Quotes About Sports

Test cricket is still important, so are ODIs, but T20 should be there too because of the crowd factor.

I feel that schools and corporates should help the government in popularising sports in the country. Blaming the government for every sporting debacle will not be fair.

I can hit a lot of drivers, be aggressive, and attack from the fairway.

In England, if one wicket falls, you get two or three in a cluster.

We are kind of in a false reality here, playing football.

I hate false nines.

There were a lot of places, including Los Angeles, that didn't have major league baseball. There were other really large cities that had no major league teams, but at least they had college football.

Chelsea and Shakhtar are two great teams.

Philadelphians are intensely loyal. They don't switch teams even when the Sixers lose by 63 points or the Phillies finish last in the NL East.

If there are dominant teams, people enjoy discussing whether that's good or bad for the game, and if there aren't any dominant teams, then people enjoy discussing that.

One reason outfielders don't have stronger arms might be they don't practice as much as we did. Most teams today don't take outfield practice. Another reason is baseball has to compete with other sports now - basketball, football, soccer - for the better athletes that might have more skills and stronger arms.

Spain used to be very individualistic in its sporting activities. Now we are showing we are pretty good in teams - that is an improvement.

This illuminates not only fans' interest in major league teams but also the minors and even Little League.

Growing up, dad coached my footy and cricket teams, but that's all he could do for me.

The Lakers and the Clippers teams play against each other; friends shouldn't.

First of all the name, and the color purple, I think those two things distinguish the Vikings as much as anything. You go anywhere in the country and say 'Vikings,' they know exactly where you are. You say 'Cardinals,' well, Cardinals who? There are a dozen Cardinals teams in the country in professional and amateur sports.

There are not many Chicagos, where people go out and support their sports teams, whether they are struggling or not.

I like to watch soccer, no matter what teams or players are in the field.

I played from the time I was seven years old. My father was my first baseman coach. I had opportunities that I never really pursued - with some Miami teams and a few larger colleges, and then I ended up bailing and began cooking.

But I think mainly, you know, just up in the East Coast, it's where it all originated. You know, Philadelphia. It goes back to the beginning. So, you know, fans have a lot of history, and they love their teams up here.

My biggest pet peeve are just girls who go to sports bars who have no intention on caring what teams are playing, like they're looking for just a night out. That drives me more crazy than anything else. Like, don't pretend to be a sports fan.

American League teams don't bunt very often. National League teams bunt a lot.

There are two things that come very easily to me: rooting for New York sports teams and making mistakes.

I don't like to compare clubs or players from way back. It's different today. Your ballparks are better. In the days when I played, we had eight teams in each league. Now you have more.