#sport

I like people who are enthused about things they do, like travel, sports, work. I like being with people who have things they're excited about. ↗

— Parker Stevenson

#being #enthused #excited #i #like

As a result of Title IX, and a new generation of parents who want their daughters to have the opportunities they never had, women's sports have arrived. ↗

— Sheryl Swoopes

#daughters #generation #had #never #new

I would advise all youths aspiring to athletic fame or a professional career to practice clean living, fair play and good sportsmanship. ↗

— Major Taylor

#aspiring #athletic #career #clean #clean living

A supermodel needed to be able to be on 'Sports Illustrated,' to be able to walk runways, to be able to do beauty ads, to be on covers. And the girls now can no longer be on covers and be in the ads because your actresses have taken over all the jobs. I don't know what happened, but we want our jobs back. ↗

— Kim Alexis

#ads #back #beauty #because #covers

I think Bob Costas is terrific. He's so knowledgeable. He can talk about any subject, not just sports. ↗

— Jim McKay

#any #bob #i #i think #just

I know my strengths. Painfully aware of the weaknesses. There's many. I love sports. So working towards a common goal, that's exciting to me. ↗

— Kathy Ireland

#common #common goal #exciting #goal #i

One afternoon when I was 9, my dad told me I'd be skipping school the next day. Then we drove 12 hours from Melbourne to Sydney for the Centenary Test, a once-in-a-lifetime commemorative cricket match. It was great fun - especially for a kid who was a massive sports fan. ↗

— Hugh Jackman

#cricket #dad #day #drove #especially

Fans don't boo nobodies. ↗

— Reggie Jackson

#boo #fans

But sports carried me away from being in a gang, or being associated with drugs. Sports was my way out. ↗

— LeBron James

#away #being #carried #gang #me

I love sports. I love animals. I love kids. I want to save the world. So how do I combine all those things? I don't know. ↗

— Joan Jett

#how #i #i love #kids #know