Australian Rules football might best be described as a game devised for padded cells, played in the open air. – Jim Murray
The charm of baseball is that, dull as it may be on the field, it is endlessly fascinating as a rehash. – Jim Murray
Golf without mistakes is like watching haircuts. A dinner without wine. – Jim Murray
I do not like football, which I think of as a game in which two tractors approach each other from opposite directions and collide. Besides, I have contempt for a game in which players have to wear so much equipment. Men play basketball in their underwear, which seems just right to me. – Anna Quindlen, Living Out Loud, 1988