Category: Quotes About Sports

There's not a long track record of people leaving professional sports to become a software developer. -Curt Schilling

The only consistent hobby I've had is studying Spanish and French because of some delusion of grandeur to work around the world. I love sports but usually I'm looking for the next job. -William Sanderson

We want to encourage the young ones to learn and get some confidence in sports. It's fun and keeps you active and moving. -Christine Taylor

Sports are not for everyone. -Dante Hall

There is a huge responsibility on all of us to get England through. It would be one of the biggest disasters in sports history if we blew it and we must make sure it does not happen. -Rio Ferdinand

A supermodel needed to be able to be on 'Sports Illustrated,' to be able to walk runways, to be able to do beauty ads, to be on covers. And the girls now can no longer be on covers and be in the ads because your actresses have taken over all the jobs. I don't know…

I don't want someone to watch sports in bed. That drives me nuts. -Elizabeth Hurley

Absolutely the worst thing about this job is the travel and being away from family. I have a wife and three wonderful children, the kids are all active in sports and it's very difficult to up and leave and miss them growing up. -Roy Clark

Thus so wretched is man that he would weary even without any cause for weariness... and so frivolous is he that, though full of a thousand reasons for weariness, the least thing, such as playing billiards or hitting a ball, is sufficient enough to amuse him. -Blaise Pascal

Tennis is not like other sports where the coach is hired by an independent entity, and that makes a huge difference in the dynamic. -Ivan Lendl

I'm a sports guy. Football, God, I flip out. -David Boreanaz

The word 'geek' today does not mean what it used to mean. A geek isn't the skinny kid with a pocket protector and acne. There can be computer geeks, video game geeks, car geeks, military geeks, and sports geeks. Being a geek just means that you're passionate about something. -Olivia Munn

Skiing combines outdoor fun with knocking down trees with your face. -Dave Barry

Sports without music is just a game. Music makes it entertaining. -Ice Cube

The only thing a golfer needs is more daylight. -Ben Hogan

Sports and entertainment are the only places where inner-city kids see themselves being able to succeed. Their intellectual development is something they don't relate to. -Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

I know I could be the host of 'SportsCenter' in two years if I changed my show today to sports. -Gary Vaynerchuk

No matter how many years you play, it's always something new and exciting. It's sports, you never know what may happen. -Curtis Joseph

I've always been really active. I grew up playing sports, so I'm always shooting hoops or throwing the football with my friends. I'm super-active in that sense. -Taylor Lautner

When I was in Birmingham I used to go to a place called Redwood Field. I used to get there for a two o'clock game. Where can you make this kind of money playing sports? It was just a pleasure to go out and enjoy myself and get paid for it. -Willie Mays

Breaking records is not something you expect to be doing. That's like a sports thing, it's not usually a comedy and writing thing. -Louis C. K.