Quotes About Sports

I love competing, and I love throwing the football.

Cricket came about for me when my dad started throwing plastic balls to me at home. I was four or five.

I just couldn't turn down the money Bare Knuckle FC were throwing at me, so I ended up signing with them.

I love watching old fights. It's hard to watch the black-and-white footage, although I know about Randolph Turpin and people like that, but I'm talking about Hearns, Haggler, Leonard, those guys. Sugar Ray Leonard, he was way before his time, throwing bolos and all that, those big wind-up bolo shots.

I was 2 years old and already swinging bats and throwing balls.

I suffered racial abuse in Lithuania, and in two games the fans were making monkey noises and throwing coins at me.

I've thrown a lot of curls over the years.

Instant replay ought to be thrown out. Period. It's a game of imperfections. Why is that so bad for the game? Really, I think they are trying to make the game perfect. I'll tell you what: It will never, ever be perfect.

I was such a dork in high school. I like - I played sports. I played in the symphony. I auditioned all the time. I was thrown off the sports teams for auditioning all the time.

I've never thrown a javelin. What kind of sport is that? It's hilarious.

I get football facts thrown at me by taxi drivers.

I don't expect people to understand, but as players who love the sport and have constantly been thrown a rock at by our association and now the Govt, there is only so much one can take.

I don't know if he throws a spitball but he sure spits on the ball.

Aaron Rodgers, he throws that back-shoulder throw so well.

There's a fine line between physical and thug ball, and the Knicks have crossed the line on occasion.

The quarterback, you can play with a lot of big injuries. You get a little injury like an index finger or a thumb that most people can play with, sometimes you can't. I've stayed away from some of those.

I've been a Lakers fan since growing up in Oklahoma. My hometown's finally got the Thunder, which is really exciting, but I've still got to stick with the Lakers.

I grew up watching Kobe and all these other dudes, but I was in love with that Oklahoma City Thunder team with James Harden, Russell Westbrook, and Kevin Durant.

When I was a kid and L.S.U. lost, you didn't read the papers until, like, Thursday.

The key to any good sports story is identifying the defining moment. In football games or a boxing match, it's usually pretty obvious. But in golf, sometimes it happens on Thursday. Usually it's Sunday, but guys who don't know the game, they can miss it.

Every now and then, I get a free ticket from someone, and I look at the price, and it says $800, and I'm thinking, 'A thousand dollars to see,' I said, 'There's no ballgame in the world worth that kind of money,' and yet the attendance for sports is more than it ever has been.

We play Snooker Legends exhibitions and there is never a spare ticket.

You can technically lose money during the playoffs if you don't raise your ticket prices.

I used to work for the Clippers - I sold tickets - so I was in the Staples Center all the time. I'm a big Clippers fan.