#sport

They should have a rule: in order to be a sportswriter, you have to have played that sport, at some level; high school, college, junior college, somewhere. Or, you should have had to have been around the game for a long time. ↗

— Oscar Robertson

#been #college #game #had #high

I wish I had played team sports. I think every kid should. Teamwork builds character - teaches people about leadership and cooperation. ↗

— Mo Rocca

#builds #character #cooperation #every #had

Black people dominate sports in the United States. 20% of the population and 90% of the final four. ↗

— Chris Rock

#dominate #final #four #people #population

One man practicing sportsmanship is far better than a hundred teaching it. ↗

— Knute Rockne

#better #far #hundred #man #practicing

In the States, tennis is sixth or seventh on the totem pole as far as sports go. ↗

— Andy Roddick

#far #go #pole #seventh #sixth

It's a round ball and a round bat, and you got to hit it square. ↗

— Pete Rose

#ball #bat #got #hit #round

He's going to be around a long, long time, if his body holds up. That's always a concern with a lot of players because of how much they play. A lot of guys can't handle it. But it looks like he can. ↗

— Jack Nicklaus

#always #around #because #body #concern

A lifetime of training for just ten seconds. ↗

— Jesse Owens

#just #lifetime #seconds #ten #training

I think I was a good student, because I jumped over a school. My main interest was basically history and literature. Sports were basically basketball and swimming at a pool. I was so happy. ↗

— Shimon Peres

#basketball #because #good #good student #happy

If you meet the Buddha in the lane, feed him the ball. ↗

— Phil Jackson

#ball #buddha #feed #him #lane