Quotes by Sports Sport is how poor kids from poor countries pass through the eye of the needle to riches and recognition. A. A. Gill sports country kids Winning has a joy and discrete purity to it that cannot be replaced by anything else. Winning is important to any man's or woman's sense of satisfaction and well-being. Winning is not everything; but it is something powerful, indeed beautiful, in itself, something as necessary to the strong spirit as striving is necessary to the healthy character. A. Bartlett Giamatti success beautiful sports The gods have fled, I know. My sense is the gods have always been essentially absent. I do not believe human beings have played games or sports from the beginning merely to summon or to please or to appease the gods. If anthropologists and historians believe that, it is because they believe whatever they have been able to recover about what humankind told the gods humankind was doing. I believe we have played games, and watched games, to imitate the gods, to become godlike in our worship of eachother and, through those moments of transmutation, to know for an instant what the gods know. A. Bartlett Giamatti games sports believe Major sports are major parts of society. It's not anomalous to have people who love sports come from other parts of that society. A. Bartlett Giamatti majors sports people You have no control over what the other guy does. You only have control over what you do. A. J. Kitt acceptance inspirational sports Remember that sports are meant to be fun. Don't let someone make the sport unfun for you. A. J. Kitt success fun sports Walking is the favorite sport of the good and wise. A. L. Rowse favorite-sports wise sports I watch a lot of sport on television. I only watch certain sports, and I only watch them live - I don't think I've ever been able to watch a replay of a match or game of which the result was already decided. I feel bound to cheat and look up what can be looked up. A. S. Byatt games sports thinking After love, book collecting is the most exhilarating sport of all. A. S. W. Rosenbach collecting sports book I think boxing is a singular sport, because the stakes are so high and because it just appeals to people's primal instincts. It's a life and death sport, and it's a sport of sacrifice. It's a humbling sport, and people are coming from humbling circumstances. It's always fun to watch a person that's come from nothing to having everything and losing it again. Aaron Eckhart sacrifice fun sports I've not made a career of being physical in my movies, but I love sports. I'm a very physical guy. Aaron Eckhart guy careers sports If I can slow it down in my mind, things will be fine. Aaron Rodgers nfl motivational sports It's a special honor to be one of the leaders of this football team. But I said it once, I'll say it again, no one person wins a game by themselves. Individually, it's top of the mountain, my sport, my profession. It's what you dream about as a kid. Aaron Rodgers dream football sports I didn't grow up a theatre kid, going to theatre camps. I played sports, and that was my main direction. But luckily, I never had to choose between sports and theatre. Aaron Tveit growing-up sports kids I have respect for the sport so I will contribute to the sport by encouraging artists . Ab-Soul artist sports You mean in the state? Abe Lemons states sports mean They wanted to buy out my contract, but I couldn't make change for a $20, so they had to let me stay. Abe Lemons contracts let-me sports Hell no. When I die I want to be sick. Abe Lemons sick want sports You may be big in New York, but in Walters, Oklahoma, you're nobody. Abe Lemons oklahoma new-york sports I don't understand these new coaches who don't drink. What do they do when they get beat? Abe Lemons drink leadership sports 1234567891011»