Quotes About Sports

I've never played for a draw in my life.

A cricketer's life is a life of splendid freedom, healthy effort, endless variety, and delightful good fellowship.

I've been a Dolphin for 17 years, and I'll be a Dolphin for the rest of my life. That will never change.

I was very fortunate to play sports. All the anger in me went out. I had to do what I had to do. If you stay angry all the time, then you really don't have a good life.

When we pull up in my driveway, Kitty runs out of the house and over to the car. "Spider-Man!" she shrieks. She's still in her ninja costume, though she's taken the mask off. "Are you coming inside?" I glance at Peter. "He can't. He has to go condition." Peter spends an hour a day conditioning for lacrosse. He's very dedicated to it. "Condition?" Kitty repeats, and I know she's imagining Peter washing his hair.

When I'm on my own, I can be negative. I need my friends and family around to help pick me up if I've had a bad qualifying session. I think insecurity plagues a lot of sportspeople.

The culture that trains women to be acquiescent is fundamentally at odds with the culture of athletics.

While writing my first 90 books, I was magazine editor, publisher, book publisher, executive, etc., so I was established in publishing. three of my seven or so books were biographies of sports stars and really opened doors for me in that area.

All the Padres need is a flyball in the air.

And it's a long drive down the line to centerfield.

At the end of six innings of play, it's Montreal 5, Expos 3.

Davis fouls out to third in fair territory.

Edwards missed getting Stearns at third base by an eyeball.

Grubb goes back, back... He's under the warning track and makes the play.

Jesus Alou is in the on-deck circus.

Johnny Grubb slides into second with a standup double.

Last night's homer was Willie Stargell's 399th career home run, leaving him one shy of 500.

McCovey swings and misses, and its fouled back

Montreal leads Atlanta by three, 5-1.

Rich Folkers is throwing up in the bullpen.

That's Hendrick's 19th home run. One more and he reaches double figures.

That's the fourth extra base hit for the Padres -- two doubles and a triple.

The ex-left-hander Dave Roberts will be going for Houston.

The final score after eight innings is Giants 3, Padres 2.