(2630 quotes found)
“The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not winning but taking part; the essential thing in life is not conquering but fighting well.”
Pierre de Coubertin
“I don't know anything that builds the will to win better than competitive sports.”
Richard M. Nixon
“I never did like working out - it bears the same relationship to real sport as masturbation does to real sex”
David Lodge
“There is a syndrome in sports called ''paralysis by analysis.''”
Arthur Ashe
“The Green Bay Packers never lost a football game. They just ran out of time.”
Vince Lombardi
“The key to winning baseball games is pitching, fundamentals, and three run homers.”
Earl Weaver
“Sports serve society by providing vivid examples of excellence.”
George F. Will
“Sport is a very important subject at school, that's why I gave Quidditch such an important place at Hogwarts. I was very bad in sports, so I gave Harry a talent I would really loved to have. Who wouldn't want to fly?”
Joanne Kathleen Rowling
“Our philosophy precedes from the belief that sport is an inalienable part of the educational process and a factor for promoting peace, friendship, cooperation and understanding among peoples.”
Juan Antonio Samaranch
“Sports plays a societal role in engendering jingoist and chauvinist attitudes. They're designed to organize a community to be committed to their gladiators.”
Avram Noam Chomsky
