Quotes about sports
64 quotes from 46 people
I dream of being able to score another goal against England… this time with the right hand.
Diego Maradona1960–2020Less than a month before he died, referencing the hand of God. Quoted in Hannigan, Mary. “Funny old games: The sporting year in a year like no other”, The Irish Times. 30 December 2020I can cry like Roger. It’s just a shame I can’t play like him.
Andy Murrayborn 1987After being defeated by Roger Federer; BBC sports report 31 January 2010
Joyce Carol Oatesborn 1938On Boxing (1987)
George Orwell1903–1950“The Sporting Spirit”, Tribune (14 December 1945)Most football teams are temperamental. That’s 90% temper and 10% mental.
I threw the kitchen sink at him but he went to the bathroom and got his tub.
Andy Roddickborn 1982After losing the 2004 Wimbledon final to Roger Federer; quoted by BBC News (4 July 2004)
Theodore Roosevelt1858–1919“The American Boy”, published in St. Nicholas 27, no. 7 (May 1900), p. 574You owe it to yourself to be the best you can possibly be—in baseball and in life.
Babe Ruth1895–1948Farewell Address (1947)I always swing at the ball with all my might. I hit or miss big.
Babe Ruth1895–1948From “‘Keep Your Eye On the Ball’; No, Not Golf, It’s Babe Ruth,” by Ruth (as told to Pegler), in The Chicago Tribune (August 13, 1920), p. 11; reprinted as “How to Hit Home Runs,” in Playing the Game: My Early Years in Baseball, p. 29
