RANDOM QUOTES

Football
Most of my clichés aren't original.
- Chuck Knox
1
Cycling
Caution is the key to safe cycling. I'm aware that cars are bigger than me, but I feel quite safe. I'm in control, liberated and free, when I'm on my bike.
- Erin O'Connor
1
Basketball
You can’t win unless you learn how to lose.
- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
2
Wrestling
My rookie is manly, so manly, oh so manly his name is Derrick Bateman
- Daniel Bryan
5
Soccer
I know all about the ups and downs of football, I know that one day I will be sacked.
- Jose Mourinho
3
Boxing
At home I am a nice guy: but I don't want the world to know. Humble people, I've found, don't get very far.
- Muhammad Ali
6
Boxing
Sure the fight was fixed. I fixed it with a right hand.
- George Foreman
1
Hockey
When it comes to hockey, it's been in my blood since I was 3 or 4 years old. I love coaching the kids, especially at that level.
- Mario Lemieux
2
Wrestling
You do not boo an Olympic Gold Medalist. I'm the best in the world. I came here for you. You don't boo me.
- Kurt Angle
1
Swimming
The hardest skill to acquire in this sport is the one where you compete all out, give it all you have, and you are still getting beat no matter what you do. When you have the killer instinct to fight through that, it is very special.
- Eddie Reese
2
Volleyball
Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, practiced every day
- Jim Rohn
5
Basketball
The difference between a good defensive team and a bad defensive team is as little as three possessions
- Brad Stevens
1
Boxing
The time to stop is when the other guy hits you more than you hit him
- Sugar Ray Leonard
3
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
Cycling
When your legs scream stop and your lungs are bursting, that's when it starts. That's the hurt locker. Winners love it in there.
- Chris McCormack
2
None
Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee
- Muhammad Ali
3
Soccer
Well Kerry, you're 19 and you're a lot older than a lot of people younger than yourself.
- Mike Gray.
1
Soccer
You must respect people and work hard to be in shape. And I used to train very hard. When the others players went to the beach after training, I was there kicking the ball.
- Pele
1
Tennis
As soon as I step on the court I just try to play tennis and don't find excuses. You know, I just lost because I lost, not because my arm was sore.
- Goran Ivanisevic
2
Football
My NFL pension can barely pay my son's tuition. You know, it's very little money.
- O. J. Simpson
2
Skiing
Skiing combines outdoor fun with knocking down trees with your face.
- Dave Barry
1
Field Hockey
Surrender the ME for the WE.
- Unknown
2
Wrestling
I'm the man that made wrestling famous.
- Hulk Hogan
1
Volleyball
To the world we are just a team, to each other we are a family.
- Unknown
5
Cricket
Before you lay a foundation on the cricket field, there should be a solid foundation in your heart and you start building on that. After that as you start playing more and more matches, you learn how to score runs and how to take wickets.
- Sachin Tendulkar
5
Badminton
Even though I played national level badminton, I told my parents when I was in 10th that I was not interested in continuing. Being a model or actor fascinated me from a young age, and I even did a couple of ads when I was just eight years old.
- Deepika Padukone
2
Track & Field
I began with track and field because this is what I know.
- Sergei Bubka
6
Cricket
I have seen god, he bats at no. 4 for India.
- Mathew Hayden
2
Basketball
In an individual sport, yes, you have to win titles. Baseball's different. But basketball, hockey? One person can control the tempo of a game, can completely alter the momentum of a series. There's a lot of great individual talent.
- Kobe Bryant
1
Basketball
When you're not practicing, someone else is getting better.
- Allen Iverson
17
Wrestling
Inner strength is very important.
- Geeta Phogat
3
Cycling
Cycling can be lonely, but in a good way. It gives you a moment to breathe and think, and get away from what you're working on.
- David Byrne
1
Lacrosse
Although it will be an intense affair, we will all have fun and, in the end, the sport of lacrosse will be victorious.
- Gavin Prout
7
Soccer
Never go for a 50-50 ball unless you're 80-20 sure of winning it.
- Ian Darke
5
Cricket
I think if you're writing about cricket, you're obviously writing about power, because cricket is such a loaded sport, much more so than soccer.
- Joseph O’Neill
4
Soccer
I have a TV Soap Boomerang award, and I always start my year with the Australian Open tennis! Tennis, soccer, you name it.
- Doug Davidson
1
Soccer
Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing
- Pele
12
Tennis
All I cared about in tennis was winning.
- Pete Sampras
3
Skiing
Skiing can be thought of as a control and guidance activity, sliding down on a varying surface
- David W. Murrie
1
Wrestling
I've been a barbarian my whole life
- Brock Lesnar
6
Soccer
The problem is that they are all stars at Madrid. You need someone to carry the water to the well
- Diego Maradona
2
Hockey
Ice hockey players can walk on water.
- Unknown
1
Table Tennis
I can shoot pool, and I can play ping-pong. I'm pretty good at those games.
- Thelonious Monk
6
None
Mistakes are part of the game. It's how well you recover from them, that's the mark of a great player.
- Alice Cooper
3
Football
To succeed… You need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you.
- Tony Dorsett
6
Baseball
If there are any curses left in baseball, they are all on the north side of Chicago
- Tucker Elliot
2
Rowing
I think I have experience in rowing, and that has given me some ability to go about racing. I'm lucky genetically. I have a good VO2 max - I can hold a lot of air in my lungs - and that definitely helps.
- Bryan Volpenhein
1
Basketball
Stop by stop by stop. Play aggressively. Sprint back on 'D' and pay attention to how we're supposed to guard as a team
- Gregg Popovich
13
Baseball
One of the beautiful things about baseball is the history
- James Anthony Abbott
9
Cricket
Sachin's straight drive is like fired bullet from most efficient gun.
- Amit Kalantri
2