Sports Quotes

Tennis is a perfect combination of violent action taking place in an atmosphere of total tranquillity.

Half the lies they tell about me aren't true.

Nobody's a natural. You work hard to get good and then work to get better. It's hard to stay on top.

Football is violence and cold weather and sex and college rye.

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

Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game.

Football is an incredible game. Sometimes it's so incredible, it's unbelievable.

You can make a lot of money in this game. Just ask my ex-wives. Both of them are so rich that neither of their husbands work.

I'll let the racket do the talking.

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

Skiing combines outdoor fun with knocking down trees with your face.

Don't play too much golf. Two rounds a day are plenty.

I know I am getting better at golf because I am hitting fewer spectators.

What other people may find in poetry or art museums, I find in the flight of a good drive.

Basketball is like war in that offensive weapons are developed first, and it always takes a while for the defense to catch up.

The game of basketball has been everything to me. My place of refuge, place I've always gone where I needed comfort and peace. It's been the site of intense pain and the most intense feelings of joy and satisfaction. It's a relationship that has evolved over time, given me the greatest respect and love for the game.

Overall the fundamentals seem to be there and he's obviously got a very mature head on his shoulders. He's got a kind of presence.

These are my new shoes. They're good shoes. They won't make you rich like me, they won't make you rebound like me, they definitely won't make you handsome like me. They'll only make you have shoes like me. That's it.

Boxing is a celebration of the lost religion of masculinity all the more trenchant for its being lost.

Baseball is a man maker.