Quotes tagged ‘Sports’

“Just so you know, I may not be good at school or sports or being nice, but I know how to keep a guy interested.”

— James Stoteraux, Chad Fiveash, Bay Kennish, Vanessa Marano, imdb.com

“Harvey: You know, the only reason I took Home Ec. was so I could eat during class; Coach says I’ve still got to bulk up, and carbo-loading can get pretty lonely... Sabrina: Well, we’ll keep you company any time you have to eat. Jenny: Yeah, we’re good at that. Harvey: Hey, I’m going to the pizza pla…”

— Norma Safford Vela, Harvey Kinkle, Nate Richert, imdb.com

“Sadly the overt diminishing of women’s skills by their male teammates or the league rules isn’t really a surprise. What was a revelation was the anger men exhibit during games that are supposed to be just for fun, and the physical aggression with which they play.”

— Catherine LeClair, deadspin.com

“Stiles: I'm playing? On the field? With the team? Coach Finstock: Yes, unless you'd rather play with yourself. Stiles: I already did that today. Twice.”

— Jeff Davis, Stiles Stilinski, Dylan O'Brien, imdb.com

“The depressing thing about tennis is that no matter how good I get, I’ll never be as good as a wall.”

— Mitch Hedberg, twitter.com

“I love to compete. To me, business is the ultimate sport. It's always on. There is always someone trying to beat me.”

— Mark Cuban, inc.com

“Visualize yourself winning.”

— Shaun White, youtube.com

“It changes from "I want to do this new trick" to "I have to do this new trick".”

— Shaun White, youtube.com

“Once you get that taste of victory and your like wow, well maybe I want to keep going on this path.”

— Shaun White, youtube.com

“Sports is like rock ‘n’ roll. Both are dominant cultural forces, both speak an international language, and both are all about emotions.”

— Phil Knight, addicted2success.com

“People are overlooked for a variety of biased reasons and perceived flaws. Age, appearance, personality. Bill James and mathematics cut straight through that.”

— Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin, Peter Brand, Jonah Hill, amazon.com

“It's about getting things down to one number. Using stats the way we read them, we'll find value in players that no body else can see.”

— Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin, Peter Brand, Jonah Hill, amazon.com

“Yale, economics, baseball. You're funny.”

— Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin, Billy Beane, Brad Pitt, amazon.com

“Baseball thinking is midevil. They are asking all the wrong questions. And if I say anything I get ostrisized. I'm a lepper.”

— Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin, Peter Brand, Jonah Hill, amazon.com

“Ok, think in terms of buying players. Your goal shouldn't be to buy players it should be to buy wins. And in order to buy wins you have to buy runs.”

— Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin, Peter Brand, Jonah Hill, amazon.com

“There is an epidemic failure within the game to understand what's really happening. This leaves those who run Major League Baseball teams to misjudge their players and mismanage their teams.”

— Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin, Peter Brand, Jonah Hill, amazon.com

“It's an unfair game. Now we've been gutted, organ donors for the rich. Bostons taking our kidneys. Yankee's taking our heart. You guys are taking the same old good body nonsense like we're selling jeans. Like we're looking for Fabio.”

— Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin, Billy Beane, Brad Pitt, amazon.com

“I was just a big guy running down with a big, deep pocket and little short stick putting it against my chest.”

— Jim Brown, successories.com

“See, the great thing about guys is that we can become friends based on almost nothing. Just two guys will just become friends just because they're two guys. That's almost all we need to have in common. 'Cause sports—sports and women—is really all we talk about. If there was no sports and no women th…”

— Larry David, Jerry Seinfeld, Jerry Seinfeld, Jerry Seinfeld, imdb.com

“Hockey demands only one thing from you. Your all.”

— Fredrik Backman, amazon.com