Quotes by Sports Some observers compare elections in some countries with sports events, where people are but spectators. Moreover, elections must not be mere interludes for pushing a lever and then retreating to passivity, for democracy demands committed participation in the daily workings of society. Alfred-Maurice de Zayas sports country people You know how in sports baseball players, they hit home runs. Football players, they throw and they score touchdowns. I get to do something that very few people get to do - I get to touch the human brain, and every day I get to hit home runs, I get to score touchdowns. Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa baseball football sports They say that golf isn't a contact sport. Not the way that we play it Alice Cooper play golf sports Golf is the crack of sports. If you hit five good shots, you know you can hit six good shots. The next time you hit six good shots, you know you can hit seven. Alice Cooper cracks golf sports It was probably right after I made my comeback - after retiring post-2008 Olympics - when I finally felt more at ease with my body. Being away from the sport helped put things in perspective. Alicia Sacramone perspective ease sports I literally tried every sport and was miserable. Soccer couldn't hold my attention. I couldn't figure skate. I'm afraid to swim. So I did dance for five years. It came a time where I was getting a little bit bored with it. Alicia Sacramone soccer sports years You need to enjoy yourself and just get into the routine of keeping fit and enjoying being active. That's always easier once you've made friends in the sport. Alistair Brownlee routine sports needs I did my first triathlon when I was 11-years-old and it was just another new sport to try. I got better at it and decided to take it a bit more seriously. Alistair Brownlee trying sports years Every sport pretends to a literature, but people don't believe it of any other sport but their own. Alistair Cooke sports believe people No myth dies harder, and none is more regularly debunked by the facts, than the one about international sports contributing to international friendship. Alistair Cooke myth sports facts Especially with sports cars, when you have got so many cars on the track with various degrees of competitiveness, then something will happen. It's the nature of racing, the law of averages. If you want to be a front-runner then you are going to have to push very hard, and collisions can happen. Allan McNish law average sports I have been listening to sport and watching sport on the BBC since I was a tiny boy. Allan McNish listening sports boys I'd rather have more heart than talent any day. Allen Iverson motivation softball sports We talkin' about practice? Allen Iverson funniest-sports practice sports We got to stop people. We go ahead and we score 100 points every night, but we give up more. Our whole thing was, we know we can score, and we have to start having some kind of fun on the defensive end. Everybody want to play offense. Not too many people want to play defense. Defense is ego, pride, and that's the way we've been coming out, just taking the challenge. Man-on-man first, and having each other's back when a guy gets beat. Allen Iverson giving-up fun sports 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 sports thinking I've been in Philadelphia 10 years, man. I knew it was going to be a challenge, mentally. I always thought life would come to an end if I ever left Philadelphia. And I feel like a newborn. Being in Denver it's just a better situation for me. And I'm just happy that I feel like I got an opportunity where I can win basketball games here. Allen Iverson basketball opportunity sports We talkin' bout practice? Allen Iverson practice sports The single most important thing in coaching is turning out educated kids who are ready for society. Allen Newell coaching sports kids I can be a voice. I can use my platform to help the younger generation. I think it's really important for them to understand how to do things the right way, and not just in sports, in life in general. Allyson Felix voice sports thinking «4567891011121314»