Sports Quotes — Page 30

Lexicographer, Essayist, Critic

“The diversion of baiting an author has the sanction of all ages and nations, and is more lawful than the sport of teasing other animals, because, for the most part, he comes voluntarily to the stake, furnished, as he imagines, by the patron powers of literature, with resistless weapons, and impenetrable armour, with the mail of the boar of Erymanth, and the paws of the lion of Nemea.”

Writing Sports Animal

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Sasha Cohen

Figure Skater

“I want to be the first lady to land a quadruple jump in competition. As I grow older, I know that my skating style will develop and mature.”

Sports Land Competition

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FT

Fran Tarkenton

Former Professional Football Player, Broadcaster

“In sports, teams win and individuals don't.”

Sports Winning

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GH

George Herbert

Poet

“Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.”

Inspirational Sports

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Marcel Proust

Novelist

“People wish to learn to swim and at the same time to keep one foot on the ground.”

Sports Time Leadership

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Sasha Cohen

Figure Skater

“A year ago I had a back injury and followed a good nutrition program to help speed up my recovery. I focused on exercise and staying healthy in order to get back out on the ice.”

Sports Fitness Stay Strong

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SG

Sergio Garcia

Golfer

“I've heard people say my swing's not perfect, and I know that. But golf's a natural sport, very sensitive. It's played a lot by feel. I don't care if my swing is too flat. If it works, I don't have to change it.”

Sports Golf Swings

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Ryne Sandberg

Baseball Player

“If you played the game the right way, played the game for the team, good things would happen”

Sports Games Team

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J. C. Watts

Politician

“I would love to be associated with some sports organization. I was a journalism major. That's kind of intriguing, to do something in the political-commentary arena.”

Sports Political Organization

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Ibtihaj Muhammad

Fencer, Athlete

“As a Muslim youth, though I played a variety of sports growing up in New Jersey, my parents were in search of a sport for me to play where I could be fully covered and not have to modify the uniform. Fencing provided a unique opportunity where I could fulfill my desire to participate in sport, wear the same uniform as my teammates, and adhere to the tenets of my faith to cover my body.”

Sports Growing Up Unique

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Marcus Allen

Football Player

“That's why, to experience that, you know for a fact that a human being is capable of so much more, because to go to that place and to step outside yourself and observe yourself do these things, while the rest of the world is moving in slow motion, is really incredible.”

World Moving Sports

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Marilyn Monroe

Actress, Model

“If your man is a sports enthusiast, you may have to resign yourself to his spouting off in a monotone on a prize fight, football game or pennant race.”

Fighting Sports Football

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