Sports Quotes

I’d never played on a team until high school. It gave me a sense of belonging, a focus, and helped build my confidence. I liked the feeling of accomplishment and the respect. Sports ideally teach discipline and commitment. They challenge you and build character for everything you do in life.

The ban on sports betting does exactly what Prohibition did. It makes criminals rich.

I wish I had played team sports. I think every kid should. Teamwork builds character – teaches people about leadership and cooperation.

As an athlete, that’s something I always take with me. You fall every day, whether it’s in a job, or you miss something else, but you learn how to do it better next time. You learn it in sports. That’s a life lesson.

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

In the field of sports you are more or less accepted for what you do rather than what you are.

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.

Growing up in the time of Title IX – it was passed when I was 10 – I got a front-row seat to so many great moments in women’s sports. Of course I didn’t know it at the time.

March Madness is an incredible three weeks. I firmly believe it’s the greatest three weeks in sports. You have the Super Bowl; you have the World Series.

I liked the energy of cooking, the action, the camaraderie. I often compare the kitchen to sports and compare the chef to a coach. There are a lot of similarities to it.

Tiger Woods is the only sports star who’s worth every penny he makes.

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.