Quotes About Sports

A lot of people look at a basketball team as an anchor tenant for an arena. I look at an arena as the anchor tenant for a much larger program.

ABC wouldn't be a player in the news major leagues until the 1970s, when Roone Arledge brought to ABC News the energy and programming approach he had applied to ABC Sports.

If you look at the coverage of female sports and athletics across any of the broadcasters that participate in league rights and/or sports programming, women are underrepresented, and it's a chance and an opportunity for Lifetime to support that movement and the importance of athletics and competition for girls and women.

I think a lot of sporting organisations are really sitting up and taking notice, putting in some great programs and investing a lot into women's sports.

Just seeing the progression, the evolution of the NBA game, I feel like you have a lot of big men shooting 3s.

The NBA is way more progressive than the NFL or MLB.

The NBA is the single most progressive, inclusive, open-minded sports league in the country.

The ban on sports betting does exactly what Prohibition did. It makes criminals rich.

I was a promising keeper as a kid and, at 15 and 16, was on the books of Crewe Alexandra.

Not much is done to promote non-cricket sports in India. There is a lot of talk about how sports needs to reach the grassroots and how it should be introduced as a subject in school, but nothing has been done to that effect.

Ultimately, DDCA is there to promote Delhi cricket. They are not there to promote themselves or set agendas. The primary job of DDCA is to look after cricket, see where Delhi cricket is going at all levels.

I know how much of a uniting game cricket is and as a leader of the Birmingham Phoenix that is something I definitely want to promote.

If fans are willing to pay to see you fight, the promoter is happy.

It's an honour to be an Ambassador for DStv. Their passion for promoting sports is unrivalled across Africa.

There is a growing interest in team ownership and promoting sports beyond cricket in India. I always felt it is important to encourage other sports, especially those that bring communities together and promote active lifestyles to Indian youth.

Even away from the pitch, I commit every day of my life to promoting the greatest sport on earth.

I think on balance, Don King has been bad for boxing. I think he's done some very good things and I think he did a heck of a job of promoting Ali but I think I could have promoted Ali.

Sporting events like the Olympics have developed and maintained a clear message of promoting gender equality as an essential criterion in the success of any international event.

I have some guests who get angry when they don't get to talk about sports and have to talk about the project they are promoting.

KSW might just be the best promotion you've never heard of.

It's good to get proper check-ups of the players, even if it's quarterly, or every three months.

I got my first football when I was two and played my first proper game before I was five. So nothing else was ever an option!

I don't think there are really enough meetings in Britain for our athletes to compete properly, and because of this a lot of the talent we have has been stunted.

It's the duty of the federations to make sure that the funds reach the athletes properly. They need to make sure that the athletes get proper facilities so that they can win the medals for the country.