Sports Quotes
Memorable quotes about sports, from notable figures.
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| ID | Quote | Person |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | I went to a fight last night and a hockey game broke out. | Rodney Dangerfield |
| 2 | Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, disregard of all rules and sadistic pleasure in witnessing violence. In other words, it is war minus the shooting. | George Orwell |
| 3 | Sport is imposing order on what was chaos. | Anthony Starr |
| 4 | Sports do not build character. They reveal it. | Heywood Broun |
| 5 | Sports serve society by providing vivid examples of excellence. | George F. Will |
| 6 | The breakfast of champions is not cereal, it’s the opposition. | Nick Seitz |
| 7 | The difference between the old ballplayer and the new ballplayer is the jersey. The old ballplayer cared about the name on the front. The new ballplayer cares about the name on the back. | Steve Garvey |
| 8 | We didn’t lose the game; we just ran out of time. | Vince Lombardi |
| 9 | Winners never quit and quitters never win. | Vince Lombardi |
| 10 | You can’t win unless you learn how to lose. | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar |
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