Sports Quotes

“I was a huge theater geek growing up, and that was not the easiest thing in the world, especially growing up in Chicago, where sports are really the norm. I was always off to the theater at night, from 7 years old on. Friends there in the Midwest who could talk to you about the idiosyncrasies of 'Pippin' were few and far between.”

-- Johnny Galecki

“When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.”

-- Hunter S. Thompson

“I like all the adventure sports but I like to do them in a safe way.”

-- Catherine Bell

“I always separated sports and my personal life.”

-- Carl Lewis

“Sports without music is just a game. Music makes it entertaining.”

-- Ice Cube

“I played sports year around: basketball, soccer, softball and I ran track year around, from the time I was, like, six, seven.”

-- Gabrielle Union

“I was never into sports, and my passion was the arts as long as I could remember.”

-- Stephen Wallem

“I am so grateful to everybody that supports the Sheckler Foundation, and gives us the ability to continue to help kids and injured action sports athletes.”

-- Ryan Sheckler

“It's kind of ironic that the two sports with the greatest characters, boxing and horse racing, have both been on the decline. In both cases it's for the lack of a suitable hero.”

-- Dick Schaap

“Men's competitive team sports focus on the balance between individual achievement and team achievement with the emphasis on team achievement.”

-- Warren Farrell