I always turn to the sports pages first, which records people's accomplishments. The front page has nothing but man's failures. 6 sayings from Earl Warren
Sports is the toy department of human life. 3 thoughts from Howard Cosell
Sports is human life in microcosm. 3 quotes from Howard Cosell
I'd just as soon play tennis with the net down. 50 quotes from Robert Frost
One man practicing sportsmanship is far better than a hundred teaching it. 5 views from Knute Rockne
It is almost impossible to remember how tragic a place the world is when one is playing golf. 2 other quotes from Robert Wilson Lynd
I don't want to play golf. When I hit a ball, I want someone else to go chase it. 2 wisdom & wit from Rogers Hornsby
Golf is a day spent in a round of strenuous idleness. 21 quotes from William Wordsworth
Major sports are major parts of society. It's not anomalous to have people who love sports come from other parts of that society. 2 sayings from A. Bartlett Giamatti
People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring. 2 views from Rogers Hornsby
A rabid sports fan is one that boos a TV set. 2 thoughts from Jimmy Cannon
I see great things in baseball. It's our game - the American game. 30 quotes from Walt Whitman
I regard golf as an expensive way of playing marbles. 52 quotes from Gilbert K. Chesterton
We should confine booing in sports arenas to sport. I love a good boo as much as the next football fan. 5 quotes from Alastair Campbell
Winning is habit. Unfortunately, so is losing. 16 other quotes from Vince Lombardi
If you drink don't drive. Don't even putt. 3 views from Dean Martin
If winning isn't everything, why do they keep score? 16 quotes from Vince Lombardi
Show me a good loser, and I'll show you a loser. 16 quotes from Vince Lombardi
There is a syndrome in sports called 'paralysis by analysis.' 10 quotes from Arthur Ashe
The problem with winter sports is that - follow me closely here - they generally take place in winter. 27 quotes from Dave Barry
The game of golf would lose a great deal if croquet mallets and billiard cues were allowed on the putting green. 35 other views from Ernest Hemingway
Skiing combines outdoor fun with knocking down trees with your face. 27 more quotes from Dave Barry
Baseball has the great advantage over cricket of being sooner ended. 115 more quotes from George Bernard Shaw
Don't look back. Something might be gaining on you. 9 more views from Satchel Paige
Most ball games are lost, not won. 12 more quotes from Casey Stengel
Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after. 117 wisdom & wit from Henry David Thoreau
The plays and sports of children are as salutary to them as labor and work are to grown persons. 22 quotes from Samuel Richardson
The only thing a golfer needs is more daylight. 4 thoughts from Ben Hogan
Relax? How can anybody relax and play golf? You have to grip the club, don't you? 4 views from Ben Hogan
Fishing is much more than fish. It is the great occasion when we may return to the fine simplicity of our forefathers. 20 thoughts from Herbert Hoover
I hate all sports as rabidly as a person who likes sports hates common sense. 60 views from H. L. Mencken
A lifetime of training for just ten seconds. 2 more wisdom & wit from Jesse Owens
When Michael Jordan quit, I suddenly found myself without a sports hero. 2 other sayings from Mike Royko
Football is an incredible game. Sometimes it's so incredible, it's unbelievable. 3 quotes from Tom Landry
Golf is played by twenty million mature American men whose wives think they are out having fun. 3 views from Jim Bishop
It's good sportsmanship to not pick up lost golf balls while they are still rolling. 98 more sayings from Mark Twain
I have never seen a wrestling match or a prize fight, and I don't want to. When I find out a man is interested in these sports, I drop him. 14 other quotes from Hedy Lamarr
Golf is a good walk spoiled. 98 thoughts from Mark Twain
Ethnic prejudice has no place in sports, and baseball must recognize that truth if it is to maintain stature as a national game. 2 views from Branch Rickey
Every great batter works on the theory that the pitcher is more afraid of him than he is of the pitcher. 3 quotes from Ty Cobb
Golf is a game in which one endeavors to control a ball with implements ill adapted for the purpose. 19 thoughts from Woodrow Wilson
All sports for all people. 3 other quotes from Pierre de Coubertin
Adversity causes some men to break others to break records. 14 views from William Arthur Ward
I play in the low 80s. If it's any hotter than that, I won't play. 5 other sayings from Joe E. Lewis
All sports must be treated on the basis of equality. 3 more thoughts from Pierre de Coubertin
Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they've got a second. 40 more wisdom & wit from William James
Give me golf clubs, fresh air and a beautiful partner, and you can keep the clubs and the fresh air. 4 more quotes from Jack Benny
I'm a Hollywood writer, so I put on my sports jacket and take off my brain. 3 other sayings from Ben Hecht
If a man watches three football games in a row, he should be declared legally dead. 33 thoughts from Erma Bombeck
For truly it is to be noted, that children's plays are not sports, and should be deemed as their most serious actions. 32 views from Michel de Montaigne