Karen Bardsley Quotes

I would never tell anybody to give up hockey - the great sports we have here - basketball, lacrosse - rugby coming into its own - we've got so many great team sports, and I say hold on to them.

The tradition in Serbia has always been team sports - football, basketball, handball, volleyball and water polo, individual sports are not supported.

I played defense, so I don't like when guys celebrate with dances and stuff.

This game is about engagement and respect, whether you're playing in the Champions League or in the fourth division.

In professional sports, you live in the moment, and that's what I love about it.

If sports has anything to do for society, football plays a great role.

I've been in football all my life, gentlemen, and I don't know whether I'm particularly qualified to be a part of anything else, except I consider it a great game, a game of many assets, by the way, and I think a symbol of what this country's best attributes are: courage and stamina and a coordinated efficiency or teamwork.

Football is a game for trained apes. That, in fact, is what most of the players are -- retarded gorillas wearing helmets and uniforms. The only thing more debased is the surrounding mob of drunken monkeys howling the gorillas on.

I like contact sports like football. I like collisions, and I was good at it.

You have to remember one thing: Football is entertainment; it's not life or death. Once the game is over, you're already talking about next year and the draft. It's just entertainment.

Things happen on football pitches. Once the game is finished, you don't need to talk afterwards. That's just how it is.

I just love sports: basketball, baseball, football. As a kid I did it all. But in my heart, I'm a football player. There's nothing like it. It's what I live for. Ever since I could walk, I've been drawn to it.

At seven, I played centre-back. When you're so young, though, it's more to enjoy the training and to get a feel for the game. It's not heavy on tactics of a position. We were playing on a half pitch, seven against seven or eight against eight, so they say you're a centre-back, but it's not like the real definition.

In every club, 11 players are happy and the others unhappy. This is correct because if one player doesn't play and is happy, he's crazy.

To me, the game of basketball has always been about love.

I just like to be on the field really anywhere.

Since childhood, I was ingrained into sports. It plays an important part in my life.

I always just take pride in being a basketball player.

Coaches respect each other, and it's a tough business.

Folks who blithely disregard the benefits of football likely haven't played or are being intellectually dishonest. The game, perhaps more than any other, requires absolute dedication and teamwork. Yes, I ultimately quit, and if I ever have a son, he won't play, but I'll always cherish the lessons I learned from football.

We used to go cycling as a family every weekend. I played basketball, cricket, badminton, and was half-decent at them.

We all played sports, my brothers, my daddy, my uncles. That's all we had.

Growing up, I played football and was always one of the best on the team.

I played a lot of sports growing up. I played soccer.

I may not be the most athletic, but I understand the game.