Top 25 Individual Sport Quotes

Words matter. These are the best Individual Sport Quotes from famous people such as Katarina Johnson-Thompson, Ricky Hatton, Alfredo Di Stefano, Andy Murray, Daniel Dubois, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.

It's an individual sport; you want to do well for yours

It’s an individual sport; you want to do well for yourself.
Katarina Johnson-Thompson
It’s an individual sport so you get in the ring on your own and then when you retire you tend to spend the rest of your life on your own.
Ricky Hatton
In football what counts is team spirit. It isn’t an individual sport like boxing or tennis.
Alfredo Di Stefano
Tennis is an individual sport, and I am quite a self-conscious person.
Andy Murray
Life as a pro is definitely an individual sport. Thankfully that’s how I’ve always been so I like it that way.
Daniel Dubois
Leadership is an individual sport, one that has to be fine-tuned to each of the people that reports to you. Leaders also need to provide the direction, energy, encouragement and inspiration for each person who reports directly to the leader as well as for the overall organization.
David Petraeus
I think that tennis has been in a place for many years without any change. Davis Cup and Fed Cup has always been a very exciting platform for players because it is such an individual sport, and we get to play a team competition. We love being part of a team.
Mahesh Bhupathi
I played football in high school, I played baseball when I was younger, things like that, but I think it was the passion I had for track where you want to do an individual sport and be the best, I think – there’s nothing that can replace that.
Tyson Gay
Football is a collective sport, but goalkeeping is an individual sport.
Petr Cech
I’m not one of those women who’s like pro women. I’m an individual, and I’m in an individual sport. So I see everyone as individuals, not as male or female.
Laila Ali
In an individual sport you can always plan your ideal peak, but in a team sport the experience of playing in the qualifiers makes you stronger as a unit.
Tite
F1 is a team sport, not an individual sport.
Lance Stroll
I love the relays. Track is such an individual sport, so it’s fun to do something together.
Allyson Felix
For each individual, sport is a possible source for inner improvement.
Pierre de Coubertin
Not every child is cut out for an individual sport.
Chris Evert
Wrestling is a team sport, and an individual sport all rolled into one.
William Baldwin
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
Athletes can not look the same and be great in their individual sport. The example I like to use is Gabby Douglas. She could not flip in the air if she was built like me, but then Gabby Douglas couldn’t throw the shot put. I was built like this because I was made to throw the shot put.
Michelle Carter
It’s true that being in an individual sport, you have to be a little bit selfish.
Victoria Azarenka
You can be a little lonely because it’s an individual sport.
Guy Forget
Isn’t cricket supposed to be a team sport? I feel people should decide first whether cricket is a team game or an individual sport.
Sachin Tendulkar
Football is a team sport and not an individual sport. We win as a team, and every individual is better if we are part of the team.
Fernando Torres
If somebody asks me whether I’d rather sink the winning putt in the Ryder Cup or win a major, it’s the major every day. World championship or Ryder Cup? Win a world championship. At the end of the day you’re going to be remembered for what you achieve in an individual sport.
Rory McIlroy
You can be pretty selfish as tennis players, being an individual sport.
Mardy Fish
It is an individual sport and you don’t get many opportunities to overturn dodgy decisions.
George Groves