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Sports have a unique power to inspire, challenge, and unite people across cultures and generations. The words of athletes, coaches, and thinkers often capture the dedication, resilience, and passion that define competition. The following quotes reflect the spirit of sports and the lessons they teach both on and off the field.     Back

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When you're a sportswriter, you learn how to use your imagination and to flex your literary muscle, because it's the same game played over and over again. There's nothing unique or marvelous. It's not an earthquake, or a weird mass murder. It's just the same old game played over and over, and you have to bring out the personalities. You have to drag them kicking and screaming out into the light of day, or you're not a good sportswriter.
- Rick Bragg
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Every name looks fashionable when it's etched in silver. (Stanley Cup)
- Bruce Boudreau
Gabby: Confessions of a Hockey Lifer
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We made a successful, last-minute effort to get the French Open many years ago, when the USA network bailed on it. I remember, four of us jumped on a plane on the spur of the moment to cover it. I think we had someone draw up a sign (by hand) that we could hold up in front of the camera to tell viewers that it was ESPN coverage.
- Patrick McEnroe
Hardcourt Confidential: Tales from Twenty Years in the Pro Tennis Trenches
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Molly stood up. You made an error! She felt like saying. A bad throw. So what? It's a baseball game. A game. Who really cares? A bad throw? In the great scheme of things? A bad throw? Of course she didn't say that. She understood that your own errors always feel tragic.
- Mick Cochrane
The Girl Who Threw Butterflies
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Boxing is smoky halls and kidneys battered until they bleed.
- Roger Kahn
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States, sports leagues, data companies, media outlets, and others are all trying to get their hand in the sports betting cookie jar, and the cookies only come from one place: gamblers’ wallets.
- Jonathan D. Cohen
Losing Big: America's Reckless Bet on Sports Gambling
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Every problem gambler’s story is unique. But in many ways, their stories are also all the same. Most sports bettors are drawn to gambling because they love sports and because gambling offers the chance to make the games more exciting. For some people, though, the pursuit of that excitement takes over their lives, leading to addiction—followed, for those fortunate enough, by recovery.
- Jonathan D. Cohen
Losing Big: America's Reckless Bet on Sports Gambling
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Here was the downside of gambling as a signifier of intelligence: If winning says a bettor is smart, what does losing say? Gamblers chase as much to recover money as to recover their self-esteem. And if they keep betting, they can avoid admitting they have lost. So, if he was down $40,000, what was another $5,000 or $10,000 compared to the possibility of wiping the slate clean?
- Jonathan D. Cohen
Losing Big: America's Reckless Bet on Sports Gambling
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Richard Schuetz, longtime industry insider and former regulator, … likens states handing control over sports betting to inexperienced regulators with a patient placing their life in the hands of an inexperienced surgeon and hoping for the best.
- Jonathan D. Cohen
Losing Big: America's Reckless Bet on Sports Gambling
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As one of [Colorado]’s problem gambling therapists predicted in early 2019, “We just are not ready for this.” They weren’t, and still aren’t. As of 2024, the state still has no inpatient or intensive outpatient treatment centers dedicated to problem gambling, and the PGCC website lists thirteen certified treatment providers for the entire state.
- Jonathan D. Cohen
Losing Big: America's Reckless Bet on Sports Gambling
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States were unprepared for the onslaught of lobbying that followed the Murphy decision and were caught flat-footed by an aggressive campaign to set up industry-friendly sports betting systems. Facing the promise of a new source of tax revenue, lawmakers largely went along with sportsbooks’ desires without considering the potential harm that could ensue from gambling arriving onto every cell phone in the state.
- Jonathan D. Cohen
Losing Big: America's Reckless Bet on Sports Gambling
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One must navigate the world in which one lives, not the world in which one wishes to live.
- Scott Miller
Skipper: Why Baseball Managers Matter and Always Will
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Cricket Volume 8 Number 11 July 1981
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Great athletes chase victory, but greater ones uplift the game itself.
- Wayne Chirisa
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The scoreboard measures the result, sportsmanship measures the person.
- Wayne Chirisa
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What you win fades with time, how you win echoes far longer.
- Wayne Chirisa
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Using his unemployment checks, he placed at least 151 bets totaling $14,000 over the course of February, losing $2,300. He kept going, gambling multiple times a day almost every day for nearly six months, resulting in a net loss of $7,250. With his mental health deteriorating and a void in his bank account where all the money he gambled should have been, he decided that something needed to change. He moved back in with his parents, outside of Wichita, Kansas. His career, his finances, and his life had been thrown off track. Gambling, he said, “tore me apart.
