“Sports betting is all about money management, so the most money won on one event is not the most important thing.”

“Golf is a day spent in a round of strenuous idleness.”

“I don't care what they say about me when I'm through with sports. I don't want to be known as anything else in life but a great father.”

“I would never encourage my children to be athletes - first because my children are not athletes and second because there are so many people pushing to get to the top in sports that 100 people are crushed for each one who breaks through. This is unfortunate.”

“There is a huge responsibility on all of us to get England through. It would be one of the biggest disasters in sports history if we blew it and we must make sure it does not happen.”

“I don't want someone to watch sports in bed. That drives me nuts.”

“Delaware is the only state east of the Rockies that is allowed under federal law to offer sports betting.”

“Sports have become increasingly more specialized, but that doesn't mean they shouldn't be fun.”

“Being a celebrity you always get really good seats to sporting events but you never get as good seats as the photographers get. And I really love sports. So one of the scams I have going now is I want to learn sports photography so I can get better seats at a sporting event.”

“I've been on enough sports teams in my life to have experienced the magic of what can happen when a group of people care for and love each other.”

“Baseball players are smarter than football players. How often do you see a baseball team penalized for too many men on the field?”

“I keep getting these extraordinary letteres, really weird ones from American sports stars - I've always thought you were one pretty lady and now that you're single I want to meet you for a drink.”

“Baseball is a game where a curve is an optical illusion, a screwball can be a pitch or a person, stealing is legal and you can spit anywhere you like except in the umpire's eye or on the ball.”

“The Games are just a nice, positive way to build friendships, camaraderie and, of course, self-esteem. Plus, the Games are a great opportunity for people to participate in sports who normally wouldn't.”

“I decided to create a sports club during the Soviet times. It was my dream.”

“I don't want to play golf. When I hit a ball, I want someone else to go chase it.”

“Through the years I have received my share of recognition for efforts in the fields of sports, the arts, the struggle for full citizenship for the Negro people, labor's rights and the fight for peace.”

“The problem with winter sports is that - follow me closely here - they generally take place in winter.”

“My policy was just to give good things for sports in my region.”

“A geek isn't the skinny kid with a pocket protector and acne. There can be computer geeks, video game geeks, car geeks, military geeks, and sports geeks. Being a geek just means that you're passionate about something.”

“If I could have married my wife and been a sports writer for the past 30 years, I wouldn't be sitting here - but I don't think I'd be sitting someplace where I was sorry to be sitting.”