#sports

They should have a rule: in order to be a sportswriter, you have to have played that sport, at some level; high school, college, junior college, somewhere. Or, you should have had to have been around the game for a long time. ↗

— Oscar Robertson

#been #college #game #had #high

I guess there is nothing that will get your mind off everything like golf. I have never been depressed enough to take up the game, but they say you get so sore at yourself you forget to hate your enemies. ↗

— Will Rogers

#been #depressed #enough #everything #forget

Sports betting is all about money management, so the most money won on one event is not the most important thing. ↗

— Bruce Dern

#betting #event #important #important thing #management

The difference in golf and government is that in golf you can't improve your lie. ↗

— George Deukmejian

#difference #golf #government #improve #lie

He's going to be around a long, long time, if his body holds up. That's always a concern with a lot of players because of how much they play. A lot of guys can't handle it. But it looks like he can. ↗

— Jack Nicklaus

#always #around #because #body #concern

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

If you meet the Buddha in the lane, feed him the ball. ↗

— Phil Jackson

#ball #buddha #feed #him #lane

I'm a mad lover of sport. You cannot say a bad word to me about sports. So I know business is involved and I know it can be cynical, and, of course, I watch it, but for me it's pure. ↗

— Hugh Jackman

#bad #business #cannot #course #cynical

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

As athletes, we're used to reacting quickly. Here, it's 'come, stop, come, stop.' There's a lot of downtime. That's the toughest part of the day. ↗

— Michael Jordan

#athletes #come #day #downtime #here