I don't mind the sparkle - I think it's kind of a tradition in skating. I don't think the men really need sparkles, but for the women it's part of the glamour of our sport.
Men are the sport of circumstances when it seems circumstances are the sport of men.
The difference in golf and government is that in golf you can't improve your lie.
A good game will always snatch my attention. No matter the sport, the spirit of competition and audience is nostalgic and relaxing to me.
Growing up, sports was my outlet, my way to portray a personality. I was very shy around people but, through sports, something I was good at, I was able to make friends.
My biggest pet peeve are just girls who go to sports bars who have no intention on caring what teams are playing, like they're looking for just a night out. That drives me more crazy than anything else. Like, don't pretend to be a sports fan.
Lloyd Dobler: Kickboxing. Sport of the future.
When money comes into play then that's all it's about wanting money, who's making the most who can get the most, me, me me... and in the end it screws up the person and the sport.
Sports betting is all about money management, so the most money won on one event is not the most important thing.
I think that money has changed my sport.
I went to Dartmouth College, graduated, and had the opportunity to play two professional sports - I played for the New England Patriots in the NFL and professional lacrosse for the Boston Blazers. I had an injury, so I had to stop so I could heal. Bu...
Fantasy sports went a long way toward developing the sabermetrics formulas used not only by oddsmakers but general managers in hiring players. So the amateur fantasists ended up creating some of the algorithms that Oakland GM Billy Bean's statisticia...
Any sport where people earn a lot of money you are going to get groupies.
If people really want to clean the sport of cycling up, all you have to do is put your money where your mouth is.
Boxing is the only sport you can get your brain shook, your money took and your name in the undertaker book.
I played professional level sports. When you're playing for money, it's a whole other level.
For guys playing sports at a high level, for money, I can't put my finger on it, but in a man's world of sport, there is something visceral to beating another man.
Money was never the motivation. It never should be in sports.
There was no money in the sport but we'd be out there day in, day out, rain or shine, doing it.
Sports is all about money.
A political race today, even a primary, is $150 million. The whole political system has become obscene in terms of the absurd amount of money that is required to compete. Just put it on ESPN and call it a sporting event.
