“The miracle isn't that I finished. The miracle is that I had the courage to start.”
― John Bingham
“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
“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
“Although golf was originally restricted to wealthy, overweight Protestants, today it's open to anybody who owns hideous clothing.”
― Dave Barry
“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
“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, n.: An ancient school where morality and philosophy were taught. Academy, n.: A modern school where football is taught.”
― Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914)
“Build up your weaknesses until they become your strong points.”
― Knute Rockne (1888-1931)
“There are only three sports: bullfighting, motor racing, and mountaineering; all the rest are merely games.”
— Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961)
“My best moment? I have a lot of good moments but the one I prefer is when I kicked the hooligan”
― Eric Cantona
“Golf is a good walk spoiled.”
― Mark Twain (1835-1910)
“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: A plague invented by the Calvinistic Scots as a punishment for man's sins.”
― James Barrett Reston (1909-1995)
“Running should be saved for the times when you're being chased.”
― Simone Elkeles
“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 when you can, walk if you have to, crawl if you must; just never give up.”
― Dean Karnazes
“To find a man's true character, play golf with him. ”
― P.G. Wodehouse (1881-1975)
"De beste er bestandig best."
—Arne Scheie
"Liverpool kan ikke legge seg bakpå og ri på null-null, fordi de har sluppet inn et mål."
—Øyvind Alsaker
"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, det er det de driver med, de som ikke kan spille fotball."
—Rune Bratseth
"Jeg er ikke helt sikker på at jeg ikke er uenig."
—Terje Dalby
"Når du sier så mye som jeg gjør, så stemmer det ikke alltid."
—Nils Arne Eggen
"Hvis ingen av lagene scorer mål, blir det 0-0."
—Karl-Petter Løken
"Jeg måtte hatt foreldre med raskere fibrer om jeg skulle vinne sammenlagt."
—Ådne Søndrål
"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)
"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)
"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)
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"Soccer is a simple game; twenty-two men chase a ball for 90 minutes and at the end the Germans win.”
—Gary Lineker