#sports

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

Everybody sort of questioned why we get married on New Year's Day, and of course, the avid sports fans wouldn't come, because they had to watch the Rose Bowl or whatever that is on that day. ↗

— Yeardley Smith

#because #bowl #come #course #day

Hitting is timing. Pitching is upsetting timing. ↗

— Warren Spahn

#hitting #pitching #timing #upsetting

Any time Detroit scores more than 100 points and holds the other team below 100 points they almost always win. ↗

— Doug Collins

#almost #always #any #below #detroit

I never got into sports at all until I was in my early 20s, after my music career got going. ↗

— Neal Schon

#career #early #early 20s #going #got

Many baseball fans look upon an umpire as a sort of necessary evil to the luxury of baseball, like the odor that follows an automobile. ↗

— Christy Mathewson

#automobile #baseball #evil #fans #follows

I feel sorry sometimes for these sportsmen and women who put in just as much effort as the footballers. For example, athletes train at least as hard as footballers but have to be happy if they can earn enough to finance a decent education. ↗

— Angela Merkel

#be happy #decent #earn #education #effort

I don't know anything that builds the will to win better than competitive sports. ↗

— Richard M. Nixon

#better #builds #competitive #i #know

I went to Ohio University studying arts and history, and playing football. But I was only interested in girls, my pals and sports. I only did the minimum for school. ↗

— Ed O'Neill

#did #football #history #i #interested

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