Quotes About Sports

I got into sports because that was a way to prove your masculinity. I was good at it.

Some boys accepted me, some didn't. And my family had comments made to them. Brazil is still a very macho society, and sports are mainly for boys, so people would say to them: 'What is this girl doing? Why is she always out there in the soccer games with the boys?'

I was huge on basketball and baseball. I love sports. I'm an L.A. guy. I love the Lakers and Dodgers.

Nothing dramatic can be expected from the Sports Code, because the Olympic Charter has to be respected.

I grew up playing sports, football, basketball, baseball, everything, and acting was such a different environment and different world for me.

The drivers are regular people that come from all over the country. I think the sports fans can relate to them.

What we have seen is that sports is definitely developing in India. I can see a lot of positive things happening in India. It may take a bit more time, but with proper guidance and people having passion for sports, I don't think we are far away from becoming a good sporting nation.

I never got into sports at all until I was in my early 20s, after my music career got going.

Sports federations must try to be professional in trying to market their sport.

I don't follow sports that much now, but I was a Phoenix Suns fanatic in the early '90s.

I was always very interested in fitness, I played a lot of sports growing up.

We want a clean and effective Olympic body where it can help us and Indian sports to grow and we athletes can represent our country and our flag once again.

My love of sports and my love of journalism coincided. One fed the other.

There's nothing I missed out on. I do everything a normal kid does. My parents keep me grounded. I still play sports. I still go to a rec center every day.

I would love to do a movie based on our desi sports kabbadi or hockey. I guess I can play these games and do the justice to them.

All combat sports are connected.

I think communication is massive in football and in all sports in general.

I still feel that in India we look upon sports as a recreational activity - which it is - but people have to understand that there is a career in sports. It's not just necessary to be a doctor or a lawyer or an engineer, as most of us Indians appear to think that our children should grow up to be.

Delaware is the only state east of the Rockies that is allowed under federal law to offer sports betting.

Sports is a huge entertainment now, and we need to provide that entertainment for the fans because that's what they're looking for.

A female professional athlete has to have the whole package, as opposed to a guy who can just be good at sport. You have to have a job or go to uni or do three sports instead of one, you have to be a standout.

I would say I was into two sports as a kid: basketball and baseball.

We all know the difference between sports entertainment and the combat sports that I call, but at the end of the day, they are all spawned from the same source, and there's a lot of mutual respect between the two bodies.

Part of my growing up was always trying to make my parents proud and always trying to keep them happy. I think part of what held them together was my involvement in sports.