Quotes on Sports

“The problem with winter sports is that -- follow me closely here -- they generally take place in winter.”

Dave Barry

“Have you noticed that whatever sport you're trying to learn, some earnest person is always telling you to keep your knees bent? ”

Dave Barry

“The smell of the sweat is not sweet, but the fruit of the sweat is very sweet.”

Amit Kalantri

“The team that keeps winning is not the most talented but the most hard-working.”

Zoltan Andrejkovics

“Fuck the usual. I don't want to be picture-perfect with you. I want to be a fucking mosaic, made up of broken pieces so damn colorful, you can't help finding them beautiful.”

Lauren Asher

Sports serve society by providing vivid examples of excellence.

George F Will

The trouble with being a sports fan is, it’s never over.

Mike Royko

It’s not just a game. It's a national pastime that’s been tainted by greed and ego.

Mike Royko

Nothing more quickly explains the popularity of sports than their unreality.

Mike Royko

We should have wars. Then there would be no need for sports.

Michelle Franklin

The least thing upset him on the links. He missed short putts because of the uproar of the butterflies in the adjoining meadows.

P.G. Wodehouse

The fascination of shooting as a sport depends almost wholly on whether you are at the right or wrong end of the gun.

P.G. Wodehouse

I think the real reason people play sports is to be told that they are not good enough.

Chuck Klosterman