Sports Quotes

Sports is something that transcends generations, transcends backgrounds, cultures, races. And so the power of sports is real.

It's one of those things, like in sports and other situations in life, you're going to have some adversities and some challenges that are similar to the race. You go uphill one moment and then you go downhill, but that's life too. You've got to be willing to sometimes take it slow but keep going.

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

I don't care what they say about me when I'm through with sports. I don't want to be known as anything else in life but a great father.

Sports is the ultimate escape, the ultimate in reality programming. It's true drama. You really don't know what's going to happen.

I wasn't good in school. I didn't do sports. I sat in the bedroom and listened to records. Because the Beatles did whatever they wanted to, I took that as a kid and said, 'That's what rock is.'

I come from a small town in Ohio and was always into sports.

Sports without music, it's nothing but a game. Music adds the emotion.

The word 'geek' today does not mean what it used to mean. A geek isn't the skinny kid with a pocket protector and acne. There can be computer geeks, video game geeks, car geeks, military geeks, and sports geeks. Being a geek just means that you're passionate about something.

You know you have a gambling problem when it's 4 A.M. at the Mirage Sports Book and you're walking around going, 'Hey you get the lacrosse scores?'

I did some sports. It was a bit frustrating. I wasn't the greatest sports person.

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

I grew up as a sports fan, and I know that a hall of fame is very different than an award for being the best of the year. It's a nod to the longevity of our accomplishment.

I think that in any group activity - whether it be business, sports, or family - there has to be leadership or it won't be successful.

I played basketball in high school, and I love watching sports - I'll watch everything except maybe hockey.

I wanted to perform well for my mom and dad, because in high school, I didn't have a job. My brothers, they worked at Pizza Hut or places like that, but sports, that was my way of giving back.

Sports teaches us to be together and united.

The sports apparel industry was dominated by the big shoe companies. But there was a void in apparel and I decided to fill it.

I am a sports enthusiast, and if given an opportunity, I want to be a sportsman, even today. I want to promote the sport that is indigenous to India. Kabaddi is a matter of national pride. Why can't cricket, hockey, football and kabaddi be given equal platforms and co-exist? I believe that can happen.

I stopped watching sports because I didn't want to watch someone running up and down the field making millions and I'm not doing anything about it. That methodology made me go harder and take control of my career.