Quotes About Sports

I don't really differentiate from big-time college basketball to any other kind of basketball. It's basketball. It's fundamentals and defense and shooting - they're all the same.

Funding for sports (and the arts) are often the first things facing the chop in difficult times.

Philosophically, I don't believe in public funding for private sports.

Seltzer says that Robert Kintner of ABC—later president of NBC—declared adamantly, "No sports will ever be on television on Sunday." Then Seltzer adds: "Yes, he said that. He told me that.

Arkan had threatened to shoot a rival striker's kneecap if he scored against Obilic.

2011 Bayport Junior Bike Rally

When the mood takes me, I like to be a man of action. I like to windsurf and ski, and most of all I love to ride horses. The wilder and faster the better!

I first worked on sports photography, and it was until 2002, when I was already 32 years old, that I really started working and enjoying Africa's wildlife.

One of sports journalism's great ironies is that covering an Olympics can be wildly unhealthy. NBC shows athletes in peak health performing on the ice and snow, but not the haggard reporters subsisting for three weeks on stadium starches, cheap beer, deadlines, and little sleep.

My kids have played soccer and baseball and basketball, and the parents who come to games are always saying and doing things that are just wildly inappropriate.

My son William and my daughter Amy are both really into their hockey now and I can enjoy watching that.

When I was a kid, man, my dad used to buy me the Ted Williams glove at Sears with the Ted Williams shoes with the eight stripes on 'em. I used to play Little League, and I was Ted Williams-ed out.

When I think about athletes, probably my favorite guest of all time among baseball players was Ted Williams.

My grandfather was the general counsel for the Washington Senators, and my dad grew up on Ted Williams' lap.

Ted Williams was the greatest hitter I ever saw, but DiMaggio was the greatest all around player.

Of all the four major sports, whether you like Ted Williams, Carl Yastrzemski, maybe you like Bobby Orr, or you like Larry Bird or Tom Brady - Bill Russell is the greatest athlete to play in Boston.

Venus Williams is a multi-millionaire not in spite of the fact that she is a woman, but precisely because she's a woman. She receives much higher pay than an equally skilled man. Isn't that precisely the opposite of what is meant by pay equity?

Come on, when does it come to the point where your name can't come up in trade talks? Willie Mays got traded. Pedro Martinez got traded. So what? That's part of the game.

There's absolutely no comparisons to me or anyone else to Willie Mays. Willie Mays, he's the greatest baseball player of all time.

Too frequently, we hear about coaches and programs willing to win at any cost.

My top three were Jim Brown, Wilt Chamberlain and Bo Jackson.

Wilt Chamberlain, by far, is my best basketball player. Best athlete ever.

People outside of tennis, all the famous actors and everyone, knows Wimbledon.

I caught the U.S. Open a couple of times, but, man, I would love to catch Wimbledon and watch Nadal - he is the king of all kings.