Sugar Ray Leonard Quotes

I always wanted to create a site that was sports and pop culture. '30 for 30' had a big impact because I loved how that was about finding, empowering and working with these incredible directors, and I thought the same thing could work for writers.

I think sports are extremely beneficial for our youth. They parallel life in so many ways.

We should reach out to people to try to go after the fans the way other sports do. Because we can't just depend on the fact that it is a great game.

I started writing stories in sixth grade. But writing wasn't cool, like being good at sports, or being part of the in crowd, or winning fights on the playground.

I was a sports fan long before I had any interest in film-making.

I got to direct a human interest sports drama - to this day, one of my proudest achievements in my career and a source of undying pride.

Pitching is the art of instilling fear.

Having loved sport my whole life, competing in a Paralympics would be a dream come true.

Sports has always been a pass-through. You pay for something, and then you pass it through to television, you pass it through to advertisers, or you pass it through to season-ticket holders, luxury boxes and then the fans. Then it all adds up, and you take in more than you pass out.

I was showing early symptoms of becoming a professional baseball man. I was lying to the press.

I know when I have kids, when I'm older, I'm going to encourage them to play sports because I think it teaches you a lot. It teaches you discipline, teamwork, and that there's really no 'I' in team.

I wish I had played team sports. I think every kid should. Teamwork builds character - teaches people about leadership and cooperation.

I love sports, as all Bostonians seem to. I love books and movies, as all writers seem to.

It was no accident that I made 'Hoop Dreams' because it concerned a sport that I loved and hoped would be my dream, however far-fetched that turned out to be. Because of the success of that film, Hollywood pigeonholed me as a sports biopic guy, which led to 'Prefontaine' and two cable sports films.

The best kids are going to become the best. But the best thing about it is that you're going to learn lessons in playing those sports about winning and losing and teamwork and teammates and arguments and everything else that are going to affect you positively for the rest of your life.

You look at boxing being an international, world-famous sport, right up there next with soccer, and there's only two fighters the people want to see fight. Two little fellows, Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather.

Baseball is a public trust. Players turn over, owners turn over and certain commissioners turn over. But baseball goes on.

They read their sports pages, know their statistics and either root like hell or boo our butts off. I love it. Give me vocal fans, pro or con, over the tourist types who show up in Houston or Montreal and just sit there.

I liked Roy Jones, Sugar Ray Leonard, Ali... those were the guys I was looking at growing up.

Baseball is drama with an endless run and an ever-changing cast.

When I first started playing team sports, I was a little too sweet for my own good. I'd be in tears because I wasn't doing well. But the healthy competition really toughened me up.

News writing and sports writing have become synonymous. And it started with, you know, free agency, and now it's in the concussion debate.

My father was a boxer, though. So, I have a particular interest in Ray Mancini, I think.

Team sports are very important for shaping personalities. It's important that kids understand the mentality behind playing team sports and playing for one another and playing with friends.

For each individual, sport is a possible source for inner improvement.