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

“I wanted to play sports my whole life. That's all I really wanted to do.”

-- David Boreanaz

“Baseball was the darling of all sports back then.”

-- Marion Motley

“There's not a long track record of people leaving professional sports to become a software developer.”

-- Curt Schilling

“I wanted to be a sportswriter because I loved sports and I could not hit the curve ball, the jump shot, or the opposing ball carrier.”

-- Dick Schaap

“The difference in golf and government is that in golf you can't improve your lie.”

-- George Deukmejian

“I would like to do a sports movie.”

-- Sean Durkin

“I enjoy sports. I get a real joy from playing sports but I don't look for those movies. Oliver Stone wanted to know if I would do Any Given Sunday and it just didn't appeal to me.”

-- Kevin Costner

“A rabid sports fan is one that boos a TV set.”

-- Jimmy Cannon

“You go to Holland, France, Germany, every community, the tiniest village, they have magnificent, pristine sports facilities.”

-- Graham Taylor