#ports

I've realized the extraordinary power of sports to heal, unite and inspire. I believe the Olympics will serve as the ultimate platform to provide positive changes and I hope to inspire all of Japan through my strong showing there. ↗

— Kohei Uchimura

#changes #extraordinary #heal #hope #i

We wouldn't turn over our customs service or our border patrol to a foreign government. We shouldn't turn over the ports of the United States, either. ↗

— Robert Menendez

#border patrol #customs #either #foreign #government

It certainly is dangerous that there are only a few clubs left in Europe that can afford to pay millions. At the end of the day however, the spectators decide the rates of pay - by watching the games and consuming the goods and services advertised on sports TV programmes. ↗

— Angela Merkel

#afford #certainly #clubs #consuming #dangerous

You cannot allow your desire to be a winner to be diminished by achieving success before and I believe there is room for improvement in every sportsman. ↗

— Lionel Messi

#allow #before #believe #cannot #desire

Why should sports men and women get punished harsher than people in the normal world? ↗

— David Millar

#men #men and women #normal #people #punished

I don't put anything in front of taking ski racing and sports seriously. ↗

— Bode Miller

#front #i #put #racing #seriously

I had fun pretending to be a sportscaster. People always think that was a down thing for me. I had the best job in sports broadcasting for two years. ↗

— Dennis Miller

#best #broadcasting #down #fun #had

As an economics undergraduate, I also worked on a part-time basis in Cambridge, Massachusetts, for a company that was advising customers about portfolio decisions, writing reports. ↗

— Merton Miller

#advising #also #basis #cambridge #company

So I developed very early a massive inferiority complex, and I've told the story often about how that inspired me later in life to get involved in other things, because I couldn't out-do my brothers in sports, and it's a very competitive relationship. ↗

— George J. Mitchell

#because #brothers #competitive #complex #developed

I never really participated in specific sports or anything, but once I hit 40, I started to get a little bit more active and began swimming more. ↗

— Shigeru Miyamoto

#anything #began #bit #get #hit