Sports Quotes

The truth is that for those 86 long years when the Red Sox went without a World Series win, fans were not only in a recession, but trapped in a longstanding, deeply entrenched sports depression.

Julianna Baggott

I grew up playing field hockey and lacrosse - prep school sport - and I was terrible at them.

Julie Bowen

When a man wants to relax, he will slob out and really relax. Or he will pursue a hobby - anything from building models to watching sport.

Julie Burchill

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

Jack Kent Cooke

I've always played sport. I played rugby, I was involved in athletics, I played cricket... I'm an outdoors kind of guy.

Jai Courtney

I think all of us who kind of live within the sport recognize that Davis Cup certainly could be a little more visible if perhaps there were some adjustments made to it, and it was made a little bit more easy to understand for the fans, if there's a l...

Jim Courier

A rabid sports fan is one that boos a TV set.

Jimmy Cannon

The disabled people that do sport, they don't think about what they don't have but try to get better with what they do have. That is the same for me.

Johan Cruyff

I was always a sports nut but I've lost interest now in whether one bunch of mercenaries in north London is going to beat another bunch of mercenaries from west London.

John Cleese

I grew up in Baltimore. And yes, I am a big sports fan, especially when it comes to my local teams.

Josh Charles

When I was younger, I thought maybe one day I'd be involved in sport in terms of career.

Jamie Dornan

I watch a lot of sports. One of the reasons I watch is to see how these guys handle pressure, how they respond to situations.

Jason Dufner

Karate's a very boring sport, but when you know the technique you can go further and further.

Jean-Claude Van Damme

You need at least six or seven years to understand the philosophy and concentration of karate to know to clean your spirit of everything and dedicate your mind and body to the sport.

Jean-Claude Van Damme

I don't follow sports that much now, but I was a Phoenix Suns fanatic in the early '90s.

Jesse Eisenberg

People who aren't perhaps that into sport are going to be following me and wanting to be part of the Olympics. That definitely does bring added pressure but as an athlete the Olympics are the ultimate competition.

Jessica Ennis

Pittsburgh felt like the perfect size of a city to me. There's enough to do, but it's not like living in a circus. I also really loved how sports-enthusiastic Pittsburgh people are: how proud of their sports they are.

Joel Edgerton

I was a subscriber to 'Sports Illustrated' like so many of us, and I was overwhelmed by a toxic mix of naivete and arrogance, and just thought to myself, 'I think I can write like this.'

Josh Elliott

If a day goes by that I'm not on television, I don't look at it as a lesser day, nor do I look at changing from a news world to a sports world as any sort of step other than a step in a new direction.

Josh Elliott

Although it is disappointing that softball was not reinstated into the Olympics, we are going to continue to keep growing the sport.

Jennie Finch

It is incredible how far women have come and women in sports have come.

Jennie Finch