- Jonathan D. Cohen
Losing Big: America's Reckless Bet on Sports Gambling
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Polls indicate that between 20 and 40 percent of American adults have bet on sports, many doing so legally for the first time in the last seven years.
- Jonathan D. Cohen
Losing Big: America's Reckless Bet on Sports Gambling
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Heath hesitated. I watched the warring desires skirmish on his face. A part of him longed to surrender to my curiosity; another part wanted to keep defending the barriers he'd built up to protect himself. I couldn't force him. I couldn't rush him. He had to be the one to tear down the walls, brick by brick - and whenever he was ready, I'd be waiting on the other side.
- Layne Fargo
The Favorites
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- SS
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Her gaze meets mine, and it's so full of love. Because that's what Raleigh is, she's love.
- Sloane St. James
In the Game
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Let me tell you something, you can never, not in a sudden-death Canada Cup final or anything else, experience the pressure of the seventh game of a Stanley Cup final. It takes you a month just to get your appetite back after that.
- Paul Coffey
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Pickleball is the greatest sport ever invented. Nowhere else will you see communities torn apart by opposing groups of Boomers, each battling over courts like rival gangs fighting over turf.
- Jarod Kintz
Powdered Saxophone Music
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That, and his team lost—and the terms of this particular water polo war were that everyone on the losing team had to do 100 yards of butterfly, nonstop. There are very few things in this world I would pay good money to see, but watching Jack flounder at the hardest stroke after years of acting all cocky about doing flips into the water is decidedly one of them.
- Emma Lord
Tweet Cute
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When you're a sportswriter, you learn how to use your imagination and to flex your literary muscle, because it's the same game played over and over again. There's nothing unique or marvelous. It's not an earthquake, or a weird mass murder. It's just the same old game played over and over, and you have to bring out the personalities. You have to drag them kicking and screaming out into the light of day, or you're not a good sportswriter.
- Rick Bragg
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Every name looks fashionable when it's etched in silver. (Stanley Cup)
- Bruce Boudreau
Gabby: Confessions of a Hockey Lifer
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
We made a successful, last-minute effort to get the French Open many years ago, when the USA network bailed on it. I remember, four of us jumped on a plane on the spur of the moment to cover it. I think we had someone draw up a sign (by hand) that we could hold up in front of the camera to tell viewers that it was ESPN coverage.
- Patrick McEnroe
Hardcourt Confidential: Tales from Twenty Years in the Pro Tennis Trenches
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Molly stood up. You made an error! She felt like saying. A bad throw. So what? It's a baseball game. A game. Who really cares? A bad throw? In the great scheme of things? A bad throw? Of course she didn't say that. She understood that your own errors always feel tragic.
- Mick Cochrane
The Girl Who Threw Butterflies
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Boxing is smoky halls and kidneys battered until they bleed.
- Roger Kahn
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States, sports leagues, data companies, media outlets, and others are all trying to get their hand in the sports betting cookie jar, and the cookies only come from one place: gamblers’ wallets.
- Jonathan D. Cohen
Losing Big: America's Reckless Bet on Sports Gambling
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Every problem gambler’s story is unique. But in many ways, their stories are also all the same. Most sports bettors are drawn to gambling because they love sports and because gambling offers the chance to make the games more exciting. For some people, though, the pursuit of that excitement takes over their lives, leading to addiction—followed, for those fortunate enough, by recovery.
- Jonathan D. Cohen
Losing Big: America's Reckless Bet on Sports Gambling
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Here was the downside of gambling as a signifier of intelligence: If winning says a bettor is smart, what does losing say? Gamblers chase as much to recover money as to recover their self-esteem. And if they keep betting, they can avoid admitting they have lost. So, if he was down $40,000, what was another $5,000 or $10,000 compared to the possibility of wiping the slate clean?
- Jonathan D. Cohen
Losing Big: America's Reckless Bet on Sports Gambling
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Richard Schuetz, longtime industry insider and former regulator, … likens states handing control over sports betting to inexperienced regulators with a patient placing their life in the hands of an inexperienced surgeon and hoping for the best.
- Jonathan D. Cohen
Losing Big: America's Reckless Bet on Sports Gambling
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
As one of [Colorado]’s problem gambling therapists predicted in early 2019, “We just are not ready for this.” They weren’t, and still aren’t. As of 2024, the state still has no inpatient or intensive outpatient treatment centers dedicated to problem gambling, and the PGCC website lists thirteen certified treatment providers for the entire state.
- Jonathan D. Cohen
Losing Big: America's Reckless Bet on Sports Gambling
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
States were unprepared for the onslaught of lobbying that followed the Murphy decision and were caught flat-footed by an aggressive campaign to set up industry-friendly sports betting systems. Facing the promise of a new source of tax revenue, lawmakers largely went along with sportsbooks’ desires without considering the potential harm that could ensue from gambling arriving onto every cell phone in the state.
