#sport

When you're a kid growing up, and you think you're gay, you know that you're different; you're often teased and it can really destroy your self-esteem. But sports can be great for building self-esteem. ↗

— Greg Louganis

#destroy #different #gay #great #growing

It is almost impossible to remember how tragic a place the world is when one is playing golf. ↗

— Robert Wilson Lynd

#almost #golf #how #impossible #place

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

In any small town, sports are really important to the high school, and I wasn't very good at sports. ↗

— Martina McBride

#good #high #high school #i #important

I think money in general hurts all sports. ↗

— Will McDonough

#hurts #i #i think #money #sports

One of my first jobs was at the Boston Globe. I worked in the sports department six months a year. When I was ready to graduate, the sports editor gave me a job as a schoolboy sports writer. ↗

— Will McDonough

#department #editor #first #gave #globe

The two major things that changed the makeup of all professional sports are money generated by television and courts that players went to in order to win their freedom as free agents. ↗

— Will McDonough

#changed #courts #free #free agents #freedom

We should reach out to people to try to go after the fans the way other sports do. Because we can't just depend on the fact that it is a great game. ↗

— John McEnroe

#because #depend #fact #fans #game