bum more interested in being an All-Star player and signing on with a pro team than going after a newspaper job"

Irv Kupcinet, Journalist

"As a former competitive athlete and a mother to a daughter who is a D1 collegiate athlete, I staunchly oppose biological males in girls/women's sports, locker rooms, and bathrooms"

Marjorie Taylor Greene, Politician

"Steroids are used in all sports"

Dorian Yates, Athlete

"I don't know what it means to be out there against the Olympics"

Yahoo Serious, Director

"Football has been my life for as long as I can remember"

Jack Youngblood, Athlete

"I don't have to play football"

Terrell Owens, Athlete

"I didn't want to be the sissy figure skater, you know"

Scott Hamilton, Athlete

"I think my numbers speak for themselves"

Jack Youngblood, Athlete

"Show me a guy who can't pitch inside, and I'll show you a loser"

Sandy Koufax, Athlete

"Boxing brings out my aggressive instinct, not necessarily a killer instinct"

Sugar Ray Leonard, Athlete

"Chess is an infinitely complex game, which one can play in infinitely numerous and varied ways"

Vladimir Kramnik, Celebrity

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