Sports Philosophy Quotes

#1. Juan Williams is a very sharp guy.

Henry Rollins

#2. Most people who have told a lie think they got away with it ... when in fact, they didn't

Randy Pausch

#3. You don't need to play every ball on back foot. Some balls in life deserve to be played on front foot. Every ball needs good judgement to extend the limit.

Amit Ray

#4. I've always taken the philosophy that you have to dream a little in this sport. If you stay in your comfort zone, you're not going to do anything special.

Deena Kastor

#5. These thrill seeker people doing extreme sports ... they have a hideous accident, go through agonizing recovery, and then go back to that activity that nearly killed them ... that's not facing your fear, that's embracing your stupidity.

Kelli Jae Baeli

#6. The Game gives you a Purpose. The Real Game is, to Find a Purpose.

Vineet Raj Kapoor

#7. The ancient liturgy, with its poignant symbols and innumerable subtleties, is a prolonged courtship of the soul, enticing and drawing it onwards, leading it along a path to the mystical marriage, the wedding feast of heaven.

Peter Kwasniewski

#8. Our philosophy is you need to give nonprofit money for health, nutrition, education, culture, and sports.

Carlos Slim

#9. Belly buttons are cool!

Lauren Graham

#10. Music, even if I ended up doing something different or do end up doing something different in the long run, it's just something that is life blood. If I'm not participating in some way, I feel like I'm wasting my time.

Autre Ne Veut

#11. You will boost your productivity with active exercise.

Lailah Gifty Akita

#12. On the way, I shared the backseat of Feyerabend's little sports car with the inflatable raft he kept there in case an 8-point earthquake came while he was on the Bay Bridge.

Lee Smolin

#13. I can only run at pace of my breath.

Lailah Gifty Akita

#14. Globalization has rendered the world increasingly interdependent, but international politics is still based on the sovereignty of states.

George Soros

#15. I definitely don't want to do drama. I'm not looking to branch out into that world.

Rachel Dratch

#16. As long as you look for someone else to validate who you are by seeking their approval, you are setting yourself up for disaster. You have to be whole and complete in yourself. No one can give you that. You have to know who you are - what others say is irrelevant.

Nic Sheff

#17. I believe in the philosophy of staying hungry. If you have a dream and it becomes a reality, don't stay satisfied too long. Make up a new dream and hunt after that one and turn it into a reality.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

#18. We are all in a post-hypnotic trance induced in early infancy.

R.D. Laing

#19. Play to win but never fear to lose. Win or lose-either way you are a winner.

Debasish Mridha

#20. The 2 prime movers in the Universe are Time and Luck.

Kurt Vonnegut

#21. You don't need to play every ball but every ball needs your judgement.

Amit Ray

#22. Academe, n.: An ancient school where morality and philosophy were taught. Academy, n.: A modern school where football is taught.

Ambrose Bierce

#23. Our philosophy precedes from the belief that sport is an inalienable part of the educational process and a factor for promoting peace, friendship, cooperation and understanding among peoples.

Juan Antonio Samaranch

#24. First of all you must understand that practising martial arts means studying a certain oriental philosophy of life, otherwise it's merely a vacuous sport devoid of any significance.

William C. Brown

#25. Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.

Babe Ruth

#26. T's not how much you work, but how working so much makes you feel that counts. And how I felt was iserable.

Jonathon Lazear

#27. Sleepwalking is the perfect exorcise for lazy people

Benny Bellamacina

#28. Olympism is a philosophy which, by blending sport with culture, seeks to create a way of life based on the joy found in effort, the educational value of good example and respect for universal ethical principles.

Juan Antonio Samaranch

#29. You need at least six or seven years to understand the philosophy and concentration of karate to know to clean your spirit of everything and dedicate your mind and body to the sport.

Jean-Claude Van Damme

#30. They may say, 'He's small. We really don't know if he can get the job done.' But they said that about me coming out of high school.

Bob Sanders

#31. Physical activity promotes high productivity.

Lailah Gifty Akita

#32. I think the Greeks invented sports as an antidote to philosophy. In sports there are absolute rules. It's not, What about this? What about that? Either you're safe or you're out. It's ten yards or it's not. It's in the hoop or out of the hoop. It's certain.

Jack Nicholson