When I was minister of sport in Brazil, I tried to bring in a law that would make the chairmen of clubs reveal their accounts like other businesses. It was turned down, but I think it is an important story that will make a good film.
Cricket is such a sport that you get to learn something from someone every day.
I’d had 35 professional fights and mentally I was tired of it. I’d sort ot fallen out of love with the sport.
I love playing sport.
It was not long before I was struck with the idea that base ball was just the game for a national sport for Americans.
Running for me is a sport. It’s not a joke. It’s serious.
It is a violent sport that we choose as men, and that we as parents allow our children to play.
Because I used to play a lot of sport, I’ve always been in decent enough shape. When I used to get asked to do a bit of body work before a photo shoot I’d lie and say, ‘Yeah, I’m going to the gym.’ I literally never did anything.
As the only girl growing up among three brothers, I was always afraid of being excluded. If there was a game to be played, a sport to be learned, a competition to join, I was on my feet and ready. I didn’t spend much time alone for fear that I’d miss out.
I want to see where I measure up against everyone in the world and everyone who has ever competed in the sport, and there’s that innate sense of wanting to challenge myself. I’m competitive in all aspects.
I don’t really like the sport of tennis that much.
Basketball isn’t as popular in Canada as it is in the US. Hockey is by far the most popular sport in Canada.
There is nothing more exciting in sport when the top two countries in the world are battling for the Ashes.
As an Olympic champion gymnast, I have always stayed involved in my sport.
I contribute my best in my sport and I also have a ton of respect for myself and my family.
I like to thrift. I think it’s the funnest thing ever. But it’s a sport: You have to wake up, eat, and then it’s a whole day.
I only really watch sport. That’s where you see real joy. I don’t like watching much else on TV, because it’s generally either twisted or sad.
I have no problem with battling for a position. I have no problem trying to beat somebody out. It’s a sport, competition, so I’m used to it.
Togetherness is huge. I just can’t see anybody getting results in team sport without being together.
In order to excel, you must be completely dedicated to your chosen sport. You must also be prepared to work hard and be willing to accept constructive criticism. Without one-hundred percent dedication, you won’t be able to do this.
I look at myself, and how much I’ve gotten just because I play a sport well.
To stay at the elite end of professional sport you need to show an awful lot of dedication.
For me it’s a simple sport and a simple way to live these seven or eight years of maximum sport.
If I was the Jackie Robinson of golf, I sure didn’t do a very good job of it. Jackie was followed by hundreds of great black ballplayers who have transformed their sport… But there are hardly any black kids coming up through the ranks of golf today.
‘Just Do It’ is exactly what you need to hear when you’re in a moment of doubt. When you’re struggling, especially with sport… just do it. Stop talking about it, stop complaining about the cellulite, or that you’re not able to run fast enough for the bus… just do it.
I run in practically every single road race in my country, 5k, 10k just to promote the sport.
It’s cool just because I’ve had this dream of changing the sport of swimming and it’s finally happening.
Squash has the credentials to become an olympic event and our goal is to see the sport in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. We are working towards this and will keep trying even if our bid is not successful.
Politics is a blood sport.
Baseball is not a sport you can achieve individually.
Being involved in sports and having a very sport orientated family just helped the transition extremely well. I guess, in a way, your school colleagues saw you out and about, and you were part of the team you were getting into the Australian way, learning the language. The transition was extremely smooth.
Throughout your career, whether you’re getting into the sport or have been it in for a number of years like me, there will always be obstacles. The important thing is how you deal with those obstacles and come back from any disappointment or setback, no matter how big or small.
It has nothing to do with swimming. That happens to be my sport. I’m trying to see how far I can go.
I’d like to design something like a city or a museum. I want to do something hands on rather than just play golf which is the sport of the religious right.
Sport is a great equalizer that can build bridges, transcend borders and cultures, and render even the fiercest conflicts temporarily irrelevant.
I played baseball up until my freshman year of high school. That was my main sport. I played third base.
A career in entertainment has a lifespan, like one in sport.
Waterpolo is my life. Our relationship is that of predetermination I’ll never be better at anything than waterpolo and that is why it is my duty to pursue this sport as long as I can, and to the best of my abilities.
I do genuinely believe that young people who play sport at a competitive level, sensibly controlled, sensibly organised, that has to be a good thing. It will teach them to win, it will teach them to lose with dignity and magnanimity – all the things you want. It’s a pretty good metaphor for life.
Biography, like big game hunting, is one of the recognized forms of sport, and it is as unfair as only sport can be.
I think the sport of wrestling, which I became involved with at the age of 14… I competed until I was 34, kind of old for a contact sport. I coached the sport until I was 47. I think the discipline of wrestling has given me the discipline I have to write.
You’d like more people to recognise what you do is special. But I take the attitude that the best thing I can do for my sport is to be the best at it. The best way people will come to recognise that track and field is a great sport is to see athletes excelling at it. Which is what I intend to do.
Sport must be amateur or it is not sport. Sports played professionally are entertainment.
If I’m in Maui, I play soccer and tennis and go kite-surfing. I prefer doing a sport as opposed to going to a gym. I’m not big on gyms. When I did ‘Rampart,’ I lost 30 pounds because I felt it was better for the character. I worked out constantly, maybe twice a day, and minimized caloric intake.
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.
My dad’s method in his madness was to try every sport and then observe what I liked. I played football, tennis, golf, cricket but I loved my snooker.
Everyday there’s something that reminds me why I love this sport.
My introduction to track racing was through the background of cross country running, which is not a sport perhaps as popular in America as it is in England.
I’ve always found the secret is to stay fit and treat sport as a profession. I chose sport as a passion.
Swimming is a life-saving skill, so just the fact that the sport that I love can give so much back to other people – and inspire them to join something that they never thought they could do or go after their dreams – is something that is really special to me.
Sport instils discipline, and it’s a distraction.
It is tough when you’re by yourself, and I think that’s why team sport is so appealing.
When I was in school, before age 10 I hated any kind of sport.
I love badminton. That’s my sport!
In love as in sport, the amateur status must be strictly maintained.
I’ve fought everybody without ducking anyone. I have beaten 10 undefeated guys, and I never was comparing myself to the greatest in the sport. I was not thinking of breaking any records. I’m just enjoying my time in boxing.
Kids of this day and age know you don’t necessarily have to specialize in one sport no matter how much society and your coaches are pushing you towards that.
I want to be a champion, and win races as much as I can and elevate my platforms and become an icon in the sport. It’s going to take a lot of hard work and determination from my camp and for myself to get to where we need to be. I’m excited about the journey.
Squash has been my life and I owe a lot to the sport.
I was born in Argentina where polo is popular, and my father always loved horses, so he encouraged me to play. He’s the main reason I started to play polo and get involved with the sport.
It’s true that being in an individual sport, you have to be a little bit selfish.
Hockey’s filled with great people, and it’s a great sport, and I encourage a lot of people to play it because of the relationships that you make in hockey.
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.
