At ten I was playing against 18-year-old guys. At 15 I was playing professional ball with the Birmingham Black Barons, so I really came very quickly in all sports. Willie Mays
When I was in Birmingham I used to go to a place called Redwood Field. I used to get there for a two o'clock game. Where can you make this kind of money playing sports? It was just a pleasure to go out and enjoy myself and get paid for it. Willie Mays
We should confine booing in sports arenas to sport. I love a good boo as much as the next football fan. Alastair Campbell
I'm a big sports fan. College football is my favorite. Verne Troyer
All I want to know is that I can keep this house for the rest of my days and I want to make good music... and have the odd sports car in the garage, obviously! Jay Kay
I would venture to guess that if I was a construction worker... who requested a transfer to another department for the betterment of his family, I would be commended for it. But because it's sports, there's just so much passion added to it. Derek Fisher
But as a practical matter, Detroit's the sports city in the country. Rick Snyder
So if you want great sports, Michigan's the place to be. Rick Snyder
I remember when I was growing up, I always wore glasses and so if I was on-stage or just being able to move around playing sports, I was never really able to because I had glasses holding me back. Wearing contacts has just been very helpful. Joe Jonas
Money was never the motivation. It never should be in sports. Katarina Witt
Tennis is not like other sports where the coach is hired by an independent entity, and that makes a huge difference in the dynamic. Ivan Lendl
If architecture is, as is sometimes said, music set in concrete, then football and basketball may be said to be creativity embodied in team sports. Michael Mandelbaum
Read the news section of the newspaper and there is confusion and uncertainty, a world buffeted by large forces people neither understand nor control. But turn to the sports section and it's all different. Michael Mandelbaum
The cardinal sin in sports, what could really wreck it, is not cheating to win, which has gone on forever, but cheating to lose. That threatens a fundamental aspect of sports' appeal, which is their spontaneity. If games are fixed, they're no different from movies they're scripted. Michael Mandelbaum
My tastes in all things lean towards the arty and boring. I like sports documentaries about Scrabble players, bands that play quiet, unassuming music, and TV shows that win awards. In that way, I am an elitist snob. Michael Ian Black
When a sports movie really works, it gets you on all levels, because the stakes are high. It's black and white. It's win or lose. Carla Gugino
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. Bill James
I like to feel that I understand little things about sports. Bill James
As a child I was very involved with sports and I knew at age 9 that I wanted to be an Olympic champion. Marion Jones