Faith and Sports Quotes

I don't think God cares a whole lot about the outcome. He cares about the people involved, but I don't think he's a big football fan.

Religion is very important to me. One of my aims is to try to show that you can have faith and play cricket. There can be a lot of negativity and misunderstanding of Islam.

I can't say enough, how important my faith is to how I play the game and who I am.

I read Psalms 18 before every game.

I certainly could be wrong, but I don't believe God decides athletic competitions.

I believe the religion of Christ covers the whole man. Why shouldn't a man play baseball or lawn-tennis? ... Don't imagine that you have got to go into a cave to be consecrated, and stay there all your life. Whatever you take up, take it up with all your heart.

I never pray on a golf course. Actually, the Lord answers my prayers everywhere except on the course.

The secret of my success over the 400m is that I run the first 200m as fast as I can. Then, for the second 200m, with God's help I run faster.

Football is a vocation and an opportunity for ministry. But it's not a life.

If I can play, and change the mind of one person about being a Muslim player and having a beard, then I'll feel as if I've done my job.

I was able to look at football as something that God was allowing me to do, not something that should define me. I couldn't take my identity from this sport.

Little did I know that the sport I loved and the skills I learned would later play a role in my relationship with God.