Thomas Friedman Quotes

The Americans love Aussies, but they're actually quite afraid of us at the same time because they think we're insane. Then they see our sports - league, union, and AFL - and that makes them even more worried.

I'm a big sports fan in general.

I was always a sports nut but I've lost interest now in whether one bunch of mercenaries in north London is going to beat another bunch of mercenaries from west London.

If you're a sports fan you realize that when you meet somebody, like a girlfriend, they kind of have to root for your team. They don't have a choice.

I feel that schools and corporates should help the government in popularising sports in the country. Blaming the government for every sporting debacle will not be fair.

What's endlessly complicated in thinking about women's gymnastics is the way that vulnerability and power are threaded through the sport.

You know, I never really paid attention to sports, which, coming from the mecca of football in Texas, is kind of odd. I played sports, but I was nerdy. Having a single mother, the pressure was on me to get good grades and a scholarship and go to college.

Anyone could be in the orchestra, or sports team, or arts club at my school. It was precisely the kind of inclusivity that now meets with a sort of scorn and derision as a prizes-for-all culture that generates only mediocrity. There's something so insulting about the idea that including lots of people means mediocrity.

I never really paid attention to sports, which, coming from the mecca of football in Texas, is kind of odd. I played sports, but I was nerdy. Having a single mother, the pressure was on me to get good grades and a scholarship and go to college.

Over the years, I've enjoyed working for WFAN and MSG - two sports giants in the industry. There couldn't be a better fit due to the long-standing history both entities have had with NY sports.

'Course the world of sports takes itself way too serious. Sports writers are all high and mighty.

One of the reasons I'm an actor is because I was no physical specimen as a child. I wasn't athletic and didn't have any prowess in that regard. Growing up in Kentucky, most little boys were trying to get into sports, and it was very competitive, so that was not to be. But I did want to do something.

People forget that I'm a human being, just because I play a sport that everybody loves. We're human. We're not invincible. We share the same feelings and emotions that people on the outside feel. I don't think people really understand that.

In Tulsa, it was sports or nothing.

I'm getting more and more bored with professional sports, but I still watch.

I don't really pretend to know what's going on, but I've been immersed in the excitement of watching sports, particularly football. I like baseball, probably more than football.

I've always been around dudes and sports.

The sad thing is that I know no athletes' names. I am not a sports girl at all.

If you look at all the sports in China, the government is extremely involved and they are extremely proud of their athlete.

I'm such a huge sports video game fan. These games are getting so realistic, it's amazing.

Contrary to popular belief, there are actually quite a few guys in the action sports community that have faith and are Christians.

The great thing about America, what I've loved about it, is how sports-friendly it is. In America, sports are respected and loved.

The World Cup is not just a great global sporting event, it is also inscribed with much deeper cultural and political importance.

Football in Brazil is seen as a masculine sport, even with a lot of people accepting the female sport.

I don't necessarily love the sports per se, I love the stories behind them. Also in a kind of perverse way I like to study what it does to us, why we care so much. It's caring about something that's utterly meaningless.