Quotes about Sports

I've always dreamed of being a professional athlete.

I've never had to make weight for any sport before. Because, get this, I was not allowed to do any sports in school because I was a professional athlete. I was doing wrestling at the age of 15, so the school districts and the board of directors said that because I was a professional athlete that I couldn't do anything.

I used to write letters to Jim McKay in college. 'Wide World of Sports' was this travelogue, really, that introduced us to sports and it introduced us to parts of the world that we had never seen before. And no one was a bigger tour guide than Mr. McKay.

I'd just as soon play tennis with the net down.

When I wasn't playing with Barbie dolls, I was always playing with different kinds of balls, and my dad said, let's try tennis.

It was a great game if you don't care who won. I cared.

I think sports media really do need to think about the world in more humble terms. Not everything is the game of the century, and not everything is life or death.

I like sports, and I enjoy playing basketball and lifting weights.

Muscular Christianity

The sport of choice for the urban poor is basketball. The sport of choice for maintenance level employees is bowling. The sport of choice for front-line workers is football. The sport of choice for supervisors is baseball. The sport of choice for middle management is tennis. The sport of choice for corporate officers is golf. Conclusion: The higher you are in the corporate structure, the smaller your balls become.

Defense is a definite part of the game, and a great part of defense is learning to play it without fouling.

I had only one superstition. I made sure to touch all the bases when I hit a home run.