“There's nothing masculine about being competitive. There's nothing masculine about trying to be the best at everything you do, nor is there anything wrong with it. I don't know why a female athlete has to defend her femininity just because she chooses to play sports.”

“The trouble with jogging is that the ice falls out of your glass.”

“I went to a football school, which meant that I went to a university that served up education and was simultaneously operating a sports franchise.”

“I've always been a guy who wants to play sports, not watch them.”

“You wouldn't have won if we'd beaten you.”

“He hits the ball a long way and he knows how to win.”

“All hockey players are bilingual. They know English and profanity.”

“I'm the kind of guy that if I don't work out, I will get bigger and look like one of the guys who used to play sports.”

“I love that men like to look at women, that they love sports, that they need to know the inner workings of mechanical objects. I love the whole makeup of men - that they never mature and are always just boys.”

“Many baseball fans look upon an umpire as a sort of necessary evil to the luxury of baseball, like the odor that follows an automobile.”

“Some of the companies we helped start are names you know. An office supply company called Staples - where I'm pleased to see the Obama campaign has been shopping The Sports Authority, which became a favorite of my sons. We started an early childhood learning center called Bright Horizons that First Lady Michelle Obama rightly praised.”

“People have called me Superman my whole life. In various sports, that seems to be the common theme. My favorite superhero is actually the Incredible Hulk. He's the only superhero that can't die.”

“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.”