5,260 Quotes About Sports

  • Author Haile Gebrselassie
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    My father thought sport was something fun - he didn't know it was a way to make money. Then I won a Mercedes at the world championships and I gave it to him. From the moment it arrived my father said: 'Good, you can support not just yourself but me too'.

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  • Author Haile Gebrselassie
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    That is not enough. Sport has been great for me, a great learning place that if you want to achieve you can, even if you are from the poorest part of Africa.

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  • Author Haile Gebrselassie
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    Some people start a sport just to reduce weight, or some say, 'My doctor ordered me to run and do exercise', and for others, they run for completely different benefits. But it is not like that with sport. We need to eat, we need to rest, but also we need to run.

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  • Author Hector Garcia
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    What well be trying to do against La Villa will be perfection. We want to perfect our plays and play perfect on defense. Thats our challenge this week.

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  • Author Horace Greeley
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    Relaxation is a physical and moral necessity. Animals, even to the simplest and dullest, have their games, their sports, their diversions. The toil-worn artisan, stooping and straining over his daily task, which taxes eye and brain and limb, ought to have opportunity and means for an hour or two of relaxation after that task is concluded.

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  • Author Jarvis Green
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    Its great news. He's been here a long time and done a lot of great things. It would be a plus for any team for a guy like that to come back.

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  • Author Jeff Gordon
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    Because the sport has changed, competition is not only stronger but it's deeper throughout the field than it's ever been. It's harder to win.

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