Sports Quotes
“As a kid who wasn't into sports, at school I felt almost alienated at times, whereas in the theatre community there was this amazing sense of camaraderie. Early on, we would go to rehearsals with my dad and I was like the mascot for the backstage crew. That was a big part of my childhood, so I dreamed of one day doing a play in London.”
“While writing my first 90 books, I was magazine editor, publisher, book publisher, executive, etc., so I was established in publishing. three of my seven or so books were biographies of sports stars and really opened doors for me in that area.”
-- Jerry B. Jenkins
“It's good sportsmanship to not pick up lost golf balls while they are still rolling.”
-- Mark Twain
“Sports and entertainment are the only places where inner-city kids see themselves being able to succeed. Their intellectual development is something they don't relate to.”
-- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
“Just like I find men who talk sports who don't really know sports annoying, I think men might find women who don't really have a true passion and knowledge of sports maybe not so attractive.”
-- Gabrielle Union
“The sports world is an echo chamber. All it takes is one quote from a general manager and a thousand sports columns bloom.”
-- Michael Lewis