Sports Quotes
“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.”
“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.”
-- Hugh Jackman
“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.”
-- Anna Chlumsky
“The biological factors underlying race differences in sports have consequences for educational achievement, crime and sexual behavior.”
-- J. Philippe Rushton
“If a tie is like kissing your sister, losing is like kissing you grandmother with her teeth out.”
-- George Brett