#sport

My dad told us up front, 'Guys, if you want to play sports, go ahead, but it's your decision.' ↗

— Peyton Manning

#dad #decision #front #go #guys

People have to make journeys, what we want is people to have alternatives in public transport so that they can make a choice about the sort of way in which they're going to travel. ↗

— Theresa May

#alternatives #choice #going #journeys #make

At ten I was playing against 18-year-old guys. At 15 I was playing professional ball with the Birmingham Black Barons, so I really came very quickly in all sports. ↗

— Willie Mays

#ball #birmingham #black #came #guys

I was very fortunate to play sports. All the anger in me went out. I had to do what I had to do. If you stay angry all the time, then you really don't have a good life. ↗

— Willie Mays

#angry #fortunate #good #good life #had

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

If somebody asks me whether I'd rather sink the winning putt in the Ryder Cup or win a major, it's the major every day. World championship or Ryder Cup? Win a world championship. At the end of the day you're going to be remembered for what you achieve in an individual sport. ↗

— Rory McIlroy

#asks #championship #cup #day #end

I hate all sports as rabidly as a person who likes sports hates common sense. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#common sense #hate #hates #i #likes