694 private quotes tagged sports

“I started playing ball when I was a kid. My dad was a pro ball player and he passed on his knowledge to me.” — Kurt Russell

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“Many forms, sizes and colors, I think there are heroes in sports, in life... It would be cliche to say my dad, my granddad. I think I'm a fan of people who were brave, my aunt, my grandmother, those are my heroes.” — George Eads

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“If you're a sports fan you realize that when you meet somebody, like a girlfriend, they kind of have to root for your team. They don't have a choice.” — Jimmy Fallon

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“If a lot of people gripped a knife and fork the way they do a golf club, they'd starve to death.” — Sam Snead

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“Sports nurtures dreams of achieving self confidence and masculine striving for the skinny kid watching a boxer dance around the ring with sublime ease.” — Armstrong Williams

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“I went to a football school, which meant that I went to a university that served up education and was simultaneously operating a sports franchise.” — Susan Orlean

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“Most Indians go into education. Their parents just push them into education like parents in Australia push them into sports.” — Mahesh Bhupathi

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“I was never into sports, and my passion was the arts as long as I could remember.” — Stephen Wallem

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“All pro sports, as well as the NCAA, should thank God every day we have sports betting here... We have the only agency in the world that regulates the honesty of games.” — Meyer Lansky

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“I don't pay much attention to sports.” — Jack Abramoff

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“You know, we - we start with a mentality that we'll take a sports project if its good. And we're certainly not on the lookout for them, because to be honest we don't have to. They walk in the door.” — Jim Lampley

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“In sports, teams win and individuals don't.” — Fran Tarkenton

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“I enjoyed being involved in team sports and making close friendships.” — Brian McBride

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“I started playing baseball and soccer. Those were my sports on the streets and in school when I was growing up. I didn't even start playing basketball until I was 14.” — Earl Monroe

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“I love sports, as all Bostonians seem to. I love books and movies, as all writers seem to.” — William Landay

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“I'd just like to be good at sports. I'm extremely competitive with absolutely nothing to back it up.” — Kaitlin Olson

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“A lot of the high-level sports are really in your mind.” — Ronald Graham

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“I'm a huge, huge sports fan, and Marquette basketball is my No. 1 thing.” — Danny Pudi

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“I don't have the insight with the Longhorns that I do with the two teams that I own, but as a fan and reading the sports pages, I'm bullish about the Longhorns.” — Tom Hicks

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“Actually, I always dreamed about getting a gold medal in the 100-meter freestyle in Olympic swimming. I always thought that would be the epic award in sports to get.” — Chris Klein

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“As all of us with any involvement in sports knows, no two umpires or no two referees have the same strike zone or call the same kind of a basketball game.” — Herb Kohl

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“The thing about sports movies is, they can't help but feel epic - putting music to images, etc.” — Lindsey Shaw

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“I work out, I play sports, I go to concerts.” — Angie Everhart

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“I'm a big sports guy - golf, tennis, baseball, basketball, snowboarding - and I love games.” — Jason Dohring

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“Before Huey was 5, I could take him to work with me. Now, though, he has sports and lessons and friends, and it's not fair to remove him from his whole life.” — Marg Helgenberger

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