You can't just be anyone who is off the streets and come do what we do. You have to train, and there has to be something within you. You have to have athletic ability... What we do is 100 percent athletic. I feel like it's one of the top athletic programs out there when you consider professional sports.
— Nikki Bella
I am like the huge percentage of Indians who follow majorly cricket when it comes to sports.
— Nikita Dutta
When I think about dropping team sports and picking up surfing and also then geeking out radio control planes and gadgetry and all that stuff I love, that's what really now has led me in big part to GoPro.
— Nick Woodman
Contrary to popular belief, there are actually quite a few guys in the action sports community that have faith and are Christians.
— Nick Goepper
He hits it long. His shoulders are impressively quick through the ball. That's where he's getting his power from. He's young and has great elasticity.
— Nick Faldo
Sports helped me become super, super confident in my body growing up, especially in my high school and college careers. I wasn't going to be a hot prom chick that everyone wanted to go on dates with, but I was a stellar athlete.
— Nia Jax
As you become a legend in the game, you build more doubters than you build supporters. And that's fine. I think that comes with anything that's challenging. I think it even comes with sports. The older that Michael Jordan got, I think the more doubted he became.
— Nelly
It was actually drumming that gave me the stamina to get into sports later. I started playing drums at 13, and when I got to the international touring level... I got interested in cross-country skiing, long-distance swimming, bicycling... things that require stamina, not finesse.
— Neil Peart
I remember I would always study at the eleventh hour, but still manage to get good marks. I was very active in sports, and I was an extrovert.
— Neha Dhupia
I believe that investment in sports is investment in youth. And that, in turn, is investment in the future.
— Naveen Patnaik
I got amazing training both with Theatre Sports... back in Edmonton, Alberta - I can't give those people enough credit - and the daytime drama I did. Incredible training, both of them.
— Nathan Fillion
Lake Pend Oreille is definitely my favorite place to be while in Sandpoint. I love to get out on a boat to enjoy water sports, camping, fishing, or just to relax and catch a sunset.
— Nate Holland
Now, everybody knows my music. So that's really cool. A lot of kids know it. Now, when I go to a sports game, everybody knows my name.
— Nat Wolff
Competitive sports may be where exercise becomes 'fun' for children who are good at it, but for those who are less talented, it is where exercise becomes not only physically demanding but also emotionally painful and socially humiliating.
— Naomi Alderman
As a former college athlete, I know the importance of sports in the lives of women and girls, and I couldn't be more thrilled to join forces with NWSL and U.S. Soccer to ensure professional women athletes are elevated as the entire country can watch and be inspired by their strength and athleticism.
— Nancy Dubuc
I made the cover of 'Sports Illustrated,' 'Newsweek' and 'Time' all in one week, and I didn't even know what that meant.
— Nadia Comaneci
I played all sports when I was young. I was into wrestling, basketball, baseball, football, and I ran track. But wrestling was my main sport because there was no criterion height-wise.
— Muggsy Bogues
Completing my degree in Sports Development at Liverpool's John Moores University while being full-time at Manchester City is one of my greatest achievements.
— Nikita Parris
I've always been a mediocre student, so I never won an award in school. I'm not very athletic, so I've never won a sports award. So, I'm a mediocre person.
— Nicole Byer
He's got everything. He' not a great player yet because he hasn't won any major championships, but it's a matter of time. He's an outstanding talent. I didn't realize how tall he is.
— Nick Price
I think the Winter Olympics are definitely on a smaller scale than the summer games, but with the inclusion of cool new sports like slope style skiing and snowboarding, it is going to breathe new life into them and attract a whole new crowd.
I'm an athlete; my dad had made sure I played all the same sports as boys growing up, so I was always super competitive.
Wrestling in Japan is very much sports based.
— Neville
Sports is the only entertainment where, no matter how many times you go back, you never know the ending.
— Neil Simon
I would love to do a sports biopic. I love sports and I think it would be amazing to be a part of a true story and play an athlete.
I never got into sports at all until I was in my early 20s, after my music career got going.
— Neal Schon
What separates sports from entrepreneurism, however, is that in business we constantly have to overcome undefined and unpredictable challenges. Athletes train for specific events and conditions, whereas entrepreneurs generally have little idea what they will encounter along the way.
— Naveen Jain
I try and find fun activities like mountain biking, hiking, or water sports for a workout rather than pushing weight in the gym.
My dad excelled at so many sports in his life. Everything from professional football to being a world-class shot putter, but nothing meant as much to my dad as what he accomplished in the ring as a WWE Superstar.
— Natalya Neidhart
You can easily get depressed. Usually, if you play sports, you think that one match or one game is very important, and when you lose it, you think your whole world is over.
— Naomi Osaka
I hated sports at school. Almost everyone did.
If you look at the coverage of female sports and athletics across any of the broadcasters that participate in league rights and/or sports programming, women are underrepresented, and it's a chance and an opportunity for Lifetime to support that movement and the importance of athletics and competition for girls and women.
From the very beginning, I wanted to be the best, whether it was sports or poetry.
— Myles Garrett
I've always been into sports and being physical.
— Moon Bloodgood
I recently started my own NP17 Academy within Liverpool Community College, which gives 16-19-year-old girls an opportunity to embark on a sports career, whether it be as a coach, player, physio, or nutritionist.
It isn't just sports people that need someone to look up to - everyone needs that: LGBT people, the general public. To be honest, it's nice to feel that I can inspire so many people in so many areas of public life.
— Nicola Adams
Overall the fundamentals seem to be there and he's obviously got a very mature head on his shoulders. He's got a kind of presence.
In sports, everything is a process.
— Nick Foles
My parents always kept my brothers and I in sports to keep us out of trouble.
Our schedule is intense. We do this for five nights a week, so injuries can happen very easily with the demands of the job. It's just the nature of what we do and sports in general.
I had spindly little ankles, and growing up in Canada, I couldn't skate. I was no good at any sports so was very much a pariah through those adolescent years.
On hindsight, I feel I should have given more time to sports. But I really got bitten by the acting bug.
Team sports is the best for bonding. These sports lessons are also true for startups. You want to be at the top of every endeavour, but you win some and you lose some. As a team, however, you always pump each other up and move forward.
— Naveen Tewari
I do enjoy playing some sports, even though none of them are organized. I enjoy football most of all.
— Nathan Kress
The X Games have done night and day for snowboarding and action sports.
I love theater, going to the movies, and cooking new vegan dishes at home. I also love dancing salsa and traveling, and doing outdoor sports such as biking, hiking, and swimming.
— Natalia Reyes
Nike was the essence of sports, transcendence through sports.
— Naomi Klein
On the court, Jason Collins is not a huge basketball star, but he has already claimed his place in civil rights history as the first openly gay athlete to play in one of the four major U.S. sports leagues.
— Nancy Gibbs
My childhood was a happy one. I was captain of the school sports team and played cricket after class. I had five younger siblings and a large loving family that lived together. We are still very close.
— Naeem Khan
It's just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up.
— Muhammad Ali
