sports values Quotes

Sports are sports. Its all about how we carry ourselves out of the ring.

To me it was never about what I accomplished on the football field, it was about the way I played the game.

My dad was a really big baseball guy who helped coach me and thought the game should be played the right way.

Big money encourages tanking. In my opinion, tanking is going on even with a lot of the top guys today - it's quite evident.

If sports do not hold significance in our life, we cannot nurture sportsman spirit as a "Sanskar" in our society and without such "Sanskars", the society cannot flourish!

Football's not a bastion for toughness. It's not a bastion of anything uplifting or good for men or anybody else.

Ce que je sais de la morale, c'est au football que je le dois. (I know of morality, it is football that I owe.)

I don't think there is anything wrong with a man who wants to give credit to the Lord, but I don't think the team with the most Christians on it is necessarily going to win. The Lord may be helping their characters and souls, but I don't think he's any more for the Dodgers than he is for the Braves. More than being concerned with who's going to win the Super Bowl, I feel the Lord is probably more concerned that they might find a day other than Sunday to play it on.

Sports are a microcosm of society. It just shows how much more competition there is in the world.

We share the USTA's vision to promote and expand the game of tennis. I have been playing the game since I was 6 years old with my dad and five brothers, so I know firsthand how it teaches life lessons: integrity, dedication, and competitiveness.

My life has been centered around sports. It is where I have met my closest friends and shaped the values that have made me a successful athlete, student and role model for young people.

I promise you that during my life, I was more concerned about not letting people down, about doing my part, than I was ever into what it did for me. That is one of the great things about sports, and frankly, football really does instill that.

All in all it's a pretty great day for major league sports. At long last they've decided that gay people are fit to be included in their elite club-one that's already allowed in adulterers, wife-swappers, gamblers, cheaters, rapists, racists and slaughterers of man. Those who've abused spouses, drugs, alcohol, family members and animals. Congratulations, gay athletes. Are you sure you want to hang out with these people?

There's a lot said now about younger players: that it's just about the cars and houses. I'm from the old school - it's about what you've achieved in the game.

I think money in general hurts all sports.

Who could doubt that sport is a crucial window for the propagation of fair play and justice? After all, fair play is a value that is essential to sport.

One of the reasons people love sports is because it's non-political. And to the degree that Donald Trump puts sports organizations like golf tournaments in difficult positions, they won't want anything to do with him, i think all of this is evidence that Donald Trump is finding it a lot harder to be a candidate than he probably anticipated.

The NBA is changing so much. It's not like when I came up, with that old-school mentality that practice really mattered.

It really gets my back up when people start using business phrases - 'sustainability,' 'the brand,' etc. - about rugby.

I have always been fascinated by the values of sport and loved its rituals; in fact, since ancient times sport has been a byword for top physical prowess and spectacular athletic performance.

In Spain and Italy, they like it when you win with good football, but winning without is appreciated.

A sport has its own built-in integrity - doesn't need an artificial one.