5,260 Quotes About Sports

If I weren't earning $3 million a year to dunk a basketball, most people on the street would run in the other direction if they saw me coming.

I don't believe professional athletes should be role models. I believe parents should be role models.... It's not like it was when I was growing up. My mom and my grandmother told me how it was going to be. If I didn't like it, they said, Don't let the door hit you in the ass on your way out. Parents have to take better control.

I'm so sick and tired of people in the media telling us that because of the war, sports aren't important. Fans need sports. We'd have only crime and war to watch on TV if not for sports.

Curling is not a sport. I called my grandmother and told her she could win a gold medal because they have dusting in the Olympics now.

Tension is the greatest curse in sport. I've never had any tension. You give the best you have - you win or lose. What's the difference if you give all you've got to give?

We started out good in the first half, going up by a lot. We came out in the second half a little sloppy. We got out of our game a little bit, and they were pressuring us.

If you look back at British history, women being allowed to play sport in schools meant they had to change their clothing. They couldn't be running around in their long skirts and corsets, because you can't.

I know sport can change the world, and that matters to me.

Sport develops your brain. It helps your learning. It's not an add-on at the end of the day.