Sports Quotes

We should reach out to people to try to go after the fans the way other sports do. Because we can't just depend on the fact that it is a great game.

I didn't go to normal children school. I went to sports school when I was 8. So I studied martial arts.

Sailing a boat calls for quick action, a blending of feeling with the wind and water as well as with the very heart and soul of the boat itself. Sailing teaches alertness and courage, and gives in return a joyousness and peace that but few sports afford.

They read their sports pages, know their statistics and either root like hell or boo our butts off. I love it. Give me vocal fans, pro or con, over the tourist types who show up in Houston or Montreal and just sit there.

My commitment to Atlanta and passion for sports and competition make this acquisition a perfect fit for me.

I come from a very athletic family. But I didn't have the typical Jewish sports heroes. I mean, like lots of Jewish kids I admired Sandy Koufax. But I didn't look up to him as the one person who gave me the desire to push on and succeed. My brothers did that for me.

I was an old tackle riding around talking to people about sports. Like I've said to a lot of people over the years, 'I only go where old tackles go, and if an old tackle does not belong there, I'm not going.'

Tiger Woods is the only sports star who's worth every penny he makes.

Most people compliment me on maintaining my femininity while I'm on the court. People like the fact that I model. My fans or little girls always say they want to play sports, but also want to be a model like me and I think that's great.

Minor sports in the community is fun and recreation for everyone, not just the elite. I think back to my days in minor hockey and those are my fondest memories, having fun.

Swimming is one of the hardest sports.

My father was a Republican and my mother was a Democrat. In Michigan, we always fought about sports, not politics.

Through sports, you can reach for your dreams.

If I had not been dyslexic, I wouldn't have needed sports. I would have been like every other kid. Instead, I found my one thing, and I was never going to let go of it. That little dyslexic kid is always in the back of your head.

You cannot mix sports with politics.

When you're a kid growing up, and you think you're gay, you know that you're different; you're often teased and it can really destroy your self-esteem. But sports can be great for building self-esteem.

The sports world is an echo chamber. All it takes is one quote from a general manager and a thousand sports columns bloom.

Competing in both track and field and basketball for the Bruins I have a lot of great memories to choose from. But my all-time favorite moment in collegiate sports has to be in 1982 when we won UCLA's first NCAA title in track.

I'm a huge sports fan.

I won't have any competitive instincts in any sports, other than golf. I can't see being competitive in sports any more.