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The sports page records peoples accomplishments, the front page usually records nothing, but mans failures. – Barbara Walters

I believe God created sports for a good reason. Its recreation. Its something that we enjoy. It teaches us a lot as well… I believe God is a sports fan. – Luke Scott

When I was in Birmingham I used to go to a place called Redwood Field. I used to get there for a two oclock game. Where can you make this kind of money playing sports? It was just a pleasure to go out and enjoy myself and get paid for it. – Willie Mays

Im a big sports fan. College football is my favorite. – Verne Troyer

I would venture to guess that if I was a construction worker… who requested a transfer to another department for the betterment of his family, I would be commended for it. But because its sports, theres just so much passion added to it. – Derek Fisher

But as a practical matter, Detroits the sports city in the country. – Rick Snyder

So if you want great sports, Michigans the place to be. – Rick Snyder

Read the news section of the newspaper and there is confusion and uncertainty, a world buffeted by large forces people neither understand nor control. But turn to the sports section and its all different. – Michael Mandelbaum

When a sports movie really works, it gets you on all levels, because the stakes are high. Its black and white. Its win or lose. – Carla Gugino

I started my cooking career aged 15, almost 20 years ago. At the time it was quite a shock suddenly working 75 to 80 hours a week, without time to play football or other sports. – Rene Redzepi

Im an English boy. I played a lot of sports growing up, but I never had any kind of workout regimen. – Stephen Moyer

Competing in sports has taught me that if Im not willing to give 120 percent, somebody else will. – Ron Blomberg

Im a sports guy. Football, God, I flip out. – David Boreanaz

I wanted to play sports my whole life. Thats all I really wanted to do. – David Boreanaz

Major sports are major parts of society. Its not anomalous to have people who love sports come from other parts of that society. – A. Bartlett Giamatti

One of the most difficult things for people who have been successful in sports is adapting to the daily world where you cant get an answer from someone until 5 oclock tomorrow. There is always an excuse. Living 40 or 50 years like that doesnt get too exciting after a while. – Mark Spitz

Thats the biggest problem with boxing in the United States. They do not promote it like they used to, when it used to be Howard Cosell and they showed it on Wide World of Sports. Everybody knew all the fighters. Everybody was looking forward to the year when the Olympics came on. – Evander Holyfield

Thats what Major League Baseballs steroid scandal was all about, the hidden harm in competitive sports that sends the wrong message to the young. – Suzanne Fields

I think life is sort of like a competition, whether its in sports, or its achieving in school, or its achieving good relationships with people. And competition is a little bit of what its all about. – Sanford I. Weill

Social cohesion was built into language long before Facebook and LinkedIn and Twitter – were tribal by nature. Tribes today arent the same as tribes thousand of years ago: It isnt just religious tribes or ethnic tribes now: Its sports fans, its communities, its geography. – Peter Guber