Famous Quotes & Sayings

Elvis Stojko

Always looked up to Brian and his skating, I loved his skating and what he had done for the sport. And the triple axel, that was the thing, and I wanted a triple axel.

Elvis Stojko

Just a whole different style, just a whole different way of going about an audience and a way about skating. And they are so brilliant in their own way, which is great, and that's what Brian was saying; is the styles are different, and it's the whole mentality.

Elvis Stojko

I don't want to prove to anyone or prove to myself. I'd rather just enjoy and show myself that I am capable of doing it and actually going through the process.

Elvis Stojko

I could not have done anymore, I had pushed myself to a limit that I had never touched before and that's definitely going to change you - than going out and doing what you do in practice every day.

Elvis Presley

There's no room to Rhumba in a sports car.

Elvis Presley

It's not just self defense, it's about...self control, body discipline, and mind discipline...and breath techniques. It involves yoga. It involves meditation. It's an art, not a sport.

Elizabeth Gaskell

Out of the way! We are in the throes of an exceptional emergency! This is no occassion for sport- there is lace at stake!" (Ms. Pole)

Jimmy Fallon

Thank you... fantasy football draft, for letting me know that even in my fantasies, I am bad at sports.

Jimmy Fallon

If you're a sports fan you realize that when you meet somebody, like a girlfriend, they kind of have to root for your team. They don't have a choice.

Joel Parkinson

It's funny, 'cause you think surfing is your whole life, but then when you make a family it seems like it's not at all.

Joel Parkinson

I think we want to make the sport bigger and better and leave a good legacy for the next generation that comes through.

Joel Silver

I never really was that passionate about playing sports. But when I was at this Mt. Herman school, I did have the ability to throw the frisbee. So when this sport evolved, it was fun because I was good at it.

Joel Silver

I'm a filmmaker and I'm proud of the movies I've made. But in the background of my life I was also very involved in the creation of the sport.

Joel Osteen

When I used to play sports, I'd be the one cheering the team on, 'Come on, we can beat these guys!' That's just in me.

Joan Cusack

Can they do both? That's a huge balance, I think, with kids- trying to find the right- it's everything, you know, it's social life, it's academics, it's sports.

Jimmy Greaves

The thing about sport, any sport, is that swearing is very much part of it.

Jim Thorpe

I have always liked sport and only played or run races for the fun of the thing.

Lou Piniella

George [Steinbrenner] is a great guy, unless you have to work for him.

Lou Piniella

Statistics are like bikinis-they show a lot but not everything.

Lou Reed

The baby sits in front of MTV watching violent fantasies, while Dad guzzles beer with his favorite sport only to find his heroes all coked up.

Manny Ramirez

Everywhere I go, people love me, so I'm just blessed. Do you blame them?

Manu Bennett

If I see someone doing a new sport, I usually like to throw myself into it, and I never look at it and think, 'That's something I can't do.

Mao Zedong

Learn to swim. It is a sport all the peasants can play.

Madeline Carroll

My brothers and I love playing outside and climbing trees. We really love sports, too - I think football's probably my favorite.

Madeleine M. Kunin

Why are video games so violent? The ones I've seen remind me of the 4th of July, with everything exploding, buildings, cars, airplanes, men and women. Kill, kill, and kill for sport and entertainment.

Lucy Powell

Funding for sports (and the arts) are often the first things facing the chop in difficult times.

Louis Susman

In sport, Americans are prominent in the Premier League - both on and off the pitch.

Louis Zamperini

Even at my age, I'm trying to improve. Never give up, no matter what. Even if you get last place - finish.

Louis Zamperini

Someone who doesn't make the (Olympic) team might weep and collapse. In my day no one fell on the track and cried like a baby. We lost gracefully. And when someone won, he didn't act like he'd just become king of the world, either. Athletes in my day were simply humble in our victory. I believe we were more mature then...Maybe it's because the media puts so much pressure on athletes; maybe it's also the money. In my day we competed for the love of the sport...In my day we patted the guy who beat us on the back, wished him well, and that was it.

Louis Zamperini

That's one thing you learn in sports. You don't give up; you fight to the finish.

Lou Brock

The stiffer the penalty, the greater the message is sent.

Lou Brock

No one wants to hear about the labor pains, they just want to see the baby.

Lou Gehrig

When you have a father and a mother who work all their lives so you can have an education and build your body - it's a blessing.