Katharine Whitehorn Quotes

Is [football] for everybody? Of course not. But it is a meaningful contribution beyond, I think, other alternatives.

Sport begets tumultuous strife and wrath, and wrath begets fierce quarrels and war to the death.

I'm a big believer in the whole world of sports.

My dad actually taught me to box when I was, like, nine years old, because I got picked on at school all of the time. I was on a boys' hockey team, so I would get all of my aggression out there.

I come from a family that has always emphasized and enjoyed sports - golf, tennis, football, baseball and the rest.

Sport is an essential element of education.

I've gotten to watch a lot of football games. Growing up, watching sports, watching people compete, whether it's my brothers or teammates. I grew up observing and taking it all in. It's kind of my attitude.

Sport is an important part of the Australian psyche. Anybody who thinks that sport is not part of the fabric of Australian life misunderstands this country quite dramatically.

Many more people in the world are concerned about sports than human rights.

When it comes to sports I am not particularly interested. Generally speaking, I look upon them as dangerous and tiring activities performed by people with whom I share nothing except the right to trial by jury.

Sports are a microcosm of society. It just shows how much more competition there is in the world.

Sports can do so much. They've given me a framework: meeting new people, confidence, self-esteem, discipline, motivation. All these things I learned, whether I knew I was learning them or not, through sports.

Sports can do so much. It's given me confidence, self-esteem, discipline, and motivation.

I grew up on basketball, volleyball, that sort of thing. For me, track and field was a whole 'nother beast.

The thing about football - the important thing about football - is that it is not just about football.

Sports is entertainment.

As a father, I believe that involving children in sports at a young age is generally, a wise proposition. I believe that healthy competition is... well... healthy; that sporting events foster a spirit of teamwork that far surpasses the events themselves; and that active participation keeps children moving and is good for their self-esteem.

It really came down to deciding between baseball and soccer. Soccer won out because I enjoyed it more.

I went to a fight the other night, and a hockey game broke out.

I've always been really active. I grew up playing sports, so I'm always shooting hoops or throwing the football with my friends. I'm super-active in that sense.

I enjoy sports in person.

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

I played football. I wrestled. Those were team sports and I played for the school. When I was younger, I played kick the can and stuff like that. I loved that.

Although I have lived in Manhattan since 1992, for the better part of two decades I have remained in blissful oblivion of all matters sportif.

I'm a big sports fan in general.