“Despite the amazing diversity we're blessed with in this country, schools are still in large part segregated because of economic disparity. Sports are one of the few areas where kids are really given the opportunity to interact with those of different races and religions.”

“I used to play sports. Then I realized you can buy trophies. Now I am good at everything.”

“It's not just the kid who's spent every penny from his job to upgrade his car to tell the world he cares about sports cars, it's also the person driving around in a fuel-conscious hybrid electric car, because it's more a message to the world than an effective means of saving fuel, to be quite honest.”

“I played professional level sports. When you're playing for money, it's a whole other level.”

“I am not a sports girl.”

“I grew up in New Jersey and my father was a golf pro, so I was groomed for sports, but I wasn't very good, so my interests lay elsewhere.”

“I'm not really interested in sports psychology. It makes me feel like a crazy person.”

“I play some fighting games, but mostly I just play sports.”

“You'll be dedicated and that's what you should want to be in anything in life - whether it's sports or academics or your relationship. It all stems from finding that fun, that thrill, that excitement.”

“I'm not that clued up on the American sports yet, really.”

“I'm a Hollywood writer, so I put on my sports jacket and take off my brain.”

“If I had a personal wish for the new ideas in this new book it would be that every parent, every counselor, every teacher, every professor, every sports coach that deals with young people would understand the three circle concept.”

“I don't know why people question the academic training of an athlete. Fifty percent of the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their classes.”

“You know it's going to hell when the best rapper out there is white and the best golfer is black.”

“The other thing is this industry has decided it only has one market. Unlike any other industry in the world, unlike film or books or sports even, this industry has decided it has only one market and that's 14 year old boys.”

“I was focused on athletics, outdoors, sports.”

“Part of my growing up was always trying to make my parents proud and always trying to keep them happy. I think part of what held them together was my involvement in sports.”

“It's just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up.”

“And I watch 'Saturday Night Live' religiously, I have since I was a little boy. I watch it basically like one of my favorite sports teams.”

“I think team sports probably teach you more about giving - about being unselfish and being flexible.”

“Playing in New England and the Boston area, the fans are so passionate about their sports if you don't play well, they'll let you know so I know it's not something that they take lightly.”