Sports Quotes
“As the National Football League and other pro sports increasingly reckon with the early dementia, mental health issues, suicides and even criminal behavior of former players, the risk of what's known as chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), is becoming clear.”
“My dad told us up front, 'Guys, if you want to play sports, go ahead, but it's your decision.'”
-- Peyton Manning
“Soccer and cricket were my main sports growing up. I had trials as a soccer player with a few clubs interested, Crystal Palace being one, but it was cricket which became my chosen profession.”
-- Ian Botham
“The addiction to sports, therefore, in a peculiar degree marks an arrested development in man's moral nature.”
-- Thorstein Veblen
“I always loved the way music made me feel. I did sports at school and all, but when I got home, it was just music. Everybody in my neighborhood loved music. I could jump the back fence and be in the park where there were ghetto blasters everywhere.”
-- Dr. Dre
“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.”
-- Michael Michele