5,260 Quotes About Sports

  • Author Nadia Comaneci
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    I worked hard in gymnastics since the time I was six years old until I retired at 23 years of age.

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  • Author Nat King Cole
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    The only sport I'm not interested in is horse racing. That's because I don't know the horses personally.

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  • Author Natalie Coughlin
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    Pilates is an awesome cross-training exercise for any sport because it focuses on functional movement.

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  • Author Neville Cardus
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    The umpire... is like the geyser in the bathroom; we cannot do without it, yet we notice it only when it is out of order.

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  • Author Noam Chomsky
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    I've often been struck by the extensive knowledge that people have of sports, and particularly, their self-confidence in discussing it with experts. . . . In contrast, when discussing matters of concern to human lives - their own and others - people tend to defer to experts.

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  • Author Oleg Cassini
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    I've been around tennis, and I have a feeling for the sport. I still play tennis, and I can still do a lot of harm to a lot of people.

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  • Author Orson Scott Card
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    Apparently the Dutch now prided themselves on being better at queues than the English, which was absurd, because standing cheerfully in line was the English national sport.

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  • Author Pat Cash
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    I call tennis the McDonald's of sport - you go in, they make a quick buck out of you, and you're out.

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  • Author Pat Courtney
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    We just really want to have some standard procedure in place, to do what the club does regularly during the season,

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