Sports Quotes

“If you look at things that really affect people's lives - sport, the arts, charities - they were always at the back of the queue for government money - health, social security, defence, pensions were all way ahead. And each of those areas - sports, the arts, the lottery - got relatively petty cash from the government.”

-- John Major

“Have you ever noticed what golf spells backwards?”

-- Al Boliska

“Football, basketball, and the Olympic sports all have their problems with banned substances.”

-- Jim Sensenbrenner

“If you think it's hard to meet new people, try picking up the wrong golf ball.”

-- Jack Lemmon

“I think professional sports, football, to use it as an example, it's fundamentally a form of entertainment.”

-- Gregg Easterbrook

“To be candid with you, free agency hurts all sports. It's great for athletes making an enormous amount of money. But to say it helps the sports, I don't believe that.”

-- Jerry West

“Sports life is very short.”

-- Sergei Bubka

“I'm sort of like a lame, single guy in a red sports car.”

-- Billy Corgan

“I had a great interest in sports. I had three older brothers who were great athletes. I was not.”

-- George J. Mitchell

“I am building a fire, and everyday I train, I add more fuel. At just the right moment, I light the match.”

-- Mia Hamm