Sports
- 1.200 Mm — the length of the Paris–Brest–Paris bicycling event
- Several endurance auto races are, or were, run for 1,000 km:
- Bathurst 1000
- 1000 km Brands Hatch
- 1000 km Buenos Aires
- 1000 km Donington
- 1000 km Monza
- 1000 km Nürburgring
- 1000 km Silverstone
- 1000 km Spa
- 1000 km Suzuka
- 1000 km Zeltweg
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Famous quotes containing the word sports:
“In the end, I think you really only get as far as you’re allowed to get.”
—Gayle Gardner, U.S. sports reporter. As quoted in Sports Illustrated, p. 87 (June 17, 1991)
“It is usual for a Man who loves Country Sports to preserve the Game in his own Grounds, and divert himself upon those that belong to his Neighbour.”
—Joseph Addison (1672–1719)
“It was so hard to pry this door open, and if I mess up I know the people behind me are going to have it that much harder. Because then there’s living proof. They can sit around and say, “See? It doesn’t work.” I don’t want to be their living proof.”
—Gayle Gardner, U.S. sports reporter. As quoted in Sports Illustrated, p. 87 (June 17, 1991)