“I remember, when I was a little kid, I was good at sports, and I could jump off the high board. And then puberty hit, and suddenly I was looking to boys for direction. I remember that as a great loss.”
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“I think it's good for sports cars to be united, to be just one. I think it's good for the fans. When you have two different series, fans don't know which way to go, when you only have one I think it's good for the sport.”
“And I watch 'Saturday Night Live' religiously, I have since I was a little boy. I watch it basically like one of my favorite sports teams.”
“In sports, people reach their peak very early. You have to move on. I don't know if I will ever surpass what I did at the Olympics, but I'm still doing the work I always wanted to do.”
“When you're a kid growing up, and you think you're gay, you know that you're different you're often teased and it can really destroy your self-esteem. But sports can be great for building self-esteem.”
“If I had a personal wish for the new ideas in this new book it would be that every parent, every counselor, every teacher, every professor, every sports coach that deals with young people would understand the three circle concept.”
“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.”
“In sports, teams win and individuals don't.”
“I enjoyed being involved in team sports and making close friendships.”
“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.”
“I love sports, as all Bostonians seem to. I love books and movies, as all writers seem to.”
“I'd just like to be good at sports. I'm extremely competitive with absolutely nothing to back it up.”
“A lot of the high-level sports are really in your mind.”
“I'm a huge, huge sports fan, and Marquette basketball is my No. 1 thing.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“The thing about sports movies is, they can't help but feel epic - putting music to images, etc.”
“I work out, I play sports, I go to concerts.”
“I'm a big sports guy - golf, tennis, baseball, basketball, snowboarding - and I love games.”
“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.”
“I do appreciate a woman who has a passion for sports and knows their stuff.”
“Theatre sports is the best improv training period.”
“Sports are one of the main cultural activities on the face of the earth.”