5,260 Quotes About Sports

  • Author Tony Hawk
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    There's a stigma to skating. People think of it as a kid's sport. People kept telling me I couldn't possibly make a living out of it. Then they said I couldn't keep it up in my 30s. And here I am in my 40s, and I'm still improving my skills.

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  • Author Tricia Helfer
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    I have always been physically active. I grew up a tomboy and [was] into sports, so staying active is something that I enjoy.

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  • Author William Hazlitt
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    The history of mankind is a romance, a mask, a tragedy, constructed upon the principles of POETICAL JUSTICE; it is a noble or royal hunt, in which what is sport to the few is death to the many, and in which the spectators halloo and encourage the strong to set upon the weak, and cry havoc in the chase, though they do not share in the spoil.

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  • Author William Hazlitt
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    We trifle with, make sport of, and despise those who are attached to us, and follow those that fly from us.

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  • Author Woody Harrelson
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    If I'm in Maui, I play soccer and tennis and go kite-surfing. I prefer doing a sport as opposed to going to a gym. I'm not big on gyms. When I did 'Rampart,' I lost 30 pounds because I felt it was better for the character. I worked out constantly, maybe twice a day, and minimized caloric intake.

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  • Author Woody Harrelson
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    I think I'm probably a better sport. You tend to really just freak when you lose. You have a real hard time with it.

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  • Author Allen Iverson
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    As long as you leave everything out on the basketball court, you can go into the locker room and feel good about yourself and that's important..............

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