Sports
- Arly Velásquez, Mexican Paralympic alpine skier
- Cain Velasquez (born 1982), Mexican American mixed martial arts fighter
- Carlos Velásquez (born 1984), Puerto Rican boxer
- Carlos Velázquez (footballer) (born 1984), Mexican footballer
- Carlos Velázquez (baseball) (1948-2000), Puerto Rican major league pitcher
- Claudia Velásquez (born 1975), Peruvian swimmer
- Claudio Velásquez (born 1986), Argentine football striker
- Cornelio Velásquez (born 1968), Panamanian jockey
- Edgar Velasquez (born 1974), Venezuelan boxer
- Flor Velázquez (born 1984), Venezuelan judoka
- Frank Velasquez (born 1990), Salvadoran beach footballer
- Freddie Velázquez, Dominican Republic baseball player
- Gilberto Velásquez (born 1983), Paraguayan footballer
- Guillermo Velasquez (baseball) (born 1968), Mexican baseball player
- Héctor Velásquez (1952–2010), Chilean boxer
- Iván Velásquez (born 1976), Colombian boxer
- Jorge Velásquez (born 1946), American horse racing jockey
- José Velásquez (footballer) (born 1952), retired football midfielder from Peru
- José David Velásquez, Honduran footballer
- Juan Velásquez (born 1971), Peruvian footballer
- Julian Velásquez (born 1920), Argentine fencer
- Luis Velásquez (1919–1997), Guatemalan long-distance runner
- Manuel Velazquez, 20th-century anti-boxing activist
- Marco Velásquez (born 1987), Chilean footballer
- Miguel Velasquez (born 1944), Spanish boxer
- Sebastián Velásquez (born 1991), Colombian footballer
- Sergio Velasquez (born 1952), American soccer player
- Víctor Velásquez (born 1976), Salvadoran footballer
- Wilfred Velásquez (born 1985), Guatemalan footballer
- Wilmer Velásquez, Honduran football player
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Famous quotes containing the word sports:
“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)
“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)
“Guys do not have a genetic blueprint that allows them to understand or love sports.”
—Lesley Visser, U.S. sports reporter and announcer. As quoted in Sports Illustrated, p. 82 (June 17, 1991)