#sport

In the field of sports you are more or less accepted for what you do rather than what you are. ↗

— Althea Gibson

#field #less #more #more or less #rather

Flowers are the free throw of love. You're looking for the clutch three-pointer from downtown. ↗

— Daniel Holloway & Dorothy Robinson

#humor #love #sports #dating

Ours is a country built more on people than on territory. The Jews will come from everywhere: from France, from Russia, from America, from Yemen... Their faith is their passport. ↗

— David Ben-Gurion

#built #come #country #everywhere #faith

While writing my first 90 books, I was magazine editor, publisher, book publisher, executive, etc., so I was established in publishing. three of my seven or so books were biographies of sports stars and really opened doors for me in that area. ↗

— Jerry B. Jenkins

#biographies #book #books #doors #editor

All pro sports, as well as the NCAA, should thank God every day we have sports betting here... We have the only agency in the world that regulates the honesty of games. ↗

— Meyer Lansky

#betting #day #every #every day #games

If you think it's hard to meet new people, try picking up the wrong golf ball. ↗

— Jack Lemmon

#ball #golf #golf ball #hard #meet

The Games are just a nice, positive way to build friendships, camaraderie and, of course, self-esteem. Plus, the Games are a great opportunity for people to participate in sports who normally wouldn't. ↗

— Greg Louganis

#camaraderie #course #friendships #games #great

He's got an overall flair for the game. It looks to me like he really loves what he does and he can't wait to get up in the morning, go hit some balls and go play. ↗

— Gary McCord

#balls #does #flair #game #get

In this world, shipmates, sin that pays its way can travel freely, and without passport; whereas Virtue, if a pauper, is stopped at all frontiers. ↗

— Herman Melville

#frontiers #passport #pays #sin #stopped

Baseball was the darling of all sports back then. ↗

— Marion Motley

#baseball #darling #sports #then