5,260 Quotes About Sports

Football is the poetry of a motion.

He speaks in that strange sports talk, telling me about the start of the new season and asks if I follow baseball. No. I really don’t. He assures me if I stay in town long enough I will become a baseball fan. It’s a requirement of living in St. Louis. Everyone is a Cardinal’s fan. “Loyal,” he tells me. St. Louis is a loyal town.

ESPN, is having the ability to foretell future outcomes in sports.

But Shane has never doubted that I’m going to make this dream come true. He has faith in me, this man. An unshakable, unwavering faith that I’ve never appreciated the way I should.

The accusation raises my hackles. “Why? Because I’m a player?” Indignation makesmy tone harsher than I intend for it to be. “Have you ever thought that maybe it’sbecause I haven’t met the right girl yet? But no, I couldn’t possibly want someone tocuddle with andwatch movies with, someone who wears my jersey and cheers for meat games, and cooks dinner with me the way you and Garrett—

football is like life - it requires perserverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority.

The thing about football - the important thing about football - is that it is not just about football.

An atheist is a man who watches a Notre Dame - Southern Methodist University game and doesn't care who wins.

Turns out I’m not so easily broken.