5,260 Quotes About Sports

Her heart pounded; her adrenaline rushed. The calm crashing of the ocean waves was completely drowned out by bass-heavy pop mixes pumping out of the stereo systems that seemed to span the coastline. As she tried to take in full, deep breaths to calm her racing mind, things only became worse as the crowds of glitter, loud colors, and bows began spinning all around her. This was cheer world.

THE BOUT HAS ENDEDTHE PLAYER HAS NOTखेल ख़त्म हुआ है, खिलाड़ी नहीं

THERE ARE NO LASTMATCHES IN SPORTSखेल कभी ख़त्म नहीं होता

A SPORTSMAN DOESN'T FIGHT HE WILL SEE YOU IN THE COURT

Sometimes I think the main purpose of professional sports is to give guys something to talk about that does not involve them personally.

I’ve described one of my favorites for keeping the ankles slim – rolling a Pepsi bottle under the arch of the foot. Another simple exercise is to stick your leg out straight and, not moving it, rotate your foot in wide circles in both directions for a minute or two. Then push your foot up and down for a couple of minutes.

The wonderful, lifelong relationships forged by white coaches with black athletes, or by black coaches with white athletes, is nothing less than a social statement.

I witnessed this. In 1981 I played in the St. Louis Cardinal organization in a league encompassing Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia and Kentucky. We had numerous African-American and black Dominican players. I can honestly say I never saw a hint of prejudice, and in fact I found Southern belles oddly drawn to the black players more than the white ones.

No team had played a tougher schedule, or played more entertaining ball, or traveled more, and it was about this time that newspapers started calling Carlisle ‘Nomads of the Gridiron.