#sports

I think having a vision can make someone an influential man. I'm not talking about acting or anything like that, I'm talking about people I admire, whether it's a writer or a musician or a sports figure or a politician, whatever. ↗

— Benicio Del Toro

#acting #admire #anything #figure #having

Then in a fraction of a second, I realized that these sportsmen were not anyone's enemies. ↗

— Bill Toomey

#fraction #i #realized #second #sportsmen

The integrity of the game is everything. ↗

— Peter Ueberroth

#everything #game #integrity

Baseball is a public trust. Players turn over, owners turn over and certain commissioners turn over. But baseball goes on. ↗

— Peter Ueberroth

#baseball #certain #commissioners #goes #over

Guys do not have a genetic blueprint that allows them to understand or love sports. ↗

— Lesley Visser

#blueprint #genetic #guys #love #sports

I was always very independent and looked out for myself. I think that ability really helped me in later years both in sports and in theatre. ↗

— Jack Wagner

#always #both #helped #i #i think

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

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

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