Sports Quotes
“Growing up in Huntington Beach, you were either a traditional sports athlete, a skateboarder, or a surfer. I got my first skateboard when I was five and skated off and on over the years, did a little BMX racing as a kid, and then in my freshman or sophomore year I started getting a little bit more into skateboarding.”
“Black people dominate sports in the United States. 20% of the population and 90% of the final four.”
-- Chris Rock
“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.”
-- Warren Farrell
“My tastes in all things lean towards the arty and boring. I like sports documentaries about Scrabble players, bands that play quiet, unassuming music, and TV shows that win awards. In that way, I am an elitist snob.”
-- Michael Ian Black
“Monday Night Football started in 1970, and when it started, it was something extremely special because sports had not been aired in prime time. So, it was a novelty, and a lot of people thought it wouldn't work, and, of course, it worked spectacularly well.”
-- Al Michaels
“Everyone I know who is successful has issues with their father, regardless of whether it was sports or business or entertainment.”
-- Bret Easton Ellis