Quotes about "Sports & Competition"

A girl didn't get an athletic scholarship until the fall of 1972 for the very first time. ”

Getting an inch of snow is like winning 10 cents in the lottery. ”

I grew up in an non-athletic family, where my parents were interested in music, in literature, in education and art. ”

I do not think that winning is the most important thing. I think winning is the only thing. ”

The East Germans first used biomechanics. This meant that rather than guessing about technique and form, they could apply changes to athletic performance based on science. ”

Nutrition is also a valuable component that can help athletes both protect themselves and improve performance. ”

Never change a winning game; always change a losing one. ”

I am old enough to remember every Red Sox season since 1975. Baseball is long. Baseball takes forever. It's day in, day out, for six solid months - seven if you're lucky. Winning is always fun. ”

There's a tipping point that happens with soccer in which you just kinda get it. I was drawn to it because the best soccer teams play similarly to my favorite basketball teams - like the eighties Lakers or eighties Celtics - teams that emphasized teamwork over individualism and relied on passing as their biggest ongoing edge. ”

My guess is many top athletes, distance runners included, use performance-enhancing drugs, enough so that the problem must be tackled. ”