I think the sport of wrestling, which I became involved with at the age of 14... I competed until I was 34, kind of old for a contact sport. I coached the sport until I was 47. I think the discipline of wrestling has given me the discipline I have to write.
John Irving

I think what it takes to succeed remains the same. You have to have a real love of your sport to carry you through all the bad times, you still want to go ski even when things aren't working. You must have a commitment to work hard and to never give up.
Nancy Greene

I walked away from the sport for 17 years, then started swimming again recently in a master's program.
Mark Spitz

I was able to get along with everybody. I really enjoyed all of those guys. They were unique in their own ways, and I think that's what made the sport fun. We had a great time laughing and having fun.
Lee Haney

I was very pleased that the positive things about me and my game outshone the aggressive style of play I use. I would never tone that down, because I believe in that style of play, and I believe that you can play rough on the court and still be a good sport.
Sue Wicks

I will continue to express the fact I am for a drug-free sport and always will be.
Marion Jones

I'd like to design something like a city or a museum. I want to do something hands on rather than just play golf which is the sport of the religious right.
Brad Pitt

I'm a legend in this sport. If you don't believe me, ask me.
Bobby Heenan

I'm doing a book, 'Chasing Science,' about the pleasures of science as a spectator sport.
Frederik Pohl

I'm for a drug-free sport and always will be.
Marion Jones

I'm not saying that the press is wrong to report any internal differences we have, but at the same time, I think it's our job to keep them from becoming public issues, for anything that detracts from the purely athletic aspects of the sport is bad for us.
Pete Rozelle

I'm the biggest fighter in the history of the sport. If you don't believe it, check the cash register.
Mike Tyson

I've been playing tennis, and just whatever sport is in front of me I will do.
Jeanne Tripplehorn

I've tried to handle winning well, so that maybe we'll win again, but I've also tried to handle failure well. If those serve as good examples for teachers and kids, then I hope that would be a contribution I have made to sport. Not just basketball, but to sport.
Mike Krzyzewski

If I had to name the number one asset you could have for any sport I'd say speed. In baseball, all a guy with speed has to do is make contact.
Ron Fairly

If I miss anything about the sport, it's the camaraderie of old teammates.
Bo Jackson

If I was born again, I would be able to do any sport because I would have time to learn.
Andy Lau

If wanted to play a sport, I played a sport. If I wanted to do things that many girls born in 1950 didn't do, I did it.
Victoria Principal

If you destroyed the underpinnings of this great American sport, you are a hated, ugly, detestable person.
Curt Flood

In America, it is sport that is the opiate of the masses.
Russell Baker