“If you're paid before you walk on the court, what's the point in playing as if your life depended on it?” IfsLifeSportsWalksPaidCourtEthnic Identity Author:Arthur Ashe
“Many of those who have paid the ultimate price for freedom have come through the wrestling ranks. We need to honor them and win this decision to have wrestling - the world's oldest sport - remain a part of the most prestigious athletic competition in the world, the Olympics.” WorldNeedsWinningSportsDecisionHonorUltimatePaidCompetitionWrestlingOlympicsAthleticPrestigiousAthletic Competition Author:Dan Gable
“The will to win is worthless if you don't get paid for it.” IfsWinningSportsPaidWorthlessWill To Win Author:Reggie Jackson
“If I was being paid thirty-thousand dollars a year, the very least I could do was hit .400.” IfsYearsSportsThousandPaidDollarsThirty Author:Ted Williams
“If the players aren't getting paid, there's something terribly, terribly wrong, and that's true only in the United States. Everywhere else, where money is involved with sport, the players get paid. But these poor kids in college, they're doing it for free, and that's just disgraceful.” IfsStatesKidsSportsPoorUnitedUnited StatesPlayerCollegeInvolvedPaidDisgraceful Author:Frank Deford