Sport
miracle finish start
“The miracle isn't that I finished. The miracle is that I had the courage to start.”
― John Bingham
sport learn knee bent
“Have you noticed that whatever sport you're trying to learn, some earnest person is always telling you to keep your knees bent? ”
― Dave Barry
olympics politics culture accuse cheat
“I love the Olympics, because they enable people from all over the world to come together and--regardless of their political or cultural differences--accuse each other of cheating.”
― Dave Barry
golf wealthy overweight protestant
“Although golf was originally restricted to wealthy, overweight Protestants, today it's open to anybody who owns hideous clothing.”
― Dave Barry
hockey basketball golf pimp
“Hockey is a sport for white men. Basketball is a sport for black men. Golf is a sport for white men dressed like black pimps.”
― Tiger Woods
defeat victory glory best
“In the dust of defeat as well as the laurels of victory there is a glory to be found if one has done his best.”
― Eric Liddell (1902-1945)
academe academy school sport
“Academe, n.: An ancient school where morality and philosophy were taught. Academy, n.: A modern school where football is taught.”
― Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914)
weakness build strong strength
“Build up your weaknesses until they become your strong points.”
― Knute Rockne (1888-1931)
sport bullfighting motor racing mountaineering games
“There are only three sports: bullfighting, motor racing, and mountaineering; all the rest are merely games.”
— Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961)
cantona moment kick hooligan best
“My best moment? I have a lot of good moments but the one I prefer is when I kicked the hooligan”
― Eric Cantona
golf walk spoil
“Golf is a good walk spoiled.”
― Mark Twain (1835-1910)
Run become outer inner world
“Run and become.
Become and run.
Run to succeed in the outer world.
Become to proceed in the inner world.”
― Sri Chinmoy (1931-2007)
golf plague punishment
“Golf: A plague invented by the Calvinistic Scots as a punishment for man's sins.”
― James Barrett Reston (1909-1995)
running chased
“Running should be saved for the times when you're being chased.”
― Simone Elkeles
jogging legs feet ground need
“Jogging is very beneficial. It’s good for your legs and your feet. It’s also very good for the ground. It makes it feel needed.”
― Charles M. Schulz (1922-2000)
run walk crawl never give
“Run when you can, walk if you have to, crawl if you must; just never give up.”
― Dean Karnazes
man's character - play golf
“To find a man's true character, play golf with him. ”
― P.G. Wodehouse (1881-1975)
beste best scheie
"De beste er bestandig best."
—Arne Scheie
liverpool bakpå ri mål
"Liverpool kan ikke legge seg bakpå og ri på null-null, fordi de har sluppet inn et mål."
—Øyvind Alsaker
alex ferguson manager best nivå
"Alex Ferguson er den beste manageren jeg har hatt på dette nivået. Faktisk er han den eneste manageren jeg har hatt på dette nivået. Men han er den beste manageren jeg har hatt."
—David Beckham
idrett fotball
"Idrett, det er det de driver med, de som ikke kan spille fotball."
—Rune Bratseth
ikke sikker uenig
"Jeg er ikke helt sikker på at jeg ikke er uenig."
—Terje Dalby
sier mye stemmer
"Når du sier så mye som jeg gjør, så stemmer det ikke alltid."
—Nils Arne Eggen
ingen scorer 0-0
"Hvis ingen av lagene scorer mål, blir det 0-0."
—Karl-Petter Løken
foreldre rask fiber
"Jeg måtte hatt foreldre med raskere fibrer om jeg skulle vinne sammenlagt."
—Ådne Søndrål
fascination shooting end gun
"The fascination of shooting as a sport depends almost wholly on whether you are at the right or wrong end of the gun."
― P.G. Wodehouse (1881-1975)
sport fair play war shooting rules violence
"Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, disregard of all rules and sadistic pleasure in witnessing violence. In other words: it is war minus the shooting."
— George Orwell (1903-1950)
cricket great god sex
"I tend to think that cricket is the greatest thing that God ever created on earth - certainly greater than sex, although sex isn't too bad either."
― Harold Pinter (1930-2008)
soccer football simple game 90 minutes Germany win
"Soccer is a simple game; twenty-two men chase a ball for 90 minutes and at the end the Germans win.”
—Gary Lineker