“I long for the days when athletes were revered. I want to see the romance return to sports, to see people enjoy the game purely for the game and the players.”
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“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.”
“I don't care what they say about me when I'm through with sports. I don't want to be known as anything else in life but a great father.”
“I Worked in the family auto body shop, lifted weights, and rode a few Victory Sports Indoors.”
“Swimming is one of the hardest sports.”
“The water cooler conversation in every job I've had is sports, it's what did you do this weekend, it's 'How are your parents doing?'”
“Sports is like rock 'n' roll. Both are dominant cultural forces, both speak an international language, and both are all about emotions.”
“Meeting sports athletes that are the best in the world is a thrill to this day.”
“Seems like most of the kids today are into other sports other than tennis.”
“I'm not a huge fan of improv theater or improv sports or whatever, because it still just looks like a tool. It looks like a technique to me.”
“I didn't grow up a theatre kid, going to theatre camps. I played sports, and that was my main direction. But luckily, I never had to choose between sports and theatre.”
“Everybody sort of questioned why we get married on New Year's Day, and of course, the avid sports fans wouldn't come, because they had to watch the Rose Bowl or whatever that is on that day.”
“I learned easily and had time to follow my inclination for sports (light athletics and skiing) and chemistry, which I taught myself by reading all textbooks I could get.”
“I played a lot of sports when I was a kid so I get in that ballgame mindset of being really, really respectful, but at same time saying to yourself, 'Don't back down a single inch, hang with these guys if you can.' If they throw it high and tight you have to stand in there, you can't take yourself out of that moment.”
“I'm pretty quiet. But I love to play sports. I like playing all sports. I'll act goofy at times around my wife and my son, around my own family. I like to have fun in general.”
“I used to play football at school, and I enjoyed really physical sports, but I now try to avoid any sports that might build up different muscles. That might have a negative impact on my archery.”
“My commitment to Atlanta and passion for sports and competition make this acquisition a perfect fit for me.”
“The most important thing you learn as a sports photographer is anticipation - not where the action is taking place, but where it's going to take place. Not where the subject is now, but where they're going to be.”
“I've been on enough sports teams in my life to have experienced the magic of what can happen when a group of people care for and love each other.”
“Sports don't define us it is not what we live for.”
“People here don't identify themselves by their sports team.”
“I think that people who have played sports have an ability to relate to people because when you're playing you have to work on teams and with opposing players.”
“I was certain I was going to do something in sports.”
“I'm a huge fan of Chicago sports and Chicago food, and I love going home and my family is still there. I guess it's pretty easy to have a normal life in Chicago.”