Quotes About Sports

Il traiterait presque avec mépris ses frères et ses copains qui emploient leurs loisirs à taper niaisement dans un ballon.

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.

Because sports and mythology often intertwine, the Game 6 narrative has often been one that evokes the best of a cheesy feel-good Hollywood production. Not only did Johnson take the jump ball, he won it, dribbled down the court, did a 360-degree midair flip and dunked over Julius Erving—blindfolded while eating a slice of cheesecake. Not quite.

paled on the bizarre-o-meter, however, compared with what happened on September 30, 1983, when the roster of the Chicago Blitz and the roster of the Arizona Wranglers were traded for each other. Yes, traded for each other. It was, unofficially, the largest singular professional sports transaction of all time. Wrote

Basketball is a young man's game, unkind to ancient legs.

I was at a party in Beverly Hills, and everyone in sports was there. Magic Johnson, Wayne Gretzky, Kareem. And I spotted my idol—Hank Aaron! I walked up to him and introduced myself. He said, "I know who you are. You made a great decision going to the USFL." I was shocked. Then he leaned in and whispered, "Tom, you always have to get the money. Get the fucking money. Because they don't care about you." —Tom Ramsey, quarterback, Los Angeles Express

Athletes tend to have less of a sense of humor than most people. They are heroes to so many. That might be part of it.

Peg could handle anything—war, catastrophe, failure, death of a relative, a cheating husband, the demolition of her beloved theater—without shedding a tear, but great moments in sports history always made her weepy.)

But if you happen to see Owen Zabriskie tomorrow, shake his hand for me." "Okay, but Aunt Esther..." "What?" Emma cupped her hand over the phone. "I was just wondering. About Mom. Did you really tell her she was a good player?" "Yes, I did," Aunt Esther said. "It was a terrible lie. She was the worst player I ever saw in my whole life." "She catches and throws just like a chicken," Emma whispered. "I know.

Every sport pretends to a literature, but people don't believe it of any other sport but their own.

It is always easier to accept defeat when you were the weaker team.

To show weakness, we're told in sports, is to deserve shame. But showing weakness, addressing your mental health, is strength.

Sports psychology or mental training has been viewed as a weakness, and I think that's a pretty silly way to look at it.

As for my speed, I'm not the fastest, but just like in other sports, you learn to stay away from your weaknesses and make more use of your strengths: my shooting ability, court awareness, rebounding, and helping out defensively.

Thanks to the competence, love of God, our country's security and stability, endowed wealth, integrated infrastructure and quality services, the U.A.E. turned into the world's renowned destination for tourism, investment and business management: the interface of choice for hosting major cultural events, artistic and sports, in the world.

I am just enjoying what cricket has given me. In sports, it's obviously really important for all of us to remain fit - and health is wealth, so health comes with the sport.

Amateurism is the strongest form of discrimination in sports. Because it discriminates against the underprivileged, it discriminates against the poor. If we want sports to go back to the wealthy, let's make it amateur again.

You always hear that tragedies put sports in perspective, that they prove we shouldn't care this much about the successes and failures of a bunch of wealthy strangers. I'm going the other way - sometimes, sports put everything else in perspective.

For years, women in India were largely discouraged from participating in high-level sports - and, unless the women were wealthy, good facilities were hard to come by, anyway.

As the equipment has gotten better - and it's gotten better in an attempt to try to protect the player more - then the equipment becomes used more as a weapon.

Men do really dumb things. We see weapons of mass destruction where there are none. We over-emphasize sports. We place athletic achievement ahead of academic achievement. We spoil and pamper child athletes and then complain when they act spoiled and pampered as adults.

I played football for Leeds United under-18s, but at 17 my eyes started to go and I had to wear glasses. The football had to go - there were no contact lenses in 1957.

I've paid the price over the years, though: a lot of injuries and surgeries related to my sports career; my hips and knees took a lot of wear and tear.

I didn't train with a mask. There's no way they will be able to make everybody wear masks once they're playing and training flat out. It's impossible.