Sports Quotes
“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.”
“As athletes, we're used to reacting quickly. Here, it's 'come, stop, come, stop.' There's a lot of downtime. That's the toughest part of the day.”
-- Michael Jordan
“Basketball is like war in that offensive weapons are developed first, and it always takes a while for the defense to catch up.”
-- Red Auerbach
“And then I got into sports and gave my guitar to my brother Jeff who was just a little kid at that time.”
-- Beau Bridges
“Sports broadcasting is very open now. In the beginning you did encounter more traditional attitudes and get comments. But I'm talking about 12 years ago.”
-- Kirsty Gallacher
“The cardinal sin in sports, what could really wreck it, is not cheating to win, which has gone on forever, but cheating to lose. That threatens a fundamental aspect of sports' appeal, which is their spontaneity. If games are fixed, they're no different from movies they're scripted.”
-- Michael Mandelbaum