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Quotes About Passion

My schedule has slowed a little. I've cut back on some of my assignments. But I still have the enthusiasm for the sports world that I had 38 years ago.
~ Lesley Visser
Anything that you want to write about you can write about in sports.
~ J. A. Adande
Since baseball is my favorite sport, it's easy to go out and do what I do.
~ Tim Lincecum
There is no greater anesthetic than sport.
~ John Oliver
I'm a big sports history buff. I love sports.
~ Kenny Chesney
I have dedicated my life to the 200m, I really love the 200m a lot.
~ Usain Bolt
Never let anyone tell you sports doesn't matter. Never let them tell you it's all about the wins, the losses and the stats. Sports is so much more than that.
~ Rick Reilly
I consider the Detroit Red Wings one of the greatest franchises in any sport. For a player to come in and play, it's so special to wear the jersey.
~ Steve Yzerman
I remember thinking, "Far out, I can't believe this," when I started riding waves. Then I was starting to imagine where it could take me.
~ Mark Occhilupo
I still get the feeling I got when I started, that's why I'm still doing it after all these years, I still get that full adrenalin rush before I compete.
~ Mark Occhilupo
collections are amusing only in the making; afterwards they are like sporting prints without the sport. The sons of collectors inherit only the corpse of their fathers' satisfied passion.
~ Marthe Bibesco
Playing baseball was my dream, and no amount of money could sway my opinion.
~ Willie Stargell
I tried all kinds of sports when I was a kid, like soccer and tennis and golf, and, in fact, started skating to be able to play hockey.
~ Patrick Chan
Every golfer has a little monster in him. It's just that type of sport.
~ Fuzzy Zoeller
Well, if I hadn't have been an actor I would have gone on to play college sports.
~ Joe Manganiello
I'm a sports-watcher. I played football and baseball, coached baseball. So I watch those things.
~ Phil Jackson
Well, I think just a desire to come back and be a part of the game again.
~ Mario Lemieux
She's a Texan, born and raised. Football is in our blood.
~ Simone Elkeles, Wild Cards
Anglers may be divided into almost as many genera and species as the fish they catch, and engage in the sport from as many impulses.
~ Thaddeus Norris
Hockey is still my favourite sport. I think that might be part of what makes me successful. I don't live or die by racquetball, so I can detach from it when needed. I'm all about all sports.
~ Kane Waselenchuk
As an athlete, you choose your sport and are drawn into it but your passion should never be driven by fame and fortune but a desire to create something special that people will always remember.
~ Katarina Witt
I never followed baseball very much. As a kid, I never followed sports.
~ Harrison Ford
The meaning of volleyball, is to give meaning to volleyball, as the meaning of coaching is to give meaning to coaching.
~ John Kessel
Well, my favorite sport as a kid was clearly baseball.
~ Leigh Steinberg