#sport

I learned a long time ago that there is something worse than missing the goal, and that's not pulling the trigger. ↗

— Mia Hamm

#futbol #hamm #mia #mia-hamm #shooting

Skiing combines outdoor fun with knocking down trees with your face. ↗

— Dave Barry

#combines #down #face #fun #knocking

It seems that soccer tournaments create those relationships: people gathered together in pubs and living rooms, a whole country suddenly caring about the same event. A World Cup is the sort of common project that otherwise barely exists in modern societies. ↗

— Simon Kuper

#sports #iraq

Other than sports, only war and catastrophe can create this sort of national unity. ↗

— Simon Kuper

#sports #iraq

The Yankees' Facebook page was hacked. The hacker was immediately purchased and signed to a 5 year contract with the Yankees. ↗

— Stephen Colbert

#facebook #hacking #humour #new-york-yankees #sport

About 60 percent of the oil consumed daily by Americans is used for transportation, and about 45 percent is used for passenger cars and light trucks. ↗

— Sherwood Boehlert

#cars #consumed #daily #light #oil

My policy was just to give good things for sports in my region. ↗

— Sergei Bubka

#good #good things #just #policy #region

I have never seen a wrestling match or a prize fight, and I don't want to. When I find out a man is interested in these sports, I drop him. ↗

— Hedy Lamarr

#fight #find #him #i #interested

As southeast Texas's only Member of the House Transportation Committee, I'm especially proud of being able to help bring hundreds of millions of dollars to the region to create jobs and improve the area infrastructure. ↗

— Nick Lampson

#area #being #bring #committee #create

Football is an incredible game. Sometimes it's so incredible, it's unbelievable. ↗

— Tom Landry

#football #game #incredible #sometimes #unbelievable