Quotes About Sports

I'm trying to go to the playoffs. That's my goal. Everything else is going to fall in place.

I mean, nobody wants to lose. And nobody wants to be playing at the end of the year when you don't have a chance to make the playoffs.

One of the things that was really attractive to me about Fox is they have the NFL, and baseball playoffs.

I like basketball, but please don't ask me basketball questions because I've got a lot to learn.

English clubs should not be pleased to go to places like Barcelona and get away without a thrashing. They should be able to compete. They have the resources.

Naturally, any time that our national team beats Australia is pleasing but the first time we beat them in 10 years at Stratford in 2005 was a day I'll never forget.

An inswinger - that gets an lbw or bowled - after a few outswingers is always very pleasing.

People in my state, Kerala, have started playing hockey, which is very pleasing to see.

I've never heard a crowd boo a homer, but I've heard plenty of boos after a strikeout.

With goal-line technology, there are plenty of results that could be changed.

I can see that the UAE is growing a lot as a football country, and there is plenty of opportunity to keep going and improve.

I mean, I've done college basketball, a horse race, a bunch of different things and they'd blow by but golf has a frenetic pace of bouncing around from shot to shot and green to green and, in essence, acre to acre over this huge plot of land with over 150 players who are their own team.

Basketball isn't one-on-one. It's five-on-five, plus the bench.

I like to tell people that 'Ballers' has something for everyone. If you are a football fan, then obviously, 'Ballers' is the way to go. The series are using real team names so that's a plus. If you have no interest in football, it's still a show about life, and there's something for everybody on that show.

How many women's football matches are selling out week in, week out, 20,000 plus? They're not.

I'm a natural pocket passer.

Different parts of Ireland have different alliances, because you have little pockets where counties are good at hurling, and different counties are good at football.

Fourth is the worst position to finish. You just missed the podium.

We come from a rich history of amazing sports and athletes here in Canada and there's been a long legacy before us that helped pave the way. And that's why I grew up believing I could go to the Olympics and stand on the podium one day.

I always liked to write and had fun writing, but I didn't have any pretensions about being a writer. I liked to read and liked to putz around and write little stories or poems, but my thing was sports.

Kris Dunn is a very athletic point guard.

It used to be you a needed a true center to win championships, but now the point guard position holds just as much weight.

I have no handles, I'm no point guard.

I think a global season, moving it a bit towards summer, can only be a good thing from a playing and commercial point of view, but it would take a massive shift, and I do not know if it would happen in my career.