Editorial »

Citizen Quotes Sports Page #414

Here you'll find fresh and interesting quotes from the news wire collected automatically by our smart bots...

Everyone comes here to win but with God's help I will win again. My training has been better than it was last year. – Lelisa Desisa	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Winning the games for a first time bidder is always a huge challenge, but you can only win the Games if you entered the race, the whole process can be up to 10-20 years long. We saw that in London, where the games were won by Tony Blair but the closing ceremony was done by David Cameron. – Attila Szalay-Berzeviczy	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The IOC returns to its roots, antwerp, Stockholm, or Helsinki once hosted very successful Olympics; each is smaller than Budapest. The IOC wants to make that possible again. – Balazs Furjes	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I feel great compared to last year. Last year I had a bunch of stuff, this year I feel pretty healthy, we feel fine. We have( until the weekend) to prepare for our first game. – Tony Parker	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
They’re the best, we’re chasing them. – David West in the off-season	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
We didn't care one way or the other( about the home mark). – San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I just told him we can't have that, being down like we were and him being the leader. – Tyronn Lue	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I holed a couple of nice putts( today) and just got my momentum going on the front nine, i birdied eight and nine, so I think the momentum carried on through the back nine. – Australian Minjee Lee	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
We are so proud of her, she had so many terrible injuries, she took so long to recover, and she did not do so well in the world championships. This is a huge surprise, and we have had two fantastic days. – Varvara Hayrapetyan	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
It was incredible, i've never witnessed anything like it. Kind of put everybody on his back and carried them, carried the game and took it over. It's mind boggling. – Byron Scott	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Only concerted FIFA action to prevent abuses on World Cup sites will save the soul of the 2022 World Cup. – Mustafa Qadri	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
FIFA is fully committed to respecting human rights. – Gianni Infantino	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
It is not FIFA trying to transform the country but it is trying to transform what the county does in relation to the tournament. – John Ruggie	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The first one I want to be 100 percent is me because it's my safety. I feel 100 percent, I guess they will feel that I’m 100 percent, the normal thing will be to check after the first session that I feel okay because Formula One is a very unique sport. After the first couple of laps I will also feel if it's okay from my side and if it's okay from their side. – Spaniard Alonso	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
We are extremely disappointed and troubled to learn of the allegations involving Atlanta Braves outfielder Hector Olivera, we will continue to gather information and will address this matter appropriately as we determine the facts. – Atlanta Braves	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I think UEFA has made it very clear. And I have made it very clear, that this whole situation is basically a non-story, everything has been done completely transparently and properly. – Gianni Infantino	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
It's the responsibility of everyone. – Gianni Infantino	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The last stretch is always the hardest, we believe that Rio 2016 will make the host nation proud. – Nawal El Moutawakel	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
We are advanced with our own work in spite of the complicated political and economic atmosphere and that has not had an impact because the preparations are on schedule. – Nawal El Moutawakel	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I would like to play the Olympics, but the Zika virus, you know... i feel bad, I wanted to play and finally decided against it. It's in the middle of the Tour over here and I'm trying to figure out my game. – Vijay Singh	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
We are going to be looking at corruption in sport and bringing forward new codes of practice that we will adopt in this country, we hope others will adopt, there is also the question about whether doping should be made a specific criminal offense which I think is something we should be looking at and debating in this house. – Prime Minister David Cameron	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The Russian Sports Ministry supports and welcomes the decision made by WADA because The Russian Sports Ministry has showed a willingness to understand the situation, rather than stick to the rulebook, they were ready to study how long The Russian Sports Ministry would take for meldonium to be eliminated from the body of an athlete. – Vitaly Mutko	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
We are pushing very hard and we know that we can still improve. – Bahrain Vettel	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
While I hope I’ll be back in the cockpit on Friday (for practice), until I get the all-clear from the doctors to race, whenever that may be, we cannot assume anything. – Fernando Alonso	Found on Reuters 8 years ago

Everyone comes here to win but with God's help I will win again. My training has been better than it was last year.

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Winning the games for a first time bidder is always a huge challenge, but you can only win the Games if you entered the race, the whole process can be up to 10-20 years long. We saw that in London, where the games were won by Tony Blair but the closing ceremony was done by David Cameron.