- Jonathan D. Cohen
Losing Big: America's Reckless Bet on Sports Gambling
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
One must navigate the world in which one lives, not the world in which one wishes to live.
- Scott Miller
Skipper: Why Baseball Managers Matter and Always Will
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
IndiaMatch boasts of providing extremely accurate forecasts on the basis of real-time information, expert observation, and team trends in performance. Our team analyzes every game thoroughly, including weather conditions, team rotation, and player performance. No prediction is ever guaranteed, but IndiaMatch always assists fans in making informed opinions and having a richer experience with each game. Join our community and feel the difference with every prediction.
- cricket
Cricket Volume 8 Number 11 July 1981
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Great athletes chase victory, but greater ones uplift the game itself.
- Wayne Chirisa
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
The scoreboard measures the result, sportsmanship measures the person.
- Wayne Chirisa
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
What you win fades with time, how you win echoes far longer.
- Wayne Chirisa
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Using his unemployment checks, he placed at least 151 bets totaling $14,000 over the course of February, losing $2,300. He kept going, gambling multiple times a day almost every day for nearly six months, resulting in a net loss of $7,250. With his mental health deteriorating and a void in his bank account where all the money he gambled should have been, he decided that something needed to change. He moved back in with his parents, outside of Wichita, Kansas. His career, his finances, and his life had been thrown off track. Gambling, he said, “tore me apart.
- Jonathan D. Cohen
Losing Big: America's Reckless Bet on Sports Gambling
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Polls indicate that between 20 and 40 percent of American adults have bet on sports, many doing so legally for the first time in the last seven years.
- Jonathan D. Cohen
Losing Big: America's Reckless Bet on Sports Gambling
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Heath hesitated. I watched the warring desires skirmish on his face. A part of him longed to surrender to my curiosity; another part wanted to keep defending the barriers he'd built up to protect himself. I couldn't force him. I couldn't rush him. He had to be the one to tear down the walls, brick by brick - and whenever he was ready, I'd be waiting on the other side.
- Layne Fargo
The Favorites
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- SS
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Her gaze meets mine, and it's so full of love. Because that's what Raleigh is, she's love.
- Sloane St. James
In the Game
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Let me tell you something, you can never, not in a sudden-death Canada Cup final or anything else, experience the pressure of the seventh game of a Stanley Cup final. It takes you a month just to get your appetite back after that.
- Paul Coffey
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Pickleball is the greatest sport ever invented. Nowhere else will you see communities torn apart by opposing groups of Boomers, each battling over courts like rival gangs fighting over turf.
- Jarod Kintz
Powdered Saxophone Music
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That, and his team lost—and the terms of this particular water polo war were that everyone on the losing team had to do 100 yards of butterfly, nonstop. There are very few things in this world I would pay good money to see, but watching Jack flounder at the hardest stroke after years of acting all cocky about doing flips into the water is decidedly one of them.
- Emma Lord
Tweet Cute
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When you're a sportswriter, you learn how to use your imagination and to flex your literary muscle, because it's the same game played over and over again. There's nothing unique or marvelous. It's not an earthquake, or a weird mass murder. It's just the same old game played over and over, and you have to bring out the personalities. You have to drag them kicking and screaming out into the light of day, or you're not a good sportswriter.
- Rick Bragg
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Every name looks fashionable when it's etched in silver. (Stanley Cup)
- Bruce Boudreau
Gabby: Confessions of a Hockey Lifer
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
We made a successful, last-minute effort to get the French Open many years ago, when the USA network bailed on it. I remember, four of us jumped on a plane on the spur of the moment to cover it. I think we had someone draw up a sign (by hand) that we could hold up in front of the camera to tell viewers that it was ESPN coverage.
- Patrick McEnroe
Hardcourt Confidential: Tales from Twenty Years in the Pro Tennis Trenches
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Molly stood up. You made an error! She felt like saying. A bad throw. So what? It's a baseball game. A game. Who really cares? A bad throw? In the great scheme of things? A bad throw? Of course she didn't say that. She understood that your own errors always feel tragic.
- Mick Cochrane
The Girl Who Threw Butterflies
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Boxing is smoky halls and kidneys battered until they bleed.
- Roger Kahn
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States, sports leagues, data companies, media outlets, and others are all trying to get their hand in the sports betting cookie jar, and the cookies only come from one place: gamblers’ wallets.
- Jonathan D. Cohen
Losing Big: America's Reckless Bet on Sports Gambling
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Every problem gambler’s story is unique. But in many ways, their stories are also all the same. Most sports bettors are drawn to gambling because they love sports and because gambling offers the chance to make the games more exciting. For some people, though, the pursuit of that excitement takes over their lives, leading to addiction—followed, for those fortunate enough, by recovery.
