#sports

If you look at things that really affect people's lives - sport, the arts, charities - they were always at the back of the queue for government money - health, social security, defence, pensions were all way ahead. And each of those areas - sports, the arts, the lottery - got relatively petty cash from the government. ↗

— John Major

#ahead #always #areas #arts #back

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

It certainly is dangerous that there are only a few clubs left in Europe that can afford to pay millions. At the end of the day however, the spectators decide the rates of pay - by watching the games and consuming the goods and services advertised on sports TV programmes. ↗

— Angela Merkel

#afford #certainly #clubs #consuming #dangerous

Sports isn't just a part of life. It's not life itself. ↗

— Stedman Graham

#just #life #part #sports

I think that from the time you start playing sports as a child you see that your responsibility to your team is to play the best that you can play as an individual... and yet, not take anything away from being part of a team. ↗

— Wayne Gretzky

#away #being #best #child #i

Sometimes in football you have to score goals. ↗

— Thierry Henry

#football #goals #score #sometimes #you

Louie and Seabiscuit were both Californians and both on the sports pages in the 1930s. I was fascinated. When I learned about his World War II experiences, I thought, 'If this guy is still alive, I want to meet him.' ↗

— Laura Hillenbrand

#alive #both #californians #experiences #fascinated

I'm glad you're doing this story on us and not on the WNBA. We're so much prettier than all the other women in sports. ↗

— Martina Hingis

#glad #i #much #other #prettier

People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring. ↗

— Rogers Hornsby

#ask #baseball #i #i do #me