“I like to follow my favorite team and talk sports with my band or fans. You won't believe how many musicians are sports fans. We have so much time on tour that we need these outlets for relaxation.”

“I do not like sports, unless you consider treating all humankind with love and respect a sport.”

“I was a ballplayer, but only for a limited time. I grew up playing in Wisconsin. It's a very sports-centric part of the country that I grew up in and I played a lot of sports, but baseball first and foremost. I played through high school. I was a middle-infielder.”

“For truly it is to be noted, that children's plays are not sports, and should be deemed as their most serious actions.”

“The truth is that for those 86 long years when the Red Sox went without a World Series win, fans were not only in a recession, but trapped in a longstanding, deeply entrenched sports depression.”

“Money was never the motivation. It never should be in sports.”

“Sports and entertainment have always been windows of opportunity for African Americans, when other doors were closed.”

“I couldn't find the sports car of my dreams, so I built it myself.”

“Sports and politics don't mix.”