Sports Quotes - Page 23

• I think in the bullpen you can tell during your warmups, if you have a good feel for it. But anything can happen once you get into a game. Sometimes you just wind up throwing it better than ever before one day without knowing why.

  Barry Zito

  Thinking, Wind, Games

  "Barry Zito Visits Athletics Nation". Interview with Tyler Bleszinski, www.athleticsnation.com. March 29, 2005.

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• Nah, I don't watch TV either, apart from a few sports programmes. I just don't have the time.

  Eric Bristow

  Tvs, Watches, Programmes

  "Small Talk: Eric Bristow". Interview with Nick Harper, www.theguardian.com. August 1, 2003.

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• Sports biography at its best. Rich in period detail, anecdote, and fresh perspective, Strong Boy paints both the good and the bad sides of success, as America's growing celebrity culture turned a simple Irish American gladiator into a national, in fact international hero. A very human story with profound parallels for our sports-obsessed culture today!

  Nigel Hamilton

  Strong, Hero, Boys

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• New Singapore will be one of the world's finest, most liveable cities. Arts, theatres, museums, music and sports will flourish. Singapore will be a lively and exciting place.. Our city will not only have depth, but also the richness of diversity. But above all, Singapore will a home for Singaporeans.

  Goh Chok Tong

  Change, Art, Home

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• Let me be clear: Any new approach must ensure the integrity of the game. One of my most important responsibilities as commissioner of the NBA is to protect the integrity of professional basketball and preserve public confidence in the league and our sport. I oppose any course of action that would compromise these objectives. But I believe that sports betting should be brought out of the underground and into the sunlight where it can be appropriately monitored and regulated

  Adam Silver

  Basketball, Integrity, Believe

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• No hot guys should be allowed to have an English accent and drive a motorcycle. Not to mention wear the leather jacket or sport the cool shades. Hot guys should be forced into footie pajamas.

  Jandy Nelson

  Leather Jackets, Guy, Motorcycle

  Jandy Nelson (2014). “I'll Give You the Sun”, p.101, Penguin

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• I've been asked a lot lately if tennis is clean or not. I don't know any more how you judge whether a sport is clean. If one in 100 players is doping, in my eyes that isn't a clean sport.

  Andy Murray

  Eye, Player, Judging

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

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• I love my fans in Philadelphia, but this is the hardest place in the world to play in. And I think it's the hardest place to play in to be a superstar. Just to be the No. 1 guy. All eyes on you - because everybody wants you to be perfect, but not themselves.

  Allen Iverson

  Eye, Thinking, Play

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• When you are thrown onto the stage at 17 in such an enormous way, it becomes living on the edge because every step you take, every word you speak, every action you do becomes headline news. And it became, for me, life or death.

  Boris Becker

  Words You Speak, News, Way

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• Reading. That was the sport I was good at.

  George R. R. Martin

  Reading

  "These Writing Tips From George R.R. Martin And Robin Hobb Are Just Epic" by Dan Dalton, www.buzzfeed.com. August 20, 2014.

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• Nutrition has always played a huge role in my life. I became a vegetarian when I was 13 and then got my entire family to become vegetarians. And I have always been active my whole life. I genuinely enjoy sports and I spend time on my total gym.

  Christie Brinkley

  Roles, Nutrition, Vegetarian

  "Christie Brinkley Is 'Energized' About 2009". Interview with Jennifer Garcia, people.com. January 18, 2009.

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• I am really passionate about sports in general - especially water sports.

  Enrique Iglesias

  Water, Passionate, Sports In General

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• Playing sport has become very important today, since it can encourage young people to develop important values such as loyalty, perseverance, friendship, sharing and solidarity.

  Pope John Paul I

  Loyalty, Perseverance, Important Values

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• Certain things do not effect me anymore, which is not always good. There is always commotion, but I notice that hardly anything affects me or puts me out of balance.

  Ruud van Nistelrooy

  Balance, Certain, Effects

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• I've been a Colt for almost all of my adult life, but I guess in life, and in sports, we all know nothing lasts forever. Times change, circumstances change, and that's the reality of playing in the NFL.

  Peyton Manning

  Reality, Nfl, Forever

  Farewell Press Conference -- Indianapolis Colts, delivered 7 March 2012, Indianapolis, Indiana

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• American sports are quite masculine. And football - although it's still played by men all over the world - football compared to American football is quite feminine in its artistry. And there's no padding. It's America's loss, though.

  Noel Gallagher

  Football, Loss, Men

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• Success in management and success in sport are derived from the same basic principles.

  Will Carling

  Principles, Management, Basic Principles

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• Mostly I play sports games - football and basketball. 'Inside Drive' and 'NFL Fever.'

  Paul Pierce

  Basketball, Football, Games

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• In sport, if you want to be the best you have to compete against the best - I would much rather have come tenth and be judged against everyone than come first and be judged against just a few.

  Daley Thompson

  Want, Firsts, Being The Best

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• If you work hard in real life, people tend to get in your way - either from inertia or prejudice - and they stop you achieving things. It's the worst thing about real life compared with sports, where you generally get what you deserve: if you're the fastest guy, you win; there are no other games being played.

  Daley Thompson

  Real, Hard Work, Winning

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• You can go bang a ball against a wall all you want, but how do you become a better team player? By playing other team sports.

  Dom Starsia

  Wall, Team, Player

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• I was all-state in four sports in New Jersey, but sometimes I couldn't get served at a restaurant two blocks from my high school. There were no job opportunities then... the only thing a black youth could aspire to be was a bellboy or a pullman or an elevator operator, or, maybe, a teacher. There was a time when all we had was black baseball.

  Monte Irvin

  Baseball, Teacher, Jobs

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• Golf can be tougher than tennis when things go wrong, because you can't explain things by saying that your opponent played better than you. It's a cruel sport in that way.

  Caroline Wozniacki

  Golf, Tennis, Opponents

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

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• Very few blacks will take up golf until the requirement for plaid pants is dropped.

  Franklyn Ajaye

  Golf, Requirements, Pants

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• When things could've gone really bad, rugby caught my interest and I really stuck with it. The sport brought me, maybe off the streets where we'd be fighting, into putting in a good effort in the rugby field where you're kind of rewarded for that rough behaviour instead of in trouble with the law.

  Daniel Cudmore

  Fighting, Law, Effort

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