“But I was so wrapped up in sports growing up as a kid, that I think I was going to grow to be a pro ball player. But I found out real quick that was not going to happen.”
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“Ethnic prejudice has no place in sports, and baseball must recognize that truth if it is to maintain stature as a national game.”
“I love sport, I grew up playing sports, that's all I did, and it is so invigorating now that I'm supposedly adult to learn something completely new, from the bottom up.”
“I grew up playing sports, but now I feel like I can't, because if I get injured, I'll impair whatever film I'm working on.”
“It's not just the NFL. Every other league has a draft. It has been fundamental to the success of professional sports.”
“It's a little bit in the genes because my brother is a journalist and my father was a sports writer.”
“Three events. Three gold medals. I was news, big news, in the sports world.”
“The newspapers loved pinup pictures of pretty young swimmers, and as a national champion, I got more than my share of space in the sports pages.”
“Life magazine ran a page featuring me and three other girls that was clearly the precursor of Sports Illustrated swimsuit issues.”
“I was sports editor for my high school newspaper, but I think I shied away from journalism.”
“I never really did sports growing up. Maybe that's why they intrigue me. The technology that goes into that clothing is steps ahead, so it's always been something I look towards.”
“I'll go out, but I leave early, before the shenanigans. I don't really do the Hollywood party thing. I'd rather watch sports or play videogames or work out or sleep, to be totally honest.”
“I played a ton of team sports growing up, and team wins are just incredibly gratifying.”
“Most people compliment me on maintaining my femininity while I'm on the court. People like the fact that I model. My fans or little girls always say they want to play sports, but also want to be a model like me and I think that's great.”
“Winning isn't everything, but playing and competing and striving and going through things can be a lot of fun and really important. As long as you're doing it in a way that's healthy, sports can be an incredible opportunity.”
“For a while I was on the cover of every Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue, which was regarded as the pinnacle of success in America.”
“The sports page records people's accomplishments, the front page usually records nothing, but man's failures.”
“I believe God created sports for a good reason. It's recreation. It's something that we enjoy. It teaches us a lot as well... I believe God is a sports fan.”
“While writing my first 90 books, I was magazine editor, publisher, book publisher, executive, etc., so I was established in publishing. three of my seven or so books were biographies of sports stars and really opened doors for me in that area.”
“At ten I was playing against 18-year-old guys. At 15 I was playing professional ball with the Birmingham Black Barons, so I really came very quickly in all sports.”
“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.”
“We should confine booing in sports arenas to sport. I love a good boo as much as the next football fan.”
“I'm a big sports fan. College football is my favorite.”
“I would venture to guess that if I was a construction worker... who requested a transfer to another department for the betterment of his family, I would be commended for it. But because it's sports, there's just so much passion added to it.”