Quotes About Sports

I never really was that passionate about playing sports. But when I was at this Mt. Herman school, I did have the ability to throw the frisbee. So when this sport evolved, it was fun because I was good at it.

I have good anticipation, and good reaction to the the ball because I've played so many matches in my life.

My life has been centered around sports. It is where I have met my closest friends and shaped the values that have made me a successful athlete, student and role model for young people.

I lead a very physical life. I played a lot of sports and I spent a lot of time in the water surfing, swimming. I was a big swimmer.

Life, after we'd had a few millennia to observe it, turned out to be dreadfully unfair, so we invented sports.

Don't be afraid to hit the ball.

There is no life for girls in team sports past Little League. I got into tennis when I realized this, and because I thought golf would be too slow for me, and I was too scared to swim.

I like the job I have, but if I had to live my life over again, I would like to have ended up a sports writer.

It's too bad that one has to conceive of sports as being the only arena where risks are, [for] all of life is risk exercise. That's the only way to live more freely, and more interestingly.

The life of the golfer is not all gloom; There's always the lies in the locker room.

I don't gamble at all, all my life. I am only interested in sports.

I started playing baseball and soccer. Those were my sports on the streets and in school when I was growing up. I didn't even start playing basketball until I was 14.

I always turn to the sports pages first, which records people's accomplishments. The front page has nothing but man's failures.

For the parents of a Little Leaguer, a baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown into innings

I went to Ohio University studying arts and history, and playing football. But I was only interested in girls, my pals and sports. I only did the minimum for school.

Marriage...one of the most civilized institutions in the world...But...swimming is one of the most wonderful of sports, and yet there are always some people who cannot swim who insist on going into the water and getting drowned. Many people spoil marriage in a like manner. One should be sure she knows how to be married before rushing into it.

Swimming - what real men do while boys play football.

I'm not a cheerleader. I'm an athletic supporter.

Baseball is an island of activity amidst a sea of statistics.

Players: A vital part of any sporting event, they entertain the crowd in the intervals between timeouts so the cheerleaders can take a well-earned break.

Curling... when you can tell your lady that she is wide without fear of getting whacked upside the head with a cast iron pan. Or proclaim out loud that she is too heavy, knowing that your comment has been heard by countless bystanders. Where you can order your better half to sweep, sweep hard, and having the never before seen result of actually seeing her gutting it out just to please you! For in curling, you are the king of the house!

When somebody tells you nothing is impossible, ask him to dribble a football.

Concerning football playing, I protest to you it may rather be called a friendly kind of fighting, rather than recreation.

The sport of choice for the urban poor is basketball. The sport of choice for maintenance level employees is bowling. The sport of choice for front-line workers is football. The sport of choice for supervisors is baseball. The sport of choice for middle management is tennis. The sport of choice for corporate officers is golf. Conclusion: The higher you are in the corporate structure, the smaller your balls become.