“One afternoon when I was 9, my dad told me I'd be skipping school the next day. Then we drove 12 hours from Melbourne to Sydney for the Centenary Test, a once-in-a-lifetime commemorative cricket match. It was great fun - especially for a kid who was a massive sports fan.”

“Sports are a microcosm of society.”

“When you're a child, no matter if you're doing show business or sports or school or anything, you just want to make the adults happy.”

“I went to a fight the other night, and a hockey game broke out.”

“The biological factors underlying race differences in sports have consequences for educational achievement, crime and sexual behavior.”

“The only thing a golfer needs is more daylight.”

“If a tie is like kissing your sister, losing is like kissing you grandmother with her teeth out.”

“I liked sports but I never really had the confidence. I was always coordinated and it came easy to me, but I didn't have the confidence to go along with the physical skill.”

“Tiger Woods is the only sports star who's worth every penny he makes.”