“I only have two things in my life, my family and work. If there's any time left over, then I play sports.”
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“Soccer and cricket were my main sports growing up. I had trials as a soccer player with a few clubs interested, Crystal Palace being one, but it was cricket which became my chosen profession.”
“Where I came from, sports were the only way to get out front.”
“I was focused on athletics, outdoors, sports.”
“I was lucky enough when it came to sports and work ethic to be taught some basics that continue to be important.”
“Everyone thought I was going to die like a year later, they didn't know. So I helped educate sports, and then the world, that a man living with HIV can play basketball. He's not going to give it to anybody by playing basketball.”
“I love various sports, including basketball, tennis and billiards.”
“Boxing, mixed martial arts and tennis are the hardest sports to train for.”
“A lot of athletes use sports psychologists.”
“I like to follow my favorite team and talk sports with my band or fans. You won't believe how many musicians are sports fans. We have so much time on tour that we need these outlets for relaxation.”
“I don't think there's anything that is a greater area of discrimination against women today than the fact that nowhere in the world is there a female role model in team sports that more than half of a general audience would recognize.”
“Men's competitive team sports focus on the balance between individual achievement and team achievement with the emphasis on team achievement.”
“I didn't go to normal children school. I went to sports school when I was 8. So I studied martial arts.”
“I had no interest in sports so I didn't make friends in that traditional way where kids are in public school and they go and they join clubs, and play sports. So I kind of had to find my own way to make friends and get attention and so I just was the class clown.”
“I also have a soft spot for spicy chicken wings. They are always best eaten at dives and sports bars, like Wogie's in the West Village, New York City, near my house.”
“People have called me Superman my whole life. In various sports, that seems to be the common theme. My favorite superhero is actually the Incredible Hulk. He's the only superhero that can't die.”
“I keep getting these extraordinary letteres, really weird ones from American sports stars - I've always thought you were one pretty lady and now that you're single I want to meet you for a drink.”
“I don't want someone to watch sports in bed. That drives me nuts.”
“I find interesting characters or lessons that resonate with people and sometimes I write about them in the sports pages, sometimes I write them in a column, sometimes in a novel, sometimes a play or sometimes in nonfiction. But at the core I always say to myself, 'Is there a story here? Is this something people want to read?'”
“Tiger Woods is the only sports star who's worth every penny he makes.”
“If they asked me, I did two shifts. I did sports, I did news, because I loved it.”
“I played a lot of sports and it's the plays in basketball that weren't worked out that are the ones that are just fantastic that you remember. We don't know the power that's within our own bodies.”
“Why should sports men and women get punished harsher than people in the normal world?”
“The bottom line is what we do might not be the safest so there is always some risk but we are ready to take that into account because we love racing and we love motor sports and it is dangerous.”