#sports

The more violent the body contact of the sports you watch, the lower the class. ↗

— Paul Fussell

#class #contact #lower #more #sports

Breaking records is not something you expect to be doing. That's like a sports thing, it's not usually a comedy and writing thing. ↗

— Louis C. K.

#comedy #doing #expect #like #records

In Russia we had to have special visas in our passports, and when we had to show our passports at the Kremlin gates, we realized that, Oh my God, we're actually playing in THE Kremlin! ↗

— Alan Parsons

#gates #god #had #kremlin #oh

Thus so wretched is man that he would weary even without any cause for weariness... and so frivolous is he that, though full of a thousand reasons for weariness, the least thing, such as playing billiards or hitting a ball, is sufficient enough to amuse him. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

#amuse #any #ball #billiards #cause

Tactics, fitness, stroke ability, adaptability, experience, and sportsmanship are all necessary for winning. ↗

— Fred Perry

#ability #adaptability #experience #necessary #sportsmanship

Now, I know you expected me to say that, well, I just kick back in the rocking chair, fished a little bit, listened to Willie Nelson tapes and watched old baseball games on the Classic Sports network. And, tell you the truth, I have done that for maybe about five total minutes. ↗

— Dan Rather

#back #ball games #baseball #bit #chair

The Women's Sports Foundation holds a unique position in developing opportunities for girls and women of all abilities to be active whether recreationally or competitively, and I'm excited to help lead the organization to impact even more lives. It is an honor to continue to build the legacy created by Billie Jean King and all of our leaders. ↗

— Angela Ruggiero

#billie #build #competitively #continue #created

Olympism is the marriage of sport and culture. ↗

— Juan Antonio Samaranch

#culture #marriage #olympism

I don't care what they say about me when I'm through with sports. I don't want to be known as anything else in life but a great father. ↗

— Deion Sanders

#anything #care #else #father #great

I wanted to perform well for my mom and dad, because in high school, I didn't have a job. My brothers, they worked at Pizza Hut or places like that, but sports, that was my way of giving back. ↗

— Junior Seau

#because #brothers #dad #giving #giving back