Sporting History Quotes

I was always hugely into sport before I started boxing. I played rugby, football, cricket, athletics, swimming.

I've been involved in sport right through my life.

I think I was in the most historical and golden era of track and field.

I've played 100 caps for England, for my country. Being the first black player, I think, is amazing.

If you win the Champions League, you become known across the globe, but the World Cup has always thrown up new stars and developments.

I remember the first Wrestlemania; I was four years old. Nobody had any idea what it would become.

This is a moment I will cherish forever... the first man to score 500 runs.

I grew up in a town with a great wrestling tradition. Then I was a team sport queen in high school; I played softball, volleyball, and soccer. Oh, and I also did ski racing.

I've been an athlete my whole life. I've played every sport, including soccer, baseball, softball, basketball.

I am proud of the Earnhardt name, but it don't stand alone. You know, it's part of the sport, with all those other historic people that have been a part of it, and you don't want people to forget the part you had in it and what you did and the contributions you made and the sacrifices you made.

When I started I was pretty well the only Aboriginal player who was playing tournaments.

It was not long before I was struck with the idea that base ball was just the game for a national sport for Americans.

Baseball and its teams are proud of the sport's long-standing role as a change agent in American culture and society.

The atmosphere in Sochi is unusual, in that we are surrounded by the Olympic complex. It is special to compete at a location that has played such a big part in international sporting history, which gives this place a unique feeling.

I am aware of importance of the No.7 shirt. Cristiano Ronaldo had spoken to me at Real Madrid and told me how important it was.

When I was a young player, I never dreamed of scoring five goals in a game - and in nine minutes is something else. And when it happened, it was incredible that there could ever be anything like that in the history of the game. It took me a couple of days to realise what I'd done.

When I started, there was never a great history of people doing well in snooker from Scotland. By chance, I got a table for my Christmas. If I hadn't got that, then none of this would have happened.

I came from a long line of football players.

I'm aware how special an achievement 100 caps is because of the players that have come before me and the amount they've given to English cricket.

Baseball wasn't necessarily my first sport in terms of liking it. I'd never played baseball or softball growing up.