694 private quotes tagged sports

“If a man watches three football games in a row, he should be declared legally dead.” — Erma Bombeck

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“I think exercise tests us in so many ways, our skills, our hearts, our ability to bounce back after setbacks. This is the inner beauty of sports and competition, and it can serve us all well as adult athletes.” — Peggy Fleming

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“Basketball is like war in that offensive weapons are developed first, and it always takes a while for the defense to catch up.” — Red Auerbach

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“If you're a sports fan you realize that when you meet somebody, like a girlfriend, they kind of have to root for your team. They don't have a choice.” — Jimmy Fallon

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“When they take surveys of women in business, of the Fortune 500, the successful women, 80% of them, say they were in sports as a young woman.” — Billie Jean King

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“We're in a leadership position in sports. People look up to the National Football League.” — Roger Goodell

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“These are my new shoes. They're good shoes. They won't make you rich like me, they won't make you rebound like me, they definitely won't make you handsome like me. They'll only make you have shoes like me. That's it.” — Charles Barkley

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“You can't win unless you learn how to lose.” — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

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“I wish I had played team sports. I think every kid should. Teamwork builds character - teaches people about leadership and cooperation.” — Mo Rocca

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“Many forms, sizes and colors, I think there are heroes in sports, in life... It would be cliche to say my dad, my granddad. I think I'm a fan of people who were brave, my aunt, my grandmother, those are my heroes.” — George Eads

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“You always get a special kick on opening day, no matter how many you go through. You look forward to it like a birthday party when you're a kid. You think something wonderful is going to happen.” — Joe DiMaggio

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“Sports do not build character. They reveal it.” — Heywood Broun

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“You win some, lose some, and wreck some.” — Dale Earnhardt

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“You don't play against opponents, you play against the game of basketball.” — Bobby Knight

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“Champions keep playing until they get it right.” — Billie Jean King

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“Football is an incredible game. Sometimes it's so incredible, it's unbelievable.” — Tom Landry

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“Baseball happens to be a game of cumulative tension but football, basketball and hockey are played with hand grenades and machine guns.” — John Leonard

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“Do you know what my favorite part of the game is? The opportunity to play.” — Mike Singletary

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“A lifetime of training for just ten seconds.” — Jesse Owens

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“Approach the game with no preset agendas and you'll probably come away surprised at your overall efforts.” — Phil Jackson

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“Fishing is much more than fish. It is the great occasion when we may return to the fine simplicity of our forefathers.” — Herbert Hoover

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“If you drink don't drive. Don't even putt.” — Dean Martin

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“Give me golf clubs, fresh air and a beautiful partner, and you can keep the clubs and the fresh air.” — Jack Benny

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“All hockey players are bilingual. They know English and profanity.” — Gordie Howe

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“Just like I find men who talk sports who don't really know sports annoying, I think men might find women who don't really have a true passion and knowledge of sports maybe not so attractive.” — Gabrielle Union

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