Great Money Quotes in Sport

These are my sports quotes that show how money influences sport.Even the not so great sportsmen & women can earn £1000's due to lucrative sponsorship deals

Mark Twain once said "Golf is a good walk spoiled".I wonder how he would view that now with the amount of money these sportsmen can earn.

The only reason I ever played golf in the first place was so I could afford to hunt and fish. Sam Snead

If Carl Lewis were to play pro football he would have to take a pay cut. Joe Douglas Lewis's manager

I can make more money out of one hamburger stall than i can out of baseball. Ray Kroc

An athlete cannot run without money in his pockets. He must run with hope in his heart and dreams in his head. Emil Zatopek

I'm still playing because of the money.If there was no cash around,I'd have gone. Martina Navratalova

It's horrible when your not in the team............you wonder what is going to happen.There is a lot of uncertainty and everyone wants to play. They say you get good money,but you are doing it for yourself,for your pride. Jamie Redknapp

I don't want to be a superstar.I just want to make superstar money. James Wattana snooker player

The money is now so great it has to stop.........it's obscene.I will never come to terms with the commercial side of the game. Boris Becker

Money is the most corroding influence..........it changes the whole perspective in sport and brings in a completely new range of motives and considerations. HRH Duke of Edinburgh

There's no money in rugby,unless you are the captain. Jeff Probyn England Rugby Union player 1993

Money would have probably made me a dirtier player. Bill Beaumont England Rugby Union player 1990

When money enters sport, corruption is sure to follow. E N Gardiner US Sportswriter

American football is about many things most of all it is about money. James Lawton

Before every competition I am prepared for a record. It depends on many things, but it is not about money. Serguy Bubka

There would be no pleasure in winning the Superbowl and still losing money. Jerry Jones owner of Dallas Cowboys

Running for money doesn't make you run fast.It makes you run first. Ben Chipcho

The Rugby Union quotes are from the days when it was an amateur sport!

Well I'll keep on running with the money quotes here are some more!