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Sport (or, primarily in North America, sports) is all forms of competitive physical activity which,^[1] through casual or organised participation, aim to use, maintain or improve physical ability and provide entertainment to participants.^[2]Hundreds of sports exist, from those requiring only two participants, through to those with hundreds of simultaneous participants, either in teams or competing as individuals.

Sport is generally recognised as activities which are based in physical athleticism or physical dexterity, with the largest major competitions such as the Olympic Games admitting only sports meeting this definition,^[3] and other organisations such as the Council of Europe using definitions precluding activities without a physical element from classification as sports.^[2] However, a number of competitive, but non-physical, activities claim recognition as mind sports. The International Olympic Committee (through ARISF) recognises both chess and bridge as bona fide sports, and SportAccord, the international sports federation association, recognises five non-physical sports,^[4]^[5] although limits the amount of mind games which can be admitted as sports.^[1]

Sports are usually governed by a set of rules or customs, which serve to ensure fair competition, and allow consistent adjudication of the winner. Winning can be determined by physical events such as scoring goals or crossing a line first, or by the determination of judges who are scoring elements of the sporting performance, including objective or subjective measures such as technical performance or artistic impression.

In organised sport, records of performance are often kept, and for popular sports, this information may be widely announced or reported in sport news. In addition, sport is a major source of entertainment for non-participants, with spectator sports drawing large crowds to venues, and reaching wider audiences through sports broadcasting. Via Wikipedia

A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be. – Wayne Gretzky

A lifetime of training for just ten seconds. -Jesse Owens

Academe, n.: An ancient school where morality and philosophy were taught. Academy, n.: A modern school where football is taught. -Ambrose Bierce

Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records. -William Arthur Ward

All hockey players are bilingual. They know English and profanity. – Gordie Howe

All sports for all people. -Pierre de Coubertin

Any time Detroit scores more than 100 points and holds the other team below 100 points they almost always win. -Doug Collins

Approach the game with no preset agendas and you’ll probably come away surprised at your overall efforts. -Phil Jackson

As athletes, we’re used to reacting quickly. Here, it’s ‘come, stop, come, stop.’ There’s a lot of downtime. That’s the toughest part of the day. -Michael Jordan

Baseball happens to be a game of cumulative tension but football, basketball and hockey are played with hand grenades and machine guns. -John Leonard

Baseball has the great advantage over cricket of being sooner ended. -George Bernard Shaw

Baseball is a game where a curve is an optical illusion, a screwball can be a pitch or a person, stealing is legal and you can spit anywhere you like except in the umpire’s eye or on the ball. -James Patrick Murray

Baseball is a public trust. Players turn over, owners turn over and certain commissioners turn over. But baseball goes on. -Peter Ueberroth

Baseball is almost the only orderly thing in a very unorderly world. If you get three strikes, even the best lawyer in the world can’t get you off. -Bill Veeck

Baseball is drama with an endless run and an ever-changing cast. -Joe Garagiola

Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good performer. -Ted Williams

Baseball life is a tough life on the family. -Nolan Ryan

Baseball players are smarter than football players. How often do you see a baseball team penalized for too many men on the field? -Jim Bouton