Coalfields Sports Quotes

Morale - the will to win, the fighting heart - are the honored hallmarks of the football coach and player. Likewise, they are characteristic of the enterprising executive, the successful troop leader, the established artist and the dedicated teacher and scientist. ~ Dwight D. Eisenhower

I rolled my eyes at his exuberance. "I have an older brother," I said. "He got all the sports knowledge. I learned how to bake cookies. ~ Monica Alexander

I watched tapes and became a historian of the sport, and tried to combine certain elements and find things in the gym and saw what worked for me. ~ Holt McCallany

It's a round ball and a round bat, and you got to hit it square. ~ Pete Rose

Marriage ... one of the most civilized institutions in the world ... But ... swimming is one of the most wonderful of sports, and yet there are always some people who cannot swim who insist on going into the water and getting drowned. Many people spoil marriage in a like manner. One should be sure she knows how to be married before rushing into it. ~ Edna St. Vincent Millay

People who write about spring training not being necessary have never tried to throw a baseball. ~ Sandy Koufax

I've always had an interest in sports across the board. ~ Gabrielle Union

My favorite way to spend Saturday is in and out of bed, watching sports on TV and eating. ~ Alan King

But the tricks I use are ones that will hopefully benefit the team. ~ Cristiano Ronaldo

Ability is the art of getting credit for all the home runs somebody else hits. ~ Casey Stengel

There are no outdoor sports as graceful as throwing stones at a dictatorship. ~ Ai Weiwei

It's a lonesome walk to the sidelines, especially when thousands of people are cheering your replacement. ~ Fran Tarkenton

Win if you can, lose if you must, but always cheat. ~ Jesse Ventura

Spain used to be very individualistic in its sporting activities. Now we are showing we are pretty good in teams - that is an improvement. ~ Vicente Del Bosque

Isn't cricket supposed to be a team sport? I feel people should decide first whether cricket is a team game or an individual sport. ~ Sachin Tendulkar

Collections are amusing only in the making; afterwards they are like sporting prints without the sport. The sons of collectors inherit only the corpse of their fathers' satisfied passion. ~ Marthe Bibesco

He hadn't developed into the accomplished running quarterback many had predicted he would become over the course of the season.

But he had come to personify this team. He was raw and untested when the season began, but he played his two best games in the two biggest games on the schedule. He wasn't the player anybody expected him to be, but he got the job done-at times spectacularly. ~ Neil Hayes

I think as far as kids go, you just have to work hard. Work on your skills, keep focused. ~ Frank Lampard

I want to get fitter. And yes, I'm learning hot yoga to get a bikini body. I don't believe one has to sport a size-zero figure to flaunt it. One just needs a fit, sexy and toned body. ~ Sonam Kapoor

Just because you didn't start out perfect doesn't mean you can't have an excellent result in the end. ~ Debi Thomas

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

One of the most important qualities for any young athlete is the ability to believe in oneself. If you have confidence in yourself, in your teammates and your coach, you will succeed. ~ Chuck Knox

Skiing is the next best thing to having wings. ~ Oprah Winfrey

In my final year of attending a Christian sports camp in rural Missouri, the year before I started high school, they began to offer an elective Bible study group for young Christians who wanted a chance to read in the afternoons instead of learn to water-ski. ~ Mallory Ortberg

Sport, at its best, at its most human, is able to inspire an innocence and joy that is unique to each of us. ~ Richard J. Corman

The film looks suspiciously like the game itself! ~ Bum Phillips

The common belief that coaches must be abusive to be successful is a myth. Research shows that if you find a task fun, you'll perform better. If more coaches took ... a Golden Rule approach to coaching, treating their players the way they themselves would like to be treated, fewer athletes would drop out of sports in their teens, and more athletes at every level would be happier and more satisfied. ~ Ralph Nader

I cannot separate the aesthetic pleasure of seeing a butterfly and the scientific pleasure of knowing what it is. ~ Vladimir Nabokov

I'm more into MMA than any other sport. I watch a lot of the UFC fights. I have since it first came onto the scene. ~ Jason Statham

Football is a contact sport and there's a lot that goes into it. But I have committed myself for a long time to doing it, and because I love doing it so much I want to make that commitment. ~ Tom Brady

When there is good news, and it is news , we do report it, but usually news is a record of human failure. Those wanting to celebrate human accomplishment are, as someone said, advised to go to the sports section. ~ Linda Ellerbee

My parents put skates on me at age 2, the way it should be if you're serious, and I've always liked it. ~ Bonnie Blair

Fighting in the air is not a sport. It is scientific murder. ~ Eddie Rickenbacker