– Attila Szalay-Berzeviczy

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The IOC returns to its roots, antwerp, Stockholm, or Helsinki once hosted very successful Olympics; each is smaller than Budapest. The IOC wants to make that possible again.

– Balazs Furjes

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I feel great compared to last year. Last year I had a bunch of stuff, this year I feel pretty healthy, we feel fine. We have( until the weekend) to prepare for our first game.

– Tony Parker

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

They’re the best, we’re chasing them.

– David West in the off-season

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We didn't care one way or the other( about the home mark).

– San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I just told him we can't have that, being down like we were and him being the leader.

– Tyronn Lue

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I holed a couple of nice putts( today) and just got my momentum going on the front nine, i birdied eight and nine, so I think the momentum carried on through the back nine.

– Australian Minjee Lee

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We are so proud of her, she had so many terrible injuries, she took so long to recover, and she did not do so well in the world championships. This is a huge surprise, and we have had two fantastic days.

– Varvara Hayrapetyan

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

It was incredible, i've never witnessed anything like it. Kind of put everybody on his back and carried them, carried the game and took it over. It's mind boggling.

– Byron Scott

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Only concerted FIFA action to prevent abuses on World Cup sites will save the soul of the 2022 World Cup.

– Mustafa Qadri

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

FIFA is fully committed to respecting human rights.

– Gianni Infantino

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

It is not FIFA trying to transform the country but it is trying to transform what the county does in relation to the tournament.

– John Ruggie

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The first one I want to be 100 percent is me because it's my safety. I feel 100 percent, I guess they will feel that I’m 100 percent, the normal thing will be to check after the first session that I feel okay because Formula One is a very unique sport. After the first couple of laps I will also feel if it's okay from my side and if it's okay from their side.

– Spaniard Alonso

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We are extremely disappointed and troubled to learn of the allegations involving Atlanta Braves outfielder Hector Olivera, we will continue to gather information and will address this matter appropriately as we determine the facts.

– Atlanta Braves

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I think UEFA has made it very clear. And I have made it very clear, that this whole situation is basically a non-story, everything has been done completely transparently and properly.

– Gianni Infantino

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

It's the responsibility of everyone.

– Gianni Infantino

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The last stretch is always the hardest, we believe that Rio 2016 will make the host nation proud.

– Nawal El Moutawakel

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We are advanced with our own work in spite of the complicated political and economic atmosphere and that has not had an impact because the preparations are on schedule.

– Nawal El Moutawakel

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I would like to play the Olympics, but the Zika virus, you know... i feel bad, I wanted to play and finally decided against it. It's in the middle of the Tour over here and I'm trying to figure out my game.

– Vijay Singh

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We are going to be looking at corruption in sport and bringing forward new codes of practice that we will adopt in this country, we hope others will adopt, there is also the question about whether doping should be made a specific criminal offense which I think is something we should be looking at and debating in this house.

– Prime Minister David Cameron

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The Russian Sports Ministry supports and welcomes the decision made by WADA because The Russian Sports Ministry has showed a willingness to understand the situation, rather than stick to the rulebook, they were ready to study how long The Russian Sports Ministry would take for meldonium to be eliminated from the body of an athlete.

– Vitaly Mutko

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We are pushing very hard and we know that we can still improve.

– Bahrain Vettel

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

While I hope I’ll be back in the cockpit on Friday (for practice), until I get the all-clear from the doctors to race, whenever that may be, we cannot assume anything.

– Fernando Alonso

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Discuss these news quotations with the community:

0 Comments

Notify me of new comments via email.

Quote of the Day Today's Quote | Archive

Would you like us to send you a FREE inspiring quote delivered to your inbox daily?

Citation

Use the citation below to add this quote to your bibliography:

Style:MLAChicagoAPA

"Citizen Quotes." Quotes.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 27 Nov. 2024. <https://www.quotes.net/citizen-quotes/citizen/Sports+Quotes>.

We need you!

Help build the largest human-edited quotes collection on the web!

The Web's Largest Resource for

Famous Quotes & Sayings

A Member Of The STANDS4 Network

Browse Quotes.net

#A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Random New Quotes

Quiz

Are you a quotes master?

Who said: "It is an ideal for which I hope to live for and to see realized. But, My Lord, if it needs to be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die."?

A Nelson Mandela

B Che Guevara

C William Wallace

D Pep Guardiola