#sports

I think life is sort of like a competition, whether it's in sports, or it's achieving in school, or it's achieving good relationships with people. And competition is a little bit of what it's all about. ↗

— Sanford I. Weill

#achieving #bit #competition #good #good relationships

Historically, China is not a nation of sportsmen. We traditionally put more emphasis on being close to nature than pushing endlessly to excel. A philosophy that values tranquil contemplation of the landscape cannot easily be adapted to the Olympic slogan of 'higher, stronger, faster.' ↗

— Ai Weiwei

#being #cannot #china #close #contemplation

If I was invincible, maybe I would take up some extreme sports. ↗

— Tom Welling

#extreme sports #i #invincible #maybe #some

The newspapers loved pinup pictures of pretty young swimmers, and as a national champion, I got more than my share of space in the sports pages. ↗

— Esther Williams

#got #i #loved #more #national

Look, girls. It is important to all of us that we win this game, right? Well, when it comes to athletics, boys are simply better suited than girls. It’s a fact of nature that no one can change. I’m sorry, but maybe you can play next time when it’s less crucial. ↗

— Francine Pascal

#sports #sweet-valley #change

A passport, as I'm sure you know, is a document that one shows to government officials whenever one reaches a border between two countries, so that the official can learn who you are, where you were born, and how you look when photographed unflatteringly. ↗

— Lemony Snicket

#passports #humor

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

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

— Tom Landry

#football #game #incredible #sometimes #unbelievable

That's the difference between golf and many other sports. You go to some other sporting events, they just leave you or give you the cold shoulder and move on. ↗

— Bernhard Langer

#cold #difference #events #give #go