It's not so important who starts the game but who finishes it.
—John Wooden
If it weren't for baseball, many kids wouldn't know what a millionaire looked like.
—Phyllis Diller
For people to judge a man's worth and his very manhood according to the way he feels about sport, and not to recognize it for the piddly, inconsequential goings on that it really is…
—Robin Green and Mitchell Burgess
Not every age is fit for childish sports.
—Titus Maccius Plautus
A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be.
—Wayne Gretzky
If all the year were playing holidays; To sport would be as tedious as to work.
—William Shakespeare
Desire is the most important factor in the success of any athlete.
—Yogi Berra
Winning is habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.
—Vince Lombardi
If the fans don't wanna come out to the ballpark, no one can stop 'em.
—Yogi Berra
The only athletic sport I ever mastered was backgammon.
—Douglas William Jerrold
I like my players to be married and in debt. That's the way you motivate them.
—Ernie Banks
I like sports bars. Sports bars are great because they collect all of the people I don't want to hang out with, and put them in one room.
—Demetri Martin
Sports is like a war without the killing.
—Ted Turner