Greatest Sport Quotes

#1. Baseball is the greatest sport in the world. It is the cleanest, besides affording more people the right kind of amusement than any other. I do not say that because I have made my living at it. I say it from the heart.

Charles Comiskey

#2. Gymnastics is the greatest sport in the world, and one of the hardest, but we have to watch out for domineering male figures who try to belittle and scream at young girls.

Dominique Moceanu

#3. Anytime you've got an opportunity to play for your country and win a gold medal, I think that takes it all. That's the greatest thing you could ever achieve in your sport. So, I have been very fortunate to play on great teams, but the gold medal was probably the best.

Larry Bird

#4. I consider the Detroit Red Wings one of the greatest franchises in any sport. For a player to come in and play, it's so special to wear the jersey.

Steve Yzerman

#5. Singing ballads whose words had never known paper but lived only on the rasping edge of their own voices.

Laini Taylor

#6. Politics, he tells him, is the greatest spectator sport in America. In 1966, Ronald Reagan used a different metaphor. "Politics," he said, "is just like show business."1 Although

Neil Postman

#7. Ruth was probably the greatest athlete to perform in any sport. Never has there been anybody like him.

George Steinbrenner

#8. The Greatest" is a bite-your-tongue-book. Ultimately a tragic tale it is also immensely uplifting and easily the best footballer biography I have ever read.

Mike Parry

#9. Her voice was warm and husky as a clarinet, but not so sad as a clarinet: friendlier. When she laughed, it was like a clarinet blowing bubbles.

Katherine Catmull

#10. I've fought everybody without ducking anyone. I have beaten 10 undefeated guys, and I never was comparing myself to the greatest in the sport. I was not thinking of breaking any records. I'm just enjoying my time in boxing.

Wladimir Klitschko

#11. I think that David Stern is probably the greatest commissioner that any sport has ever had in the history of this country.

Bill Russell

#12. When weak or injured always continue training as you should always be able to adapt in any condition.

Masaaki Hatsumi

#13. There is no higher calling than the service of your fellow man, and to do so through your own personal mastery of a craft is a gift enjoyed by few.

Chris Matakas

#14. Great Pompey's shade complains that we are slow, And Scipio's ghost walks unaveng'd amongst us!

Joseph Addison

#15. Of course, the downside of attending a fictional school is that our lacrosse team sucks.

Ally Carter

#16. The greatest poet who ever wrote about rowing is Virgil, the greatest historian is Thucydides, but the greatest imagination ever to turn its attention to the sport is that of painter, Thomas Eakins.

Barry S. Strauss

#17. I wanted to make the world's greatest football undershirt. But I realized that no team sport had equipment for apparel. Apparel was an afterthought.

Kevin Plank

#18. Coach may have been the greatest innovator the sport has ever had.

Ken Morrow

#19. Here were these college kids beating the Soviets and going on to the Olympic Gold Medal. To me, that's the greatest upset of all time in any sport that I can think of.

Jim McKay

#20. Our love is not effortless. We've clawed our way through the brush and fire to get here today. But aren't the things we bleed for the most precious?

J.A. DeRouen

#21. It's a poor frog that doesn't praise his own pond! - Donnie McClurkin

Donnie McClurkin

#22. One single great player doesn't make anything for a team; it has to be a team. I think [American] football is the greatest team sport there is because you have to depend on your brother next to you.

Tim Tebow

#23. My greatest influences in my sport have been two former number one English lady darts players, Deta Hedman and Mandy Solomons. Deta helped me at international events and both helped me to cope with the big occasion which gave me the confidence I needed to become a champion.

Trina Gulliver

#24. I hate divers, like Cristiano Ronaldo, who might be the greatest athlete in the sport, but he's a big baby. If things are going well he's great, but when things are going badly it's the ref's fault, it's his teammates' fault.

Viggo Mortensen

#25. Overall, I think Michael Jordan is the greatest athlete in any particular sport. He dominated the game for the Chicago Bulls and brought the NBA to its greatest peak of popularity.

Will McDonough

#26. No way was she forcing Reece into a mating he didn't want. Wolves mated for life and it wouldn't be fair to either of them. And she wasn't ashamed to admit that she wanted love and a lasting partnership. She refused to settle for less.

Savannah Stuart

#27. I'm aware that the World Cup is probably the greatest spectacle in the world of sport, and that's despite the referees that have been found to have fixed games specifically.

David Stern

#28. This is the first day of my new beginning. From now on I'm going to do things right. I'm going to be a different person, a good person. I'm going to be the kind of person who would be remembered well, not just remembered.

Lauren Oliver

#29. Leaders must be tough enough to fight, tender enough to cry, human enough to make mistakes, humble enough to admit them, strong enough to absorb the pain, and resilient enough to bounce back and keep on moving.

Jesse Jackson

#30. How shall we go about becoming the greatest empire on earth? Say, I know. Let's have our manliest sport involve butt-slapping, shoulder pads, and prancing.

Lisa Henry

#31. Golfers are the greatest worriers in the world of sport.

Billy Casper

#32. Health is the greatest strength.

Lailah Gifty Akita

#33. Success is having people love you that you want to have love you.

Warren Buffett

#34. Tension is the greatest curse in sport. I've never had any tension. You give the best you have - you win or lose. What's the difference if you give all you've got to give?

Chief Bender

#35. It is with noble sentiments that bad literature gets written.

Andre Gide

#36. I've dated athletes before but it's too tough because we have the same job, we deal with the same problems and both do a very selfish sport.

Tyson Gay

#37. Don Alfredo, greatest legend of Real Madrid, always with us. I will always remember maestro.

Iker Casillas

#38. A better life can only come when the consciousness of men is altered for the better; and therefore, those who wish to improve life must direct all their efforts towards changing both their own and other people's consciousness.

Leo Tolstoy