For men and women are not only themselves; they are also the region in which they are born, the city apartment or farm in which they learnt to walk, the games they played as children, the old wives tales they overheard, the food they ate, the schools they attended, the sports they followed, the poets they read, and the God they believed in. It is all these things that have made them what they are, and these are the things that you can't come to know by hearsay... (W. Somerset Maugham, "The Razor's Edge") >> More W. Somerset Maugham Quotations...
Hitchhiking is not a sport. It is not an art. It certainly isn't work, for it requires no particular ability not does it produce anything of value. It's an adventure, I suppose, but a shallow ignoble adventure. (Tom Robbins, "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues") >> More Tom Robbins Quotations...
I believe my life has value, and I don't want to waste it thinking about clothing . . . I don't want to think about what I will wear in the morning. Truly, can you imagine anything more boring than fashion? Professional sports, perhaps. Grown men swatting little balls, while the rest of the world pays money to applaud. But, on the whole, I find fashion even more tedious than sports (Michael Crichton, "Jurassic Park") >> More Michael Crichton Quotations...
I stand in the center aisle of the auditorium, a wounded zebra in a National Geographic special, looking for someone, anyone to sit next to. A predator approaches: gray jock buzz cut, whistle around a neck thicker than his head. Probably a social studies teacher, hired to coach a blood sport. (Laurie Halse Anderson, "Speak") >> More Laurie Halse Anderson Quotations...
I hated sports. I hated sports, and I hated people who played them, and I hated people who watched them, and I hated people who didn't hate people who watched or played them. (John Green, "Looking for Alaska") >> More John Green Quotations...
Chuck Parson did not participate in organized sports, because to do so would distract from his larger goal of his life: to one day be convicted of murder (John Green, "Paper Towns") >> More John Green Quotations...
She was all the things I wasn't. And i was all the things she wasn't. she could paint circles around anyone; I couldn't even draw a straight line. She was never into sports; I've always been. Her hand, it fit mine. (Jodi Picoult, "The Pact") >> More Jodi Picoult Quotations...
Be a Student of the Game. Like most cliches of sport, this is profound. You can be shaped, or you can be broken. There is not much in between. Try to learn. Be coachable. Try to learn from everybody, especially those who fail. This is hard. Peers who fizzle or blow up or fall down, run away, disappear from the monthly rankings, drop off the circuit. (David Foster Wallace, "Infinite Jest") >> More David Foster Wallace Quotations...
You are going to love the sports here. Snow skiing and water-skiing and rock climbing and all kinds of extreme sports. I give you full permission to hurl yourself off stuff. (Cynthia Hand, "Unearthly") >> More Cynthia Hand Quotations...
My guess is that every state with a commission that has its act together will legalize the sport eventually. They're starting to understand this is just another combat sport. (Marc Ratner) >> More Marc Ratner Quotations...
There is going to be expectations and big-girl responsibilities that she can pass on right now because she's not officially representing a company she's not an ambassador for the sport as a professional. That becomes a different deal when it becomes a business. I think the pace is just a little too accelerated. (Dottie Pepper) >> More Dottie Pepper Quotations...
And we took the term 'impact player' from the sports field and moved it into the sports and military field. And it's to honor our wounded heroes and connect them with heroes from the sports world. (Dick Lynch) >> More Dick Lynch Quotations...