Barack Obama Quotes

I did some sports. It was a bit frustrating. I wasn't the greatest sports person.

Baseball has been good to me since I quit trying to play it.

I was absolutely a non-starter at games. My report for rugby said, 'Nigel's chief contribution is his presence on the field.' I used to pray for rain and sometimes it did rain - and we played anyway.

It wasn't my finest hour. It wasn't even my finest hour and a half.

Not only was I not the best catcher in the Major Leagues, I wasn't even the best catcher on my street!

There is a very special place in the Australian psyche for sport. It is one of the pillars of the Australian way of life. You don't really understand what makes the Australian nation tick unless you understand the great affection Australians have for sport.

I'm actually pretty good at tennis. Well, if I'm in the Special Olympics or something.

I got to ninth grade and there was wrestling, and I went, 'Wait a minute, this is fun.' Basically, it was a chance for a small kid like me to get a chance to wail on another small kid. I went, 'I love this.' The discipline of it was great. Plus, I really started to be good at it.

What is so fascinating about sitting around watching a bunch of pituitary cases stuff a ball through a hoop?

I played sports in high school and in college.

When you see grown men near to tears because they've missed hitting a little white ball into a hole from three feet, it makes you laugh.

The biggest thrill a ballplayer can have is when your son takes after you. That happened when my Bobby was in his championship Little League game. He really showed me something. Struck out three times. Made an error that lost the game. Parents were throwing things at our car and swearing at us as we drove off. Gosh, I was proud.

I come from a family of four brothers, so I like sports.

I hate all sports as rabidly as a person who likes sports hates common sense.

I play a lot of sports. I'm not real good at any of them. I'm above adequate.

I wasn't athletic. I played baseball, but I was terrible.

I tried real hard to play golf, and I was so bad at it they would have to check me for ticks at the end of the round because I'd spent about half the day in the woods.

It was so inspiring for me to watch tennis growing up. I thought I was really good playing, until my brother told me I wasn't!

As you know, the thing that I know the least about is the topic of sports.

I hate losing. It doesn't matter if it's racing or playing Ping-Pong - I hate it.

As an athlete, you'd better laugh at yourself when you slip in the mud.

I enjoyed playing the other sports. I just sucked at them.

Nobody who has even kicked a ball in the street likes losing.

Because sports are a religion, it's difficult to imagine a world without the Olympics, and to be sure, they have given us many glorious moments.

I kind of tried my hand at sports and school, and I wasn't very apt at either one of those things.