167 quotes found
“Sports nurtures dreams of achieving self confidence and masculine striving for the skinny kid watching a boxer dance around the ring with sublime ease.”
“Even in the most peaceful communities, an appetite for violence shows up in dreams, fantasies, sports, play, literature, movies and television. And, so long as we don't transform into angels, viole...”
“I wanted to make a film that wouldn't just appeal to Formula One fans. That's what the great sports documentaries do - 'Hoop Dreams,' 'When We Were Kings' - they're human dramas first, sport second...”
“Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, disregard of all rules and sadistic pleasure in witnessing violence. In other words, it is war mi...”
“Football is violence and cold weather and college rye.”
“Boxing is smoky halls and kidneys battered until they bleed.”
“I just mean ... damn ... this might sound a bit crazy, but sometimes you can't help wondering if we don't take all this a bit too seriously. If we aren't putting too much pressure on the juniors. T...”
“Winners have a tendency to be forgiven in this town.”
“Middle Tennessee? Really? My bracket is more busted than Screech's face during puberty.”
“There’s a reason why the Super Bowl is watched way more than the NBA Finals and World Series.”
“Being strong means that you are made of steel.”
“Politicians and sports coaches both need to be smart enough to master the game, but dumb enough to think it matters.”
“I want you all to line up in alphabetical order according to your size.”
“When I see joggers go by I shout "Jim Fixx is dead. Fats Domino lives!"”
“Counting both times I cheated this week I won at solitaire twice.”
“As a woman I resent the fact that in golf if I have the highest score I'm the loser.”
“My best score is 103 but I've only been playing for fifteen years.”
“It's not that I really cheat at golf. I play for my health and a low score makes me feel better.”
“I play in the low eighties. If it's any hotter than that I won't play.”
“Golf is a good preoccupation but as the meaning of life ... it lacks a few things.”
