5,260 Quotes About Sports

I wanted to take up a sport the real way and see if I actually had athletic ability. And then I happened to see it was during the Atlanta Olympics. And there was a lot of coverage of archery because the U.S. men's team won all the medals. And I thought, "Wow, that's beautiful. And it's so dramatic, a beautiful sport. And I wonder if I would be good at it?"

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

They just couldn't handle that defense. We're excited.

When I was a young fellow I was knocked down plenty. I wanted to stay down, but I couldn't. I had to collect the two dollars for winning or go hungry. I had to get up. I was one of those hungry fighters. You could have hit me on the chin with a sledgehammer for five dollars. When you haven't eaten for two days you'll understand.

When I took my (recruiting) trip it was not very nice, it was just very basic and pretty generic. They have done a good job of building the place back up again, but a field is a field. It does not matter to me what a field looks like.

I watch a lot of sports. One of the reasons I watch is to see how these guys handle pressure, how they respond to situations.

I grew up in New Jersey and my father was a golf pro, so I was groomed for sports, but I wasn't very good, so my interests lay elsewhere.

When baseball is no longer fun, it's no longer a game.

You always get a special kick on opening day, no matter how many you go through. You look forward to it like a birthday party when you're a kid. You think something wonderful is going to happen.