Top 41 Quotes About Opportunity In Sports
#1. Winning isn't everything, but playing and competing and striving and going through things can be a lot of fun and really important. As long as you're doing it in a way that's healthy, sports can be an incredible opportunity.
Andrew Shue
#2. I have the opportunity to be part of swimming history. To take the sport to a new level would be an honor for me. There's no better time to try this than now.
Michael Phelps
#3. Sports provide girls with the opportunity to develop a better relationship with their bodies. They can be aggressive on the court, be strong and still be feminine.
Gabrielle Reece
#4. Despite the amazing diversity we're blessed with in this country, schools are still in large part segregated because of economic disparity. Sports are one of the few areas where kids are really given the opportunity to interact with those of different races and religions.
Steve Kerr
#5. But in fairness also to the idea of continuing success, you also have to exploit opportunities.
Bob Cousy
#6. Do you know what my favorite part of the game is? The opportunity to play.
Mike Singletary
#8. People always ask you, 'What's your dream job?' This is my dream job. It really is a dream opportunity to have your own nationwide daily sports talk show for an hour.
Adam Schein
#9. Little boys are still playing the game [baseball], more little girls are playing, and it is still the world's most interesting game, a duel, a chess match, a foot race, a gymnastics exhibition, that rare opportunity for individuals to be recognized within a group effort.
Robert Lipsyte
#10. The determination that led me to create a new sports team taught me an important lesson: opportunity is manufactured.
Biz Stone
#11. Why has slamming a ball with a racquet become so obsessive a pleasure for so many of us? It seems clear to me that a primary attraction of the sport is the opportunity it gives to release aggression physically without being arrested for felonious assault.
Nat Hentoff
#12. Size and synergies between the different segments of the company matter. As far as we are concerned, the Internet is broadening our opportunity, as well as for other big media companies with huge resources in sports, entertainment and news. There's just more opportunity.
Rupert Murdoch
#13. We need a system where all of our teams have the opportunity to compete and to make a few dollars. That's not a bad desire for collective bargaining for a sports league, and it's great for our fans.
David Stern
#14. Where the costs of entry are minimal, there is a wide avenue of opportunity for those with little or nothing, which is why football is just about the most democratic sport of all: African and Brazilian footballers compete on a level playing field with their rich white European counterparts.
Martin Jacques
#15. The Games are just a nice, positive way to build friendships, camaraderie and, of course, self-esteem. Plus, the Games are a great opportunity for people to participate in sports who normally wouldn't.
Greg Louganis
#16. In digital world, sport provides opportunity to bring people together.
Edwin Moses
#17. The opportunity and the concept of merging music culture with actual boxing is exciting. It's bringing a younger demographic to the sport.
Curtis Jackson
#18. 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
#19. I think we all have great opportunities individually but collectively our unit is so much bigger. Collectively our unit is something I've never seen on television. I don't look at our show as a basketball show. I look at our show as a sports and entertainment show.
Kenny Smith
#20. They say football is America's greatest game, but it's not. The greatest game in America is called opportunity. Football is merely a great expression of it.
Joe Kapp
#21. Success is where preparation and opportunity meet.
Bobby Unser
#22. The opportunity to perform my music for billions of people around the globe will be the greatest highlight of my life, I am honoured to be part of the biggest sports event in the world.
Tiesto
#23. Japan had the big earthquake in 2011, and the Olympics will be a good opportunity to bring strength to the people of the Tohoku region - and also to show everyone around the world that Japan is doing fine again. These are messages we have to convey through the power of sport.
Kohei Uchimura
#24. NASCAR racing provides more brand awareness and interest than any of the other major sports. The opportunities to build business-to-business relationships within the racing community are endless.
David Fricke
#25. It's very warm there, so we were outdoors all the time. The local people had programs for us year-round, where as kids we had the opportunity to play football, basketball, baseball, track and field - we just went from one sport to the next, year-round.
Rafer Johnson
#26. To be recognized by a brand like Reebok and to know that the company is looking at mixed martial arts shows the growth of the sport. For me, it's an amazing opportunity. I get to be the face of my own shoe, and it's surreal.
Anthony Pettis
#27. Putting 100 percent into your life, your work, or sport, doesn't give you the right to expect success at whatever you are trying to do - it just provides the opportunity.
Graham Lowe
#28. Selling an electric sports car creates an opportunity to fundamentally change the way America drives.
Elon Musk
#29. Sports and entertainment have always been windows of opportunity for African Americans, when other doors were closed.
Lynn Swann
#30. Quite simply the Games are the biggest opportunity sport in this country has ever had. It is one that we must not squander.
Sebastian Coe
#31. I would say go for it because it is a fantastic job. It's a wonderful opportunity to go and get involved with sport at whatever level. What I would say is, if you can, go and work with your local radio station covering local sporting events.
Jill Douglas
#32. After spending the last 15 years guest hosting, I couldn't be happier to get the opportunity to host my own show! I'm looking forward to talking sports, connecting with listeners, and interviewing amazing guests every day, while being a part of the FOX Sports Radio family. It was worth the wait.
Jay Mohr
#33. Climbing is an amazing, unique sport, and I want to share that with as many people as possible. I want to be an ambassador for the sport and raise the profile. I try to take advantage of any opportunity to share climbing with the world.
Chris Sharma
#34. I think that sports, particularly football, gave me an opportunity to be out front, to be a leader, which helped me later on, when I got into politics.
Gerald R. Ford
#35. Grateful for this opportunity with Roc Nation Sports. It's go time.
Kevin Durant
#37. Mapping out dozens of deeply focused trips around the world has convinced me that preparation no more spoils the chance for spontaneity and serendipity than discipline ruins the opportunity for genuine self-expression in sports, acting, or the tea ceremony.
Phil Cousineau
#38. When I was given the opportunity to direct 'Senna,' I decided the film had to work for audiences who disliked sport or had never seen a Formula One race in their lives. It had to thrill and emotionally engage people who had never heard of Ayrton Senna.
Asif Kapadia
#39. When you're in the public eye - whether it be entertainment, sports, medicine, politics, whatever way - you have an opportunity, and I think also an obligation and a responsibility, to disseminate good information.
Ed Begley Jr.
#40. I want to support kids that not a lot of people believe in. Give them an opportunity to do good in school, play sports and get scholarships.
Tim Tebow
#41. Every single model wants to be in 'Sports Illustrated,' and I feel extremely blessed to have that opportunity.
Katherine Webb
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