- Jonathan D. Cohen
Losing Big: America's Reckless Bet on Sports Gambling
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Here was the downside of gambling as a signifier of intelligence: If winning says a bettor is smart, what does losing say? Gamblers chase as much to recover money as to recover their self-esteem. And if they keep betting, they can avoid admitting they have lost. So, if he was down $40,000, what was another $5,000 or $10,000 compared to the possibility of wiping the slate clean?
- Jonathan D. Cohen
Losing Big: America's Reckless Bet on Sports Gambling
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Richard Schuetz, longtime industry insider and former regulator, … likens states handing control over sports betting to inexperienced regulators with a patient placing their life in the hands of an inexperienced surgeon and hoping for the best.
- Jonathan D. Cohen
Losing Big: America's Reckless Bet on Sports Gambling
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
As one of [Colorado]’s problem gambling therapists predicted in early 2019, “We just are not ready for this.” They weren’t, and still aren’t. As of 2024, the state still has no inpatient or intensive outpatient treatment centers dedicated to problem gambling, and the PGCC website lists thirteen certified treatment providers for the entire state.
- Jonathan D. Cohen
Losing Big: America's Reckless Bet on Sports Gambling
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
States were unprepared for the onslaught of lobbying that followed the Murphy decision and were caught flat-footed by an aggressive campaign to set up industry-friendly sports betting systems. Facing the promise of a new source of tax revenue, lawmakers largely went along with sportsbooks’ desires without considering the potential harm that could ensue from gambling arriving onto every cell phone in the state.
- Jonathan D. Cohen
Losing Big: America's Reckless Bet on Sports Gambling
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
One must navigate the world in which one lives, not the world in which one wishes to live.
- Scott Miller
Skipper: Why Baseball Managers Matter and Always Will
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
IndiaMatch boasts of providing extremely accurate forecasts on the basis of real-time information, expert observation, and team trends in performance. Our team analyzes every game thoroughly, including weather conditions, team rotation, and player performance. No prediction is ever guaranteed, but IndiaMatch always assists fans in making informed opinions and having a richer experience with each game. Join our community and feel the difference with every prediction.
- cricket
Cricket Volume 8 Number 11 July 1981
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Great athletes chase victory, but greater ones uplift the game itself.
- Wayne Chirisa
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
The scoreboard measures the result, sportsmanship measures the person.
- Wayne Chirisa
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
What you win fades with time, how you win echoes far longer.
- Wayne Chirisa
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Using his unemployment checks, he placed at least 151 bets totaling $14,000 over the course of February, losing $2,300. He kept going, gambling multiple times a day almost every day for nearly six months, resulting in a net loss of $7,250. With his mental health deteriorating and a void in his bank account where all the money he gambled should have been, he decided that something needed to change. He moved back in with his parents, outside of Wichita, Kansas. His career, his finances, and his life had been thrown off track. Gambling, he said, “tore me apart.
- Jonathan D. Cohen
Losing Big: America's Reckless Bet on Sports Gambling
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Polls indicate that between 20 and 40 percent of American adults have bet on sports, many doing so legally for the first time in the last seven years.
- Jonathan D. Cohen
Losing Big: America's Reckless Bet on Sports Gambling
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Heath hesitated. I watched the warring desires skirmish on his face. A part of him longed to surrender to my curiosity; another part wanted to keep defending the barriers he'd built up to protect himself. I couldn't force him. I couldn't rush him. He had to be the one to tear down the walls, brick by brick - and whenever he was ready, I'd be waiting on the other side.
- Layne Fargo
The Favorites
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⌅ +91-9257780540 Radhe Exchange In Ahmedabad
- SS
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Her gaze meets mine, and it's so full of love. Because that's what Raleigh is, she's love.
- Sloane St. James
In the Game
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Let me tell you something, you can never, not in a sudden-death Canada Cup final or anything else, experience the pressure of the seventh game of a Stanley Cup final. It takes you a month just to get your appetite back after that.
- Paul Coffey
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Pickleball is the greatest sport ever invented. Nowhere else will you see communities torn apart by opposing groups of Boomers, each battling over courts like rival gangs fighting over turf.
- Jarod Kintz
Powdered Saxophone Music
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
That, and his team lost—and the terms of this particular water polo war were that everyone on the losing team had to do 100 yards of butterfly, nonstop. There are very few things in this world I would pay good money to see, but watching Jack flounder at the hardest stroke after years of acting all cocky about doing flips into the water is decidedly one of them.
- Emma Lord
Tweet Cute
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