Sports Quotes

Amateurism is the strongest form of discrimination in sports. Because it discriminates against the underprivileged, it discriminates against the poor. If we want sports to go back to the wealthy, let's make it amateur again.

Playing in New England and the Boston area, the fans are so passionate about their sports if you don't play well, they'll let you know so I know it's not something that they take lightly.

Trying to sneak a fastball past Hank Aaron is like trying to sneak the sunrise past a rooster.

If I stayed a football player, my career would have been over 20 years ago. As it is, my knees are shot. I found I got the same good feeling in acting that I had in sports, but I found I could have a more profound impact on people.

Despite the amazing diversity we're blessed with in this country, schools are still in large part segregated because of economic disparity. Sports are one of the few areas where kids are really given the opportunity to interact with those of different races and religions.

Bobby Knight told me this: 'There is nothing that a good defense cannot beat a better offense.' In other words a good offense wins.

But I was so wrapped up in sports growing up as a kid, that I think I was going to grow to be a pro ball player. But I found out real quick that was not going to happen.

In the field of sports you are more or less accepted for what you do rather than what you are.

I see great things in baseball. It's our game - the American game.

There's a whole lot more to the African-American community than entertainment and sports.

I do appreciate a woman who has a passion for sports and knows their stuff.

I want to rip out his heart and feed it to Lennox Lewis. I want to kill people. I want to rip their stomachs out and eat their children.

When did I know I had talent? I think it started when I first started playing sports, organized sports.

Sports is human life in microcosm.

I liked the energy of cooking, the action, the camaraderie. I often compare the kitchen to sports and compare the chef to a coach. There are a lot of similarities to it.

On my morning run, I listen to sports talk radio.

I grew up playing sports. There is a clear line between success and failure.

If you drink don't drive. Don't even putt.

All I want to know is that I can keep this house for the rest of my days and I want to make good music... and have the odd sports car in the garage, obviously!

Delaware is the only state east of the Rockies that is allowed under federal law to offer sports betting.

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

There's not a long track record of people leaving professional sports to become a software developer.

Over the years, I've enjoyed working for WFAN and MSG - two sports giants in the industry. There couldn't be a better fit due to the long-standing history both entities have had with NY sports.

I like sports, and I enjoy playing basketball and lifting weights.

Several professional athletes have wrongly taught many young Americans by example that the only way to succeed in sports is to take steroids.

Golf appeals to the idiot in us and the child. Just how childlike golf players become is proven by their frequent inability to count past five.

Winning isn't everything, but playing and competing and striving and going through things can be a lot of fun and really important. As long as you're doing it in a way that's healthy, sports can be an incredible opportunity.

My dad was a sports writer when I was younger and then he became just a general columnist. But I grew up with him literally getting into brawls with football coaches.

Growing up in the time of Title IX - it was passed when I was 10 - I got a front-row seat to so many great moments in women's sports. Of course I didn't know it at the time.

The things that people do now in sports, you can't even believe. These are complete total athletes. To see what human beings can do in the highest level is amazing.