Explore Quotes on Sports

I am addicted to sport. Without sport, I feel bad.

I didn't set out to be the first openly gay athlete playing in a major American team sport. But since I am, I'm happy to start the conversation.

It is great to be a part of the whole skating family, and it makes me feel ecstatic that my name will be among the greats of the sport.

Sports isn't just a part of life. It's not life itself.

So while you're an athlete, and you have that platform, what you want to be able to do is make it work for you as much as possible, because there's going to be life after sports.

The more violent the body contact of the sports you watch, the lower the class.

We ought to ban hunting, I suggest, if there isn't a purpose other than sport and fun. That should be against the law.

The sport to which I owe so much has undergone profound changes, but it's still baseball. Kids still imitate their heroes on playgrounds. Fans still ruin expensive suits going after foul balls that cost five dollars. Hitting streaks still make the network news and hot dogs still taste better at the ballpark than at home.

I was well-rounded, I'd been to college. It wasn't that I couldn't do anything else. I wanted to stay in sports, but if I couldn't think, how was I going to play?

When I was young, I would go to the races and it was an unbelievable feeling when you'd watch them race.

Players come and go, good friends, players who performed well. You can't control that.

I'm 31 years old and I want to be part of a championship team before my career is over.

It's all trotters in Sweden, so that's what's always caught my eye.

I always thought Ray Bourque was a great competitor.

I've been around racing a fairly long time, but when it comes to the important issues, I'm happy to let others make the big decisions.

There are a lot more shots coming at the net and guys are just shooting it at the net because they have more time and pucks are going in off legs and feet and shoulders and heads, so you might have to play out a little further on the shot and hope it hits you.

Everybody is excited to play so I think who plays with whom is a minor thing at this point.

I put a lot of pressure on myself, more than anyone else.

I have been dealing with back problems since 1995 when I was with the Blackhawks, and I've only missed part of one season because of it. That was last season in Toronto.

Like any sport, if you can clinch it sooner, clinch it sooner. It just makes the celebration that much sweeter.

Regarding wetsuits, I always liked the Marilyn Minter quote, 'Everything's better when wet,' injecting some style into sports utility.