Quotes About Sports

I played softball. I was on an all-star team. I traveled with the team. I loved it.

I've traveled enough around the world with the NBA to see how much it's grown, globally.

When I did play team sports, I was into soccer and hockey. I loved hockey. And then rock climbing became the thing that got me out of Iowa, and I traveled the world for rock climbing. I really loved the, I guess you would say, dirtbag lifestyle of not eating much and traveling the world and slipping into different cultures and just observing.

When we're traveling for games, I always go down and have breakfast with the team - that's a must.

I love traveling. I love basketball.

I played club football with a traveling team since I was 8 years old. I also played basketball and baseball, so I was competing on the athletic fields the entire year.

You don't get these types of opportunities in England. I have tried different sports, met people from all over the world and have travelled all across the US with football.

In my free time, I love to catch up with tennis, swimming, travelling, and chess.

I love horse racing, I play golf, and I love travelling.

I love travelling to the games and doing them pitchside with Gabby Logan.

I'm used to playing football every day, travelling, playing games.

In tennis ball cricket, even it's hit from the toe of the bat, the ball still travels a lot, but in normal cricket, it has to be the middle part of the bat, so it requires a lot of work.

I will always treasure the privilege of writing the 'Sports of The Times' column.

At the end of the day, everything is God's plan, and he cares about what we do. He cares about our hearts, how we play the game, and how we treat people. He's definitely involved with how we handle sports and not just the outcome of it. I'm proud when athletes mention God in any way.

I once loved this game. But after being traded four times, I realized that it's nothing but a business. I treat my horses better than the owners treat us. It's a shame they've destroyed my love for the game.

I had been playing for a while, and I asked Louisville Slugger to send me a dozen flame treated bats. But when I got it, I realized they had sent me a box of ashes.

The WNBA is constantly called the best league in the world, yet we don't get treated like the best athletes in the world.

Everything about the Olympics was first class, and women were treated as athletes and equals.

I think at times I get treated a bit unfairly, but then so do other athletes in Australia, and I feel like things can change.

Cricket pays well, so a lot of people are naturally drawn towards the game. But to carve a niche in non-cricket sports is not easy. So state governments need to be proactive. Indians need to be made aware of the power of an Olympic medal. It should be treated at par with an Oscars or a Nobel Prize.

In the U.S. system, too often the best player on an under-17 team will be treated like a 'star' - not having to work for the ball, being the focus of the offense at all times, etc. - at a time when they should be having to fight tooth and nail for their spot.

NPR allowed me to treat sports seriously, as another branch on the tree of culture.

We will play football. We will box and play lacrosse and ice hockey and snowboard and surf and drive fast cars, climb trees, and do dozens of things that we know are potentially concussive. We will do this because we are human and animals, and we like speed and contact and aggressive maneuvering and all such things.

I loved the game so much that even though our playing field was muddy and we had many trees on it, I used to play many hours every day.