Sports Quotes

“When my TV show, 'Sports Jobs with Junior Seau,' assigned me to be a 'Sports Illustrated' reporter for a weekend, I didn't realize I'd have to squeeze it in around another sports job. I had planned to retire from the NFL to enjoy the cushy lifestyle of a full-time reality TV star, but I wound up getting run over by a bull.”

-- Junior Seau

“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