Quotes About Sports

I was in awe every time I walked on to the field

There is no answer to the Pythagorean theorem. Well, there is an answer, but by the time you figure it out, I got 40 points, 10 rebounds and then we're planning for the parade.

When I grew up in Flatbush, 'we played football, stickball and baseball all the time, right out there on the city streets. Football was my favorite.

The game must have been past my bed-time.

The Olympic stadium may have been built only in the early 1970s but it was clear for a long time it had no future. For many reasons it is not good enough for modern football and today's fans.

I am seeing all the guys, like Earnie Shavers, Tex Cobb, and Larry Holmes all the time.

I saw Len Hutton in his prime, Another time, another time.

I'm a football guy. Baseball, I enjoy it at playoff time.

If I was born again, I would be able to do any sport because I would have time to learn.

I have only been here since 1996 but between 1966 and 1996 England had thirty years without foreign players and didn't win any more competitions in that time.

Babe Ruth was the home-run king of his time, but also the strikeout king.

I suppose once upon a time a Test match was something you looked forward to go and watch. It's very hard to get the quality these days because the focus is more on quantity.

Since retiring I have spent a lot of time with my family, on my boat, and playing football.

We must make sure their worst players get the ball the most. You'll get it back in no time.

I started playing ball when I was 13 and a half. Before that, I just wanted to play football and baseball but I kept growing so I figured it was time for basketball.

I played soccer for 12 years on three different teams at a time.

It was a fun ride. I've enjoyed my time on the ice and I've enjoyed more and more people getting interested in the game of hockey.

How can a you hit and think at the same time?

Baseball is only a game, a game of inches and a lot of luck. During a time of all-out war, sports are very insignificant.

Baseball begins in the spring, the season of new life. Football begins in the fall, when everything's dying.

No, I've never played baseball in my life.

It is not hard for me to remember when I was in college. I loved many things about college life: I loved learning. I loved the comradery. And I loved football.

I was into basketball, but then once I found contact sports, it was over. I never played basketball again in my life.

I grew up with lacrosse in my life because my dad played lacrosse all throughout college, so I grew up with the gear in my house - like the sticks, the helmet.