Sports
- Ana Rocha (Professional Wrestler)
- António Jesus Correia (1924–2003)
- António Livramento (1944–1999) (Hockey Player)
- Carlos Lopes (born 1947) (marathon Olympic champion)
- Carlos Queiroz (football coach)
- Carlos Sousa (off road driver, world champion in 2003)
- Kevin Correia (baseball player)
- Costinha (born 1974) (football player)
- Cristiano Ronaldo (born 1985) (football player)
- Dinis Vital (born 1932) (football player)
- Eusébio (born 1942) (football player, born in Mozambique; later moved to Portugal)
- Fernanda Ribeiro (born 1969) (10,000m Olympic champion)
- Francis Obikwelu (Nigerian born runner)
- Joaquim Agostinho (cyclist)
- José Azevedo (cyclist)
- José Mourinho (football coach)
- João Moutinho (football player)
- Nani (football player)
- Luís Figo (born 1972) (football player)
- Maniche (born 1977) (football player)
- Manuel dos Santos (1925–1973) (bullfighter)
- Rui Costa (born 1972) (football player)
- Nate Costa (born 1988) (American Football Player)
- Nuno Gomes (football player)
- Pauleta (football player)
- Paulo Ferreira (football player)
- Paulo Futre (former football player)
- Paulo Sousa (former football player)
- Pedro Lamy (former Formula One and DTM driver)
- Ricardo Carvalho (football player)
- Ricardo Pereira (football player)
- Ricardo Quaresma (born 1983) (football player)
- Ricardo Sá Pinto (football player)
- Rosa Mota (born 1958) (marathon Olympic champion)
- Simão Sabrosa (born 1979) (football player)
- Tiago Monteiro (former Champ Car and Formula One driver)
- Ticha Penicheiro (WNBA player)
- Dustin Pedroia (baseball player)
- Vítor Baía (born 1969) (football player)
- Mark Teixeira (baseball player)
- John Tavares (ice hockey player)
- Mike Ribeiro (ice hockey player)
- Nelson Évora (Long Jump)
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Famous quotes containing the word sports:
“Come, my Celia, let us prove
While we may the sports of love;
Time will not be ours forever,
He at length our good will sever.”
—Ben Jonson (1572–1637)
“Short of a wholesale reform of college athletics—a complete breakdown of the whole system that is now focused on money and power—the women’s programs are just as doomed as the men’s are to move further and further away from the academic mission of their colleges.... We have to decide if that’s the kind of success for women’s sports that we want.”
—Christine H. B. Grant, U.S. university athletic director. As quoted in the Chronicle of Higher Education, p. A42 (May 12, 1993)
“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)