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Reverse every natural instinct and do the opposite of what you are inclined to do, and you will probably come very close to having a perfect golf swing.

~ Ben Hogan

Golf is a game in which you yell 'fore,' shoot six, and write down five.

~ Paul Harvey

Sports, entertainment and aviation are three of the most exciting professions in the world; you are dealing with the same magnitude.

~ John Travolta

You win some, lose some, and wreck some.

~ Dale Earnhardt

The most important thing you learn as a sports photographer is anticipation - not where the action is taking place, but where it's going to take place. Not where the subject is now, but where they're going to be.

~ Lawrence Schiller

You cannot mix sports with politics.

~ Jackie Chan

All the minor sports injuries you acquire over the years begin to multiply like flies when you get over 70.

~ Peter O'toole

Growing up in Huntington Beach, you were either a traditional sports athlete, a skateboarder, or a surfer. I got my first skateboard when I was five and skated off and on over the years, did a little BMX racing as a kid, and then in my freshman or sophomore year I started getting a little bit more into skateboarding.

~ Jason Lee

I learned early on, stay away from politics, stay away from religion and don't talk about sports. Those three right there will get you in trouble.

~ Gabriel Iglesias

If you drink don't drive. Don't even putt.

~ Dean Martin

The only way to prove that you're a good sport is to lose.

~ Ernie Banks

Eighteen holes of match play will teach you more about your foe than 18 years of dealing with him across a desk.

~ Grantland Rice

If a tie is like kissing your sister, losing is like kissing you grandmother with her teeth out.

~ George Brett

I did all the right things in so many tournaments. But like I said, sometimes in sports it just goes the other way. Maybe you've already won so much that it evens it out a bit sometimes. I don't know.

~ Roger Federer

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

~ Althea Gibson

When I played sports, if you lose the game, and then you complain, that makes you a sore loser. That doesn't make you protester - that just makes you a whiner.

~ D. B. Sweeney

When you look at golf films before us they're all - garbage or satire. A lot of sports films tend to vilify the opposition. Where the opposition becomes this big angry monster, so big you can't beat him.

~ Shia Labeouf

Breaking records is not something you expect to be doing. That's like a sports thing, it's not usually a comedy and writing thing.

~ Louis C. K.

Judo was one of those sports where they give you guidelines but then try to tell you to develop your own style.

~ Ronda Rousey

I think, without question, the way someone plays sports shows something about inherently who they are, you know?

~ Hill Harper

When you think about the NASCAR brand, it resonates everywhere. They have the No. 1 sports brand.

~ Magic Johnson

I've never been in the top three of Sports Personality. And I won't be in the top three again. You have just got to accept what it is.

~ Mo Farah

If you look at all aspects of all sports, everything comes down to basics and fundamentals.

~ Robbie Lawler

Being a celebrity, you always get really good seats to sporting events, but you never get as good seats as the photographers get. And I really love sports.

~ Drew Carey

When you write about sports, you're allowed to engage in mischief. Nothing is at stake.

~ Malcolm Gladwell

Some religious guys in sports give the impression, 'I've got something you don't have.'

~ George Vecsey

Sports has always been a pass-through. You pay for something, and then you pass it through to television, you pass it through to advertisers, or you pass it through to season-ticket holders, luxury boxes and then the fans. Then it all adds up, and you take in more than you pass out.

~ John Madden

People forget that track and field is one of the hardest sports because we compete against all the world. There are many sports when you are up against only 15 or 20 countries.

~ Greg Rutherford

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

~ Pete Rose

In track years... track is not like other sports. You do have track athletes that stay in this sport until, like, 35, 36, but I think when you get to 28, it's really difficult.

~ Usain Bolt

Some of the most racist things that I've ever heard come out of people that are on the air at ESPN. There are some of the biggest racists in sports commentating, and you take it for what it is.

~ Curt Schilling

I was always one of those people who would watch the Super Bowl as much for the sports as I did for the ads. I was always just sort of fascinated by the fact that when you turn on the TV, there was motion, there was moving pictures on it.

~ Andrew Ross Sorkin

You shouldn't turn on C-SPAN to get your sports update.

~ Jason Chaffetz

Skating is one of those sports you unfortunately see people get stuck in.

~ Ashley Wagner

Sometimes in football you have to score goals.

~ Thierry Henry

If a man can beat you, walk him.

~ Satchel Paige

In sports... you play from the time you're eight years old, and then you're done forever.

~ Joe Montana

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

~ Phil Jackson

Approach the game with no preset agendas and you'll probably come away surprised at your overall efforts.

~ Phil Jackson

New Yorkers love it when you spill your guts out there. Spill your guts at Wimbledon and they make you stop and clean it up.

~ Jimmy Connors