Sports Quotes - Page 30

• The Olympic Charter says winter sports must be played on snow or ice, so the Chess Federation says they'll play with ice pieces. The Olympic charter also says sports must be sports.

  Peter Sagal

  Winter, Ice, Play

  "Lightning Fill In The Blank". "Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!" with Peter Sagal, www.npr.org. May 2, 2015.

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• I don't think people are reacting primarily to the danger of the sport. There are many other activities that are truly dangerous that we have no inclination to ban.

  Jonathan Gottschall

  Thinking, People, Danger

  "A Talk With The Savage English Professor". Interview with Sam Harris, www.thedailybeast.com. March 5, 2015.

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• Bull riding is probably the most dangerous sport in the world in terms of head injuries.

  Jonathan Gottschall

  World, Riding, Bulls

  "A Talk With The Savage English Professor". Interview with Sam Harris, www.thedailybeast.com. March 5, 2015.

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• I think what bothers us about fighting sports isn't the damage to the athlete but the fact that you win by doing more harm to your opponent than he does to you. It just seems ugly.

  Jonathan Gottschall

  Athlete, Fighting, Thinking

  "A Talk With The Savage English Professor". Interview with Sam Harris, www.thedailybeast.com. March 5, 2015.

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• I think the proper attitude toward fighting sports is one of ambivalence. You can be drawn to them, but you should also be repelled by them.

  Jonathan Gottschall

  Attitude, Fighting, Thinking

  "A Talk With The Savage English Professor". Interview with Sam Harris, www.thedailybeast.com. March 5, 2015.

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• My reason for arguing against abolishing these types of sports isn't some kind of lofty, philosophical rationale. It's just that I did it and I liked it. It comes down to a libertarian issue for me. I feel that if I know the risks and I want to take them, I should be allowed to do so.

  Jonathan Gottschall

  Philosophical, Issues, Risk

  "A Talk With The Savage English Professor". Interview with Sam Harris, www.thedailybeast.com. March 5, 2015.

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• In an effort to civilize combat sports, authorities mandated padded gloves and instantly made the sports far more savage. Granted, putting gloves on the hands seems like a nice thing to do. If you were being punched in the brain by a powerful man, wouldn't you rather he strap a pillow around his fist? But the glove doesn't do anything to diminish your brain damage.

  Jonathan Gottschall

  Powerful, Nice, Men

  "A Talk With The Savage English Professor". Interview with Sam Harris, www.thedailybeast.com. March 5, 2015.

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• Putting gloves on the fighters was a symbolic change that suggested that we were now making it a civilized sport, and it was no longer this crazy gladiatorial throwback to ancient Rome. It's even in our language: If you want to get serious and violent, what do you do? You "take the gloves off." Bare-fisted is supposedly a much more dangerous way to hit someone. But we've got it completely backward. The glove is a weapon. It massively accentuates the ability of the fist to do harm.

  Jonathan Gottschall

  Crazy, Rome, Gloves

  "A Talk With The Savage English Professor". Interview with Sam Harris, www.thedailybeast.com. March 5, 2015.

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• Rock stars are like sports stars: If you snap your ankle, you're done.

  Dave Grohl

  Stars, Rocks, Ankles

  Interview with Kyle Ryan, www.avclub.com. August 9, 2006.

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• I went to university (Brown), I worked as a designer, I competed in Olympic sport (rowing) ... and I ended up being a musician. It's in the DNA, I guess.

  Dhani Harrison

  Dna, Musician, Rowing

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• I think that money has changed my sport.

  Bill Toomey

  Thinking, Changed

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• Women's sport helps break down a lot of barriers for women in other areas, whether in religion or politics.

  Clare Balding

  Helping, Breaking Down, Barriers

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• Sport can be used for messaging, for example, making the connections between shin guards or a helmet that protects you, and protection in terms of HIV and AIDS. There has also been a very active program in Africa called 'Kick Polio out of Africa,' where soccer players have spoken out in terms of polio. There is also going to be a swim for malaria.

  Carol Bellamy

  Soccer, Player, Swim

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• As someone who played a team sport, I feel a bit uncomfortable being ranked as an individual so high.

  Franz Beckenbauer

  Team, Individual, Uncomfortable

  "Schu voted Germany's star of the century". www.abc.net.au. November 20, 2004.

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• We're used to comeback stories in the world of sports, but the Gail Devers story is remarkable. This is a comeback from an illness which almost killed her.

  Bob Costas

  Stories, World, Comeback

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• I love figure skating and what I am able to express creatively. I want to leave a legacy in the sport.

  Patrick Chan

  Skating, Legacy, Want

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• Contrary to the royal and uptight image of polo, I want to bring it to a younger generation. This is a great sport that can have a larger audience and appeal to more people. Sportsmanship is lacking in many other sports that I don't want to name.

  Randeep Hooda

  Names, People, Royal

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• There is no life without sport and no sport without competition.

  Randeep Hooda

  Competition

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• When I was a child, I saw in the news that a person from Belitung had done well in sports in Jakarta, and I just couldn't imagine that it was possible for someone from here to become famous, and it's still very isolated out here.

  Andrea Hirata

  Children, News, Jakarta

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• George Orwell famously described international sport as 'war minus the shooting'. But for all Orwell's greatness as a thinker, this was one of his least felicitous lines, analogous to 'murder minus the death' or 'life minus the breathing'.

  Gideon Haigh

  War, Greatness, Breathing

  Gideon Haigh (2010). “Sphere of Influence: Writings on Cricket and Its Discontents”, p.197, Victory Books

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• If and when I decide to retire I want to perform. I want to be on the ice. I want to continue contributing to the sport. I feel like I still have a lot to offer.

  Jeremy Abbott

  Ice, Ifs And, Want

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• Every person working in sports journalism today owes a tremendous debt to Howard Cosell. His greatest contribution was elevating sports reporting out of daily play-by-play and placing it in the larger context of society.

  Roone Arledge

  Play, Debt, Today

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• Cricket pays well, so a lot of people are naturally drawn towards the game. But to carve a niche in non-cricket sports is not easy. So state governments need to be proactive. Indians need to be made aware of the power of an Olympic medal. It should be treated at par with an Oscars or a Nobel Prize.

  Gagan Narang

  Government, Games, People

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• I think country needs to have a sporting culture. I think if sports were taken as curriculum in school and are encouraged in right way like government of Maharashtra and Haryana have done given Marks for Sports and encouraging them with good jobs.

  Gagan Narang

  Country, Jobs, Taken

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• Sport is an important part of the development of kids, and hence, it should be made a part of their curriculum.

  Gagan Narang

  Kids, Important, Development

  FaceBook post by Gagan Narang from Aug 13, 2012

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