Sports Quotes
“I was an All-American in wrestling in high school, was National Champion in Chinese kickboxing in 1999 and have spent a lot of time around professional athletes, which includes my eight-plus years as CEO of a sports nutrition company.”
“One of the things in the back of my mind is that, after my sports experience, I never want to be, totally consumed by any one endeavor, other than my family life.”
-- Julius Erving
“Sports is like rock 'n' roll. Both are dominant cultural forces, both speak an international language, and both are all about emotions.”
-- Phil Knight
“When they take surveys of women in business, of the Fortune 500, the successful women, 80% of them, say they were in sports as a young woman.”
-- Billie Jean King
“No matter how many years you play, it's always something new and exciting. It's sports, you never know what may happen.”
-- Curtis Joseph
“I guess there is nothing that will get your mind off everything like golf. I have never been depressed enough to take up the game, but they say you get so sore at yourself you forget to hate your enemies.”
-- Will Rogers
“I think we have our sports within our own culture that are huge with baseball, football, basketball, and hockey. Those are the sports in America that we grow up with and soccer isn't really there yet.”
-- Claudio Reyna