One of the most difficult things for people who have been successful in sports is adapting to the daily world where you can't get an answer from someone until 5 o'clock tomorrow. There is always an excuse. Living 40 or 50 years like that doesn't get too exciting after a while.
Mark Spitz

One of the things in the back of my mind is that, after my sports experience, I never want to be, totally consumed by any one endeavor, other than my family life.
Julius Erving

Other sports play once a week but this sport is with us every day.
Peter Ueberroth

People here don't identify themselves by their sports team.
Michael Wilbon

People in the States used to think that if girls were good at sports their sexuality would be affected.
Martina Navratilova

People who think they know what they are talking about when they talk about baseball include the announcers and all of the sports press - no matter how much evidence you present them to the contrary they will continue to think that what they think is right.
Michael Lewis

Professional sports are something they can't control.
Troy Vincent

Professional sports is a business.
Lynn Swann

Seems like most of the kids today are into other sports other than tennis.
Jana Novotna

Several professional athletes have wrongly taught many young Americans by example that the only way to succeed in sports is to take steroids.
Jim Sensenbrenner

Since my induction into the Sports Hall of Fame, I have wanted to have my No. 3 Chevy on exhibit for sports fans to see. I hope others will enjoy the car as much as I have.
Junior Johnson

So I developed very early a massive inferiority complex, and I've told the story often about how that inspired me later in life to get involved in other things, because I couldn't out-do my brothers in sports, and it's a very competitive relationship.
George J. Mitchell

Soccer and cricket were my main sports growing up. I had trials as a soccer player with a few clubs interested, Crystal Palace being one, but it was cricket which became my chosen profession.
Ian Botham

Sport is a wonderful metaphor for life. Of all the sports that I played - skiing, baseball, fishing - there is no greater example than golf, because you're playing against yourself and nature.
Robert Redford

Sport must be amateur or it is not sport. Sports played professionally are entertainment.
Avery Brundage

Sports and entertainment have always been windows of opportunity for African Americans, when other doors were closed.
Lynn Swann

Sports and politics don't mix.
Eric Heiden

Sports are a microcosm of society.
Billie Jean King

Sports are not for everyone.
Dante Hall

Sports are one of the main cultural activities on the face of the earth.
Jack Kent Cooke