We all know that girls who compete in sports perform better in school, are physically healthier and have a stronger self-esteem. Louise Slaughter
My dad told us up front, 'Guys, if you want to play sports, go ahead, but it's your decision.' Peyton Manning
I started my cooking 'career' aged 15, almost 20 years ago. At the time it was quite a shock suddenly working 75 to 80 hours a week, without time to play football or other sports. Rene Redzepi
I'm an English boy. I played a lot of sports growing up, but I never had any kind of workout regimen. Stephen Moyer
Competing in sports has taught me that if I'm not willing to give 120 percent, somebody else will. Ron Blomberg
Through the years I have received my share of recognition for efforts in the fields of sports, the arts, the struggle for full citizenship for the Negro people, labor's rights and the fight for peace. Paul Robeson
I'm a sports guy. Football, God, I flip out. David Boreanaz
I wanted to play sports my whole life. That's all I really wanted to do. David Boreanaz
Major sports are major parts of society. It's not anomalous to have people who love sports come from other parts of that society. A. Bartlett Giamatti
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
That's the biggest problem with boxing in the United States. They do not promote it like they used to, when it used to be Howard Cosell and they showed it on 'Wide World of Sports.' Everybody knew all the fighters. Everybody was looking forward to the year when the Olympics came on. Evander Holyfield
Sports is the only entertainment where, no matter how many times you go back, you never know the ending. Neil Simon
My dad was a sports writer when I was younger and then he became just a general columnist. But I grew up with him literally getting into brawls with football coaches. Amy Klobuchar
That's what Major League Baseball's steroid scandal was all about, the hidden harm in competitive sports that sends the wrong message to the young. Suzanne Fields
But I was very much into sports when I was a child. Eva Herzigova
I think life is sort of like a competition, whether it's in sports, or it's achieving in school, or it's achieving good relationships with people. And competition is a little bit of what it's all about. Sanford I. Weill
Social cohesion was built into language long before Facebook and LinkedIn and Twitter - we're tribal by nature. Tribes today aren't the same as tribes thousand of years ago: It isn't just religious tribes or ethnic tribes now: It's sports fans, it's communities, it's geography. Peter Guber
And I realized that there was no sports reporter, so I started covering sporting events. Ed Bradley
As a result of Title IX, and a new generation of parents who want their daughters to have the opportunities they never had, women's sports have arrived. Sheryl Swoopes