Vladimir Putin Quotes

Olympism is the marriage of sport and culture.

Athletics set the right sentiment for a clean and believable sport.

I enjoy wrestling. I enjoy the sport. I get to go against the world's best athletes.

I don't feel that Shaunae Miller cheated me because she didn't break any rules or anything like that, but I do feel like it's a very difficult way to lose. Having worked so hard and I know that that was such a close race, it just kind of made it even harder to deal with defeat just because of how it was done. But I don't think that she had any ill intention by it or did it on purpose. I think it just kind of happened.

Who could doubt that sport is a crucial window for the propagation of fair play and justice? After all, fair play is a value that is essential to sport.

I think the Greeks invented sports as an antidote to philosophy.

There is a very special place in the Australian psyche for sport. It is one of the pillars of the Australian way of life. You don't really understand what makes the Australian nation tick unless you understand the great affection Australians have for sport.

One of the reasons people love sports is because it's non-political. And to the degree that Donald Trump puts sports organizations like golf tournaments in difficult positions, they won't want anything to do with him, i think all of this is evidence that Donald Trump is finding it a lot harder to be a candidate than he probably anticipated.

I have always liked sport and only played or run races for the fun of the thing.

Sports is a moral undertaking because it requires of participants, and it schools spectators in the appreciation of, noble things - courage, grace under pressure, sportsmanship.

I consider myself to be respectful, and I believe this is a main value for sports.

Is [football] for everybody? Of course not. But it is a meaningful contribution beyond, I think, other alternatives.

Sport is a loathsome and dangerous pursuit.

When I were a young man, I used to play baseball and steal bases just like Jackie Robinson. If the empire would rule me out, I would get mad and hit the empire.

Life and sports cannot be separated; they are one.

Morality is probably the last thing one can learn from football.

Well, that's cricket Harry. These things happen in boxing

Football is not a contact sport. Its a collision sport

I got to ninth grade and there was wrestling, and I went, 'Wait a minute, this is fun.' Basically, it was a chance for a small kid like me to get a chance to wail on another small kid. I went, 'I love this.' The discipline of it was great. Plus, I really started to be good at it.

Sport begets tumultuous strife and wrath, and wrath begets fierce quarrels and war to the death.

I used to think the only use for sport was to give small boys something else to kick besides me.

It would be difficult to conceive a finer example of true sport.

Sports can do so much. They've given me a framework: meeting new people, confidence, self-esteem, discipline, motivation. All these things I learned, whether I knew I was learning them or not, through sports.

I'm a big believer in the whole world of sports.