Sporting Quotes - page 3

The sporting fields where Australia's greats began their careers are built and rebuilt with Commonwealth help, as are the halls and community centres where our most of our well-known stars first felt the magic of the stage. (Anthony Albanese)
Sporting goods companies pay me not to endorse their products. View quote
Bob Uecker
I was on the yearbook staff, so I would take out film cameras and Nikons and take photos around school and at sporting events and things like that. We had a darkroom as well. I just loved it. I also saved up for a video camera to video my friends and cut and paste the videos together and I gave them to all of my friends for graduation. View quote
Dianna Agron
My sporting hero was Drazen Petrovic, the NBA basketball player, who was killed in a car accident in 1993. He was a good friend, an unbelievable player, and I dedicated my Wimbledon win to him. View quote
Goran Ivanisevic
Sporting culture is needed where marks are given to students for sports in schools, jobs are assured for sportsperson, and sponsors are willing to support them through rough times. View quote
Gagan Narang
I think country needs to have a sporting culture. I think if sports were taken as curriculum in school and are encouraged in right way like government of Maharashtra and Haryana have done given Marks for Sports and encouraging them with good jobs. View quote
Gagan Narang
I don't know anyone in the hunting or sporting arena that goes out with an assault rifle. View quote
Joe Manchin
I don't want to return to the past. I don't yearn for when I was 18 years old. I was in high school then. I had acne. I had a terrible hairdo. I'm sure I was sporting polyester pants. View quote
Joe Scarborough
I spent another six years in Europe covering sporting events such as the Tour de France. View quote
John Tesh
Chicks dig a dude who's sporting the latest eggplant turtleneck styles. View quote
Jordan Sonnenblick
Big sporting events and spectacles might give the national morale a shot in the arm, but they are too transient and taste-specific to stand as robust symbols of nationhood. (Julian Baggini)
Chicago will give you a chance. The sporting spirit is the spirit of Chicago. View quote
Lincoln Steffens
South Africa is the only place in the Southern hemisphere where Halloween is really catching on. They have a lot of sporting events that have made it more popular there. They have motocross and rave celebrations, and they're embracing it as a youth culture thing. View quote
Lisa Morton
I played college soccer before I was hurt, and just to be able to jump back into something that you could be so competitive at or you can achieve, to get to the Paralympics, that's the first really big achievement that you can have. It's the second biggest sporting event in the world. To be a part of it and to get a medal for that, it's unreal. View quote
Mark Zupan
The mentality we have in India is not very sporting. View quote
Mahesh Bhupathi
I grew up very much in a sporting background. I always wanted to be an actor, but my escapism always came in sports. View quote
Bradley James
Acting is like a sporting match; a tennis game, but no one should win or lose. The game's the thing! View quote
Jon Polito
The World Cup is not just a great global sporting event, it is also inscribed with much deeper cultural and political importance. View quote
Martin Jacques
As a father, I believe that involving children in sports at a young age is generally, a wise proposition. I believe that healthy competition is... well... healthy; that sporting events foster a spirit of teamwork that far surpasses the events themselves; and that active participation keeps children moving and is good for their self-esteem. View quote
Naveen Jain
As Americans, we have traditionally been the optimists sporting the 'can-do' attitude. But when it comes to addressing climate adaptation and resiliency, we seem to be more 'can't do' than 'can-do.' View quote
Paul Tonko
If the javelin had hit me 10cm to the left, it would have punctured my lung, 20cm higher the throat, which would have been the worst-case scenario. Just 1cm higher and it would have hit bone, muscle and tendon and that would have been the end of my sporting career. (Roman Sebrle)
Female success stories from sporting events like the Olympic Games have played a role in shifting the Indian perception to see the female athlete as a hero and a role model for young Indian girls. View quote
Richard Attias
Bringing more large sporting events to Africa would help the continent develop sports policies and at the same time optimize its peoples' chances of achieving competitive success. View quote
Richard Attias
There's this whole new grammar Twitter skill set that I do not possess. I'm not a very good person to follow. I never tweet, and when I do, it's about some sort of sporting event that I'm watching. View quote
Sterling Knight
The London Games will be designed for the athletes and we will provide them with the very best venues and the very best conditions to pursue their sporting dreams in London. View quote
Sebastian Coe