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

“I played a ton of team sports growing up, and team wins are just incredibly gratifying.”

-- Jason Bateman

“When Michael Jordan quit, I suddenly found myself without a sports hero.”

-- Mike Royko

“The sports page records people's accomplishments, the front page usually records nothing, but man's failures.”

-- Barbara Walters

“Bulls do not win bull fights. People do.”

-- Norman Ralph Augustine

“I never really did sports growing up. Maybe that's why they intrigue me. The technology that goes into that clothing is steps ahead, so it's always been something I look towards.”

-- Alexander Wang

“We should reach out to people to try to go after the fans the way other sports do. Because we can't just depend on the fact that it is a great game.”

-- John McEnroe

“I got amazing training both with Theatre Sports... back in Edmonton, Alberta - I can't give those people enough credit - and the daytime drama I did. Incredible training, both of them.”

-- Nathan Fillion

“I liked the game, I enjoyed the game, and the game fed me enough, and gave me enough rewards to reinforce that this is something that I should spend time doing, and that I could possibly make a priority in my life, versus other sports.”

-- Julius Erving

“I was showing early symptoms of becoming a professional baseball man. I was lying to the press.”

-- Roger Kahn