Sports Quotes

“That's the biggest problem with boxing in the United States. They do not promote it like they used to, when it used to be Howard Cosell and they showed it on 'Wide World of Sports.' Everybody knew all the fighters. Everybody was looking forward to the year when the Olympics came on.”

-- Evander Holyfield

“I wanted to play sports my whole life. That's all I really wanted to do.”

-- David Boreanaz

“Baseball was the darling of all sports back then.”

-- Marion Motley

“There's not a long track record of people leaving professional sports to become a software developer.”

-- Curt Schilling

“I wanted to be a sportswriter because I loved sports and I could not hit the curve ball, the jump shot, or the opposing ball carrier.”

-- Dick Schaap

“The difference in golf and government is that in golf you can't improve your lie.”

-- George Deukmejian

“I would like to do a sports movie.”

-- Sean Durkin

“I enjoy sports. I get a real joy from playing sports but I don't look for those movies. Oliver Stone wanted to know if I would do Any Given Sunday and it just didn't appeal to me.”

-- Kevin Costner

“A rabid sports fan is one that boos a TV set.”

-- Jimmy Cannon

“You go to Holland, France, Germany, every community, the tiniest village, they have magnificent, pristine sports facilities.”

-- Graham Taylor