#ports

One thing you learned as a Cubs fan: when you bought you ticket, you could bank on seeing the bottom of the ninth. ↗

— Joe Garagiola

#bank #bottom #bought #could #cubs

Part of my growing up was always trying to make my parents proud and always trying to keep them happy. I think part of what held them together was my involvement in sports. ↗

— Jeff Garcia

#growing #growing up #happy #held #i

A lot of athletes use sports psychologists. ↗

— Andy Murray

#lot #psychologists #sports #use

Unlike any other business in the United States, sports must preserve an illusion of perfect innocence. ↗

— Lewis H. Lapham

#business #illusion #innocence #must #other

A sportsman is a man who every now and then, simply has to get out and kill something. ↗

— Stephen Leacock

#get #kill #man #now #now and then

I play in the low 80s. If it's any hotter than that, I won't play. ↗

— Joe E. Lewis

#any #hotter #i #low #play

The two most important things in life are good friends and a strong bullpen. ↗

— Bob Lemon

#bullpen #friends #good #good friends #important

While sports are indisputably a positive source of strength and self-development for girls, they can accomplish this only if the environment in which female athletes throw their javelins, kick their soccer balls, and swim their fast and furious laps is an environment that respects girls and takes them seriously as athletes. ↗

— Leslie Heywood

#sports #women-s-rights #women-s-sports #respect

I sort of always had an inkling towards some kind of an art form. I grew up in a very small town, and I just figure-skated. My dad played hockey and I was surrounded by sports, but it wasn't quite doing it for me. I wasn't totally fulfilled, and I did a lot of skating. ↗

— Rachel McAdams

#art #art form #dad #did #doing

I enjoyed being involved in team sports and making close friendships. ↗

— Brian McBride

#close #enjoyed #friendships #i #involved