Sports Quotes - Page 20

• I've never tried to hide the fact that it is my intention to become the best

  Cristiano Ronaldo

  Soccer, Football, Facts

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• I didn't get into teaching and coaching for the number of wins or the money. It was a passion for trying to help young people

  Bo Ryan

  Basketball, Money, Teaching

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• It's better to have ten disorganized players than ten organized runners.

  Roberto Baggio

  Soccer, Football, Player

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• The recent actions by Kyle Busch are not consistent with the values of M&M'S and we're very disappointed. Like you, we hold those who represent our brand to a higher standard and we have expressed our concerns directly to Joe Gibbs Racing.

  Denny Hamlin

  Disappointment, Racing, Action

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• You can measure a man's character by the choices he makes under pressure.

  Winston Churchill

  Character, Men, Choices

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• I don't run away from a challenge because I am afraid. Instead, I run toward it because the only way to escape fear is to trample it beneath your feet.

  Nadia Comaneci

  Motivational, Running, Fear

  FaceBook post by Nadia Comaneci from Apr 24, 2014

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• There is a syndrome in sports called 'paralysis by analysis.'

  Arthur Ashe

  Analysis, Syndromes, Paralysis

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• Sport is part of every man and woman's heritage and its absence can never be compensated for.

  Pierre de Coubertin

  Men, Heritage, Absence

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• The only reason I don't like playing in the World Series is I can't watch myself play.

  Reggie Jackson

  Baseball, Play, Dumb

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I wanted the world to know that my country Ethiopia has always won with determination and heroism.

  Abebe Bikila

  Country, Running, Determination

  "50 stunning Olympic moments: Abebe Bikila's 1960 marathon victory - in pictures" by Steven Bloor, www.theguardian.com. April 25, 2012.

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• Fighters find it hard to give up doing what they do best - fighting for a living.

  Evander Holyfield

  Giving Up, Fighting, Boxing

  The Guardian Interview, www.theguardian.com. September 28, 2003.

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• Football is just a game. What matters is what you play for.

  Ernie Davis

  Football, What Matters, Games

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• Alabama fans love Alabama football. Auburn fans love Auburn.

  Pat Dye

  Football, College, Fans

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• Greatness finds us by obstacles in front of us. I don’t look at hurdles as obstacles blocking my path but opportunities to overcome.

  Lolo Jones

  Inspirational, Success, Block

  FaceBook post by Lolo Jones from Aug 04, 2012

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• In my time at Anfield we always said we had the best two teams on Merseyside - Liverpool and Liverpool reserves.

  Bill Shankly

  Funny, Soccer, Football

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• If a man….who’s playing in front of the public, is being well paid, and he doesn’t dedicate himself to the job, I’d be hard on him. If I could I would put him in jail, out of the road of society. Because he’s a menace

  Bill Shankly

  Funny, Football, Jobs

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• Football is something like war. Whoever behaves too properly, is lost.

  Rinus Michels

  Soccer, Football, War

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• What I need to do is have a great positive attitude and a great work ethic. Those two things validate me. Yes, it's important that I have good numbers, and I'm well-respected as a player. But I think it's more important that I'm respected as a man.

  David Robinson

  Respect, Attitude, Integrity

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• Skateboarding doesn't make you a skateboarder; not being able to stop skateboarding makes you a skateboarder.

  Lance Mountain

  Skateboarding, Stopping, Able

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• If the psychic energies of the average mass of people watching a football game or a musical comedy could be diverted into the rational channels of a freedom movement, they would be invincible.

  Wilhelm Reich

  Music, Football, Freedom

  "The Mass Psychology of Fascism". Book by Wilhelm Reich, 1933.

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• I had to learn to be honest with myself. I had to recognize my pain threshold. When I hit the floor, I have to realize it's not as if I broke a bone. Pushing yourself over the barrier is a habit. I know I can do it and try something else crazy. If you want to win the war, you've got to pay the price.

  Flo Hyman

  Pain, War, Crazy

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• It's not about rugby, it's about young men. It's not about building a championship team, it's about building championship boys. Boys who will be forever strong.

  Larry Gelwix

  Strength, Being Strong, Team

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• Anyone can train hard. Do you have the discipline to recover?

  Lauren Fleshman

  Recovery, Train Hard, Discipline

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• Running reminded me exactly who I am and what I am made of.

  Lynn Jennings

  Running, Who I Am, Track And Field

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• It's a strange phenomenon how this piece of wood, wheels and a turning system has made so many people so happy

  Chris Cole

  Happy, People, Skateboarding

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