RANDOM QUOTES

Soccer
Some people think football [soccer] is a matter of life and death. I don't like that attitude. I can assure them it is much more serious than that.
- Bill Shankly
8
Soccer
I never promise anything. I don't promise anything to my mum. I don't promise anything to the supporters.
- Cristiano Ronaldo
3
Basketball
The only important statistic is the final score
- Bill Russell
1
Football
Every team is beatable, you never know. The right moment, the right time, every team is beatable.
- Tom Coughlin
1
Hockey
You find that you have peace of mind and can enjoy yourself, get more sleep, and rest when you know that it was a one hundred percent effort that you gave- win or lose.
- Gordie Howe
1
Basketball
You have to lose yourself in the team and you have to lose yourself in the game.
- John Calipari
1
Basketball
You start to realize just how much sugar is out there. It's just empty calories
- Maya Moore
3
Cycling
I've diced with death the most cycling around London. Black cabs are far more dangerous than polar bears.
- Ben Saunders
1
Swimming
Swimming is normal for me. I'm relaxed. I'm comfortable, and I know my surroundings. It's my home.
- Michael Phelps
1
Soccer
Well Kerry, you're 19 and you're a lot older than a lot of people younger than yourself.
- Mike Gray.
1
Baseball
Set your goals high, and don't stop till you get there.
- Bo Jackson
1
Tennis
I play tennis five hours a week, from Monday to Friday, for one hour every day. I like to be fit. If I can't exercise, I feel bad - I need to sweat and run to feel like I'm in good shape.
- Bjorn Borg
1
Cricket
I'm convinced things will go much better if the players smile and have some fun on the field, rather than acting like wound-up spring.
- Jonty Rhodes
5
Rowing
What's unique about [rowing] is this utter dependence on one another - no one guy can make the boat go faster by himself; on-the-other-hand, one guy can slow it down a lot. So [rowers] really do learn to trust one another and depend on one another in a pretty unique way.
- Harry Parker
2
Baseball
You could be a kid for as long as you want when you play baseball.
- Cal Ripken, Jr.
7
Cricket
One more extraordinary knock from my favourite batsman AB de Villiers. He is destructive and consistent - a very dangerous combination
- VVS Laxman
1
Basketball
The idea is not to block every shot. The idea is to make your opponent believe that you might block every shot
- Bill Russell
1
Swimming
I want to test my maximum and see how much I can do. And I want to change the world of swimming.
- Michael Phelps
1
Swimming
In order to succeed… Your desire for success… Should be greater than… Your fear of failure…
- Unknown
4
Swimming
On paper - they're stronger, they're faster, they'll win. But guess what? We aren't swimming on paper.
- Unknown
3
Basketball
The basic premise of my system is to fatigue your opponents with constant pressure defensively and constant movement offensively
- Rick Pitino
3
Wrestling
More enduringly than any other sport, wrestling teaches self-control and pride. Some have wrestled without great skill - none have wrestled without pride.
- Dan Gable
2
Badminton
Keep calm and smash hard.
- Unknown
1
Golf
I never rooted against an opponent, but I never rooted for him either.
- Arnold Palmer
10
Golf
A trophy carries dust. Memories last forever.
- Mary Lou Retton
8
Swimming
Have fun, because that's what life is all about.
- Ryan Lochte
1
Rugby
If there is no blood on the line, it is not rugby league.
- Russell Crowe
1
Golf
Polo is like playing golf with a saddle, and there are a lot of moving parts.
- Joel Edgerton
1
Basketball
What distinguishes a great player is his presence. When he goes on to the court, his presence dominates the atmosphere
- Bill Russell
2
Cycling
Cycling is like a church - many attend, but few understand.
- Jim Burlant
2
Basketball
If you're going to have to beg them to play, it’s not going to work.
- Chuck Daly
13
Boxing
I want to be able to separate the average from the good and from the great. I want to separate the ordinary from the extraordinary
- Floyd Mayweather
7
Cricket
Cricket is battle and service and sport and art.
- Douglas Jardine
1
Track & Field
Winning is great, sure, but if you are really going to do something in life, the secret is learning how to lose.
- Wilma Rudolph
3
Baseball
Baseball is a fun game. It beats working for a living.
- Phil Linz
1
Badminton
Catch the shuttlecock...careful with that one!!!!
- Unknown
3
Boxing
To be the best you have to work overtime
- Floyd Mayweather
8
Basketball
He looks aggressive to me, and that's what's important.
- Gregg Popovich
8
Golf
I do not let a bad score ruin my enjoyment for golf.
- Darrell Royal
1
Boxing
Bruce Lee was an artist and, like him, I try to go beyond the fundamentals of my sport. I want the public to see a knockout in the making.
- Sugar Ray Leonard
1
Rugby
Rugby backs can be identified because they generally have clean jerseys and identifiable partings in their hair…
- Peter Fizsimmons
12
Football
The biggest thrill wasn't in winning on Sunday but in meeting the payroll on Monday.
- Art Rooney
5
Skiing
I always channeled what I felt emotionally into skiing - my insecurities, my anger & my disappointment.
- Lindsey Vonn
3
Wrestling
I want to surround myself with good people
- Brock Lesnar
6
Weightlifting
If it was easy, everyone would do it, it's the hard that makes it great.
- Unknown
6
Football
Don't walk through life just playing football. Don't walk through life just being an athlete. Athletics will fade. Character and integrity and really making an impact on someone's life, that's the ultimate vision, that's the ultimate goal - bottom line.
- Ray Lewis
1
Cricket
We take the shortest route to the puck and arrive in ill humor.
- Bobby Clarke
2
Tennis
Tennis is a perfect combination of violent action taking place in an atmosphere of total tranquility.
- Billie Jean King
1
Cricket
A wise man learns by the mistakes of others, A fool by own.
- Adam Gilchrist
2
Badminton
To train hard is the best way to become the best yourself.
- Chen Long
9