#ports

In a depression, attendance to sporting events goes down, while the percentage of people fornicating goes up, because sex is free. I know, some of you are probably thinking, Free! Where do I find those hookers?! ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#economic-depression #fornicating #funny #hookers #humor

Denver is home to me, and to be recognized for my achievements in the sports community here is a great honor. ↗

— Carmelo Anthony

#community #denver #great #here #home

I'm a huge sports fan. ↗

— Marc Anthony

#huge #i #sports #sports fan

I think the people will- who advocate having a step back and read those public opinion polls on the front page of the newspapers all over this country saying public supports restoration in restoration of the Everglades, protection of the parks and the creation of monuments. ↗

— Bruce Babbitt

#back #country #creation #everglades #front

My motto was always to keep swinging. Whether I was in a slump or feeling badly or having trouble off the field, the only thing to do was keep swinging. ↗

— Hank Aaron

#always #badly #feeling #field #having

You can't win unless you learn how to lose. ↗

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#how #learn #lose #unless #win

Sports and entertainment are the only places where inner-city kids see themselves being able to succeed. Their intellectual development is something they don't relate to. ↗

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#being #development #entertainment #inner-city #intellectual

Well, the reports are correct that we're conducting very robust military operations on the Afghan side of the border in areas where we think al-Qaida is operating and Taliban remnants are. ↗

— John Abizaid

#areas #border #conducting #correct #military

I find interesting characters or lessons that resonate with people and sometimes I write about them in the sports pages, sometimes I write them in a column, sometimes in a novel, sometimes a play or sometimes in nonfiction. But at the core I always say to myself, 'Is there a story here? Is this something people want to read?' ↗

— Mitch Albom

#always #characters #column #core #find

It's just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up. ↗

— Muhammad Ali

#beat #birds #fly #grass #grows