Sports Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings

277 Sports Quotes
“Bulls do not win bull fights. People do.”
Norman Augustine Quotes
“Academe, n.: An ancient school where morality and philosophy were taught. Academy, n.: A modern school where football is taught.”
Ambrose Bierce Quotes
“Baseball players are smarter than football players. How often do you see a baseball team penalized for too many men on the field?”
Jim Bouton Quotes
“Nobody roots for Goliath.”
Wilt Chamberlain Quotes
“I'm convinced that every boy, in his heart, would rather steal second base than an automobile.”
Tom Clark Quotes
“He hits it long. His shoulders are impressively quick through the ball. That's where he's getting his power from. He's young and has great elasticity.”
Nick Faldo Quotes
“'Twas Game Six of the Series when out of the sky, Flew Sergio's parachute, a Met banner held high. His goal was to spur our home team to success, Burst Beantown's balloon claiming Sox were the best.”
Phyllis Orlikoff Flug Quotes
“Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they've got a second.”
William James Quotes
“Is it normal to wake up in the morning in a sweat because you can't wait to beat another human's guts out?”
Joe Kapp Quotes
“Perhaps the single most important element in mastering the techniques and tactics of racing is experience. But once you have the fundamentals, acquiring the experience is a matter of time.”
Greg Lemond Quotes
“I don't know why people question the academic training of an athlete. Fifty percent of the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their classes.”
Al McGuire Quotes
“He's going to be around a long, long time, if his body holds up. That's always a concern with a lot of players because of how much they play. A lot of guys can't handle it. But it looks like he can.”
Jack Nicklaus Quotes
“Boxing has become America's tragic theater.”
Joyce Carol Oates Quotes
“I see no reason why Tiger Woods won't become a great player. Man, can he smoke some shots. A little refinement on Tiger's short game and there'll be nothing. He's already pretty darn imposing.”
Corey Pavin Quotes
“The first time I ever saw Arnold Palmer, I said, "There's a star." The first time I saw Jack Nicklaus, I said, "Superstar." I feel the same way about Tiger Woods.”
Gary Player Quotes
“Overall the fundamentals seem to be there and he's obviously got a very mature head on his shoulders. He's got a kind of presence.”
Nick Price Quotes
“It's a round ball and a round bat, and you got to hit it square.”
Pete Rose Quotes
“Golf appeals to the idiot in us and the child. Just how childlike golf players become is proven by their frequent inability to count past five.”
John Updike Quotes
“When Tiger was 6 months old, he would sit in our garage, watching me hit balls into a net. He had been assimilating his golf swing. When he got out of the high chair, he had a golf swing.”
Earl Woods Quotes
“My potential speaks for itself. (who finished the year ranked 111 in 1998.)”
Liliah Osterloh Quotes
“I'll be back. (five days after being pummeled in his fight with Mike Tyson.)”
Peter Mcneeley Quotes
“One player was lost because he broke his nose. How do you go about getting a nose in condition for football? (when asked if the abnormal number of Longhorn injuries this season resulted from poor physical conditioning)”
Darrell Royal Quotes
“I'm going to send the injured reserve players out for the toss next time. (after the team's co-captain, offensive guard Robert Pratt, pulled a hamstring running onto the field for the coin toss against St. Louis)”
Mike Mccormack Quotes
“Coaches have to watch for what they don't want to see and listen to what they don't want to hear.”
John Madden Quotes
“Racing is a matter of spirit not strength.”
Janet Guthrie Quotes
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