Quotes On Passion For Sports

#1. My commitment to Atlanta and passion for sports and competition make this acquisition a perfect fit for me.

Arthur Blank

#2. The three most important things for a sportscaster are knowledge of the game, a passion for sports and the profession, and the stamina to struggle.

Lesley Visser

#3. I do appreciate a woman who has a passion for sports and knows their stuff.

Jerry Ferrara

#4. Growing up, I played about every sport imaginable except soccer and hockey. I've always had a passion for basketball. I remember actually playing basketball when I was two or three years old. The time I knew that I could really take my game to the next level.

Dwight Howard

#5. I run because it's my passion, and not just a sport. Every time I walk out the door, I know why I'm going where I'm going and I'm already focused on that special place where I find my peace and solitude. Running, to me, is more than just a physical exercise ... it's a consistent reward for victory!

Sasha Azevedo

#6. Passion is kind of an important word for me, whether it's playing sports or whether it's just living or whatever you're going to do. In my opinion you should be passionate about it or else, why do it?

Pat Tillman

#7. After I went through two years of not winning an event, what kept me going was winning one more major. Once I won that last U.S. Open, I spent the next six months trying to figure out what was next. Slowly my passion for the sport just vanished. I had nothing left to prove.

Pete Sampras

#8. No Student can stand the Gruel of Sports Training unless she has a Passion for Fame.

Vineet Raj Kapoor

#9. Since I was kid, what's drawn me to racing is the feeling inside of me, the passion I have for the sport, the feeling I have while competing and doing what I do in a car, on a bike, whatever it's been.

Jimmie Johnson

#10. You cannot be successful without passion. If you don't love what you're doing, if you don't have passion for it - forget it. Do something else. You'll be much more successful and you'll lead a lot happier life.

Donald Trump

#11. We have never seen a sport as a business, and we have this great passion for football. QPR are not a trophy asset. If we had wanted a trophy asset, there were more glamorous clubs we could have bought.

Amit Bhatia

#12. It is to create the best Games the world has ever seen by unlocking the UK's unrivalled passion for sport, by delivering the best Games for athletes to compete in, by showcasing London's unmatched cultural wealth and diversity and by creating a real and lasting legacy.

Sebastian Coe

#13. I never excelled at one sport or had a very strong passion for anything other than wrestling and bodybuilding.

Dave Bautista

#14. Since I was a kid, I've wanted to do sports for a living. In the beginning, I played a lot of soccer, but in the end I chose tennis. I love sports in general ... But tennis is my passion.

Rafael Nadal

#15. I'd rather be a face for happiness and doing things that you have a passion for, rather than faking it and pretending like I'm this face of women's basketball, when I can't stand the sport at all.

Elena Delle Donne

#16. For me to be with someone, he's got to be fit. Or at least doing something he loves. Following your passion - whether it's hiking or sports or whatever - is super sexy.

Kaley Cuoco

#17. I want people to see the passion I have for swimming and become more involved in the sport.

Ryan Lochte

#18. I would venture to guess that if I was a construction worker ... who requested a transfer to another department for the betterment of his family, I would be commended for it. But because it's sports, there's just so much passion added to it.

Derek Fisher

#19. I am very determined and the sport is my passion. I believe I am born for running.

Cathy Freeman

#20. There's no unemployment insurance if you don't have a job in wrestling. You really have to be committed, to have a love and a passion for the sport, a belief in yourself that you can do it.

Chris Jericho

#21. Charlie and I discovered at a really young at that we had a passion for figure skating, and I think that passion drives us to work every day to improve and grow. We have really learned to love our sport more and more, year to year. And the hard work really pays off.

Meryl Davis

#22. I have a passion for playing tennis and enjoy the workload and struggles of performing in this amazing global sport.

Sania Mirza

#23. Early morning exercise will keep you active for the entire day.

Lailah Gifty Akita

#24. Along with my passion for horse breeding, I was a horse racing enthusiast ... In 1974 I was elected as a committee member and subsequently as a steward of the Turf Club. I had a burning desire to clean up the sport, which had always carried the stigma of gambling and manipulation.

Cyrus S. Poonawalla

#25. Kids can have great passion and great ability but if you have the facilities for your particular sport that can give you the inspiration to become a sportsman.

David Beckham

#26. I was very sporty at school, and sport was probably the thing I was best at, but my real passion was for fashion.

Kirsty Gallacher

#27. I was, and am, a frustrated filmmaker and film student, and my passion and love for movies was so broad that, in the earlier part of my career, I stumbled into doing 'Sports Night' and was a comedy director.

Alex Graves

#28. I later discovered that in order to be a good athlete one must care intensely what is happening with a ball, even if one doesn't have possession of it. This was ultimately my failure: my inability to work up a passion for the location of balls.

Haven Kimmel

#29. I never felt the same passion for the game in the States and there were a lot of headaches, a lot of obstacles to overcome - it didn't just run itself for the love of the game because soccer is not the No. 1 sport as it is in Europe.

Hope Solo

#30. It's amazing to be able to play the sport that I grew up loving so much and that I have a strong passion for. I'm just having a ball. There's a lot of pressure that comes with being in the spotlight and being a superstar and a role model, but I'm enjoying it.

Reggie Bush

#31. Winelibrary.tv was about building personal brand equity. It was a business move. Now, it was totally surrounded by a passion for wine, but I very much gave a lot of thought to doing a sports-video blog instead.

Gary Vaynerchuk

#32. Play with passion and heart. If you don't carry passion into sport - or into any job for that matter - you won't succeed.

Phil Esposito

#33. You have to have passion for anything you do. Whether it's sports, whether it's music, whether you want to be Mother Theresa, you have to have passion for what it is you do, or what's the point in getting up in the morning and getting out of bed?

Zakk Wylde

#34. The best thing you can do is to keep riding your snowboard and love what you're doing. Without a passion for the sport it's difficult to take your riding to the next level.

Mark McMorris