Bill James Quotes

I love to talk about sports. I love sports; it's just something that's in my nature.

I get very into my sports.

I love the sport and being competitive.

I was a big kid and a big athlete, but let's be honest: I don't know diddly about football.

I think I would love to play a sportsperson myself. That is something I really want to do, since it fascinates me.

I feel like I am ready to understand every aspect of the game.

I love sports, and I love the camaraderie of it.

When I was growing up, I played football, I loved football.

I didn't go into football to earn money. It was because I liked playing football.

I've been engulfed in sports since I was a 2-year-old; I picked up any kind of ball - a basketball, baseball, football - I just loved to play something. I loved the energy of being in arenas and watching the game on TV.

I like contact sports like football. I like collisions, and I was good at it.

I just love sports: basketball, baseball, football. As a kid I did it all. But in my heart, I'm a football player. There's nothing like it. It's what I live for. Ever since I could walk, I've been drawn to it.

Because I just like sports, I like athletics and I like competition.

A room full of great sportsmen is so much better than a room full of actors.

Honestly, the only thing I loved when I was a kid was basketball. I was an athlete when I was a kid, and that was it.

I would never tell anybody to give up hockey - the great sports we have here - basketball, lacrosse - rugby coming into its own - we've got so many great team sports, and I say hold on to them.

The thing that all sports have in common is that they have no fantasy elements, which is a little weird.

I was a sports nut. I stayed after school probably three hours every day - from fall, to winter, to spring. I went from football to basketball to track, and it started all over again. I loved all of it. I just loved being an athlete and all that it entailed. It really accounts for who I am today and even how I think today.

You would not want me on your football team.

The first good player I watched as a kid was Joe DiMaggio, and that was like ballet. Since then, I played sandlot and college ball and came to understand how difficult it can be.

During my freshman year at Cornell, I joined my dorm's intramural football team. At the first practice, upper classmen pointed out I was tall, so I should try playing QB. Well half an hour later, it was abundantly clear that I should not be the QB.

Basketball is my favorite sport, and I'm also a very passionate football fan.

For reasons that baffle me still, my high school sports coaches put me in the first division of the rugby, cricket, and soccer teams.

You see so many different personalities and mind-sets in the world of sports, just like you do with actors.

I wanted to play sports my whole life. That's all I really wanted to do.