Nigel Rees Quotes

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.

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.

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

I'd just like to be good at sports. I'm extremely competitive with absolutely nothing to back it up.

I never was a great sports player. In fact, in fourth grade, I had the second to the worst softball throw.

There is lots of enthusiasm among youth of Haryana about sports. They have potential in sports.

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 played baseball. I kind of sucked at that. They used to call me 'The Buntmaster' because my coach never wanted me to swing.

I play cricket with passion. I just want to win games for the country.

I don't know if I'm ever going to quit playing football. I'm just kidding.

I tried to play rugby but was never very good.

I'm a runner from sports. I've been a runner, but I wasn't a cross-country runner or anything like that. I played a lot of soccer growing up.

You would not want me on your football team.

I grew up playing every sport.

I played football in eighth grade, and even though I had a passion for it, it turned out I'm no good at playing it.

I tried to play every sport. I wasn't great at most of them, but at least I tried!

I grew up in a small town in Illinois, and my dad was a basketball coach. Thanks to him, I have excellent fundamentals in both basketball and baseball.

I was not good at team sports, I have to say. I'm quite good at individual sports, but I was not good at team sports, so I wasn't good at baseball and football.

My sophomore year I spent exactly one day on the JV football team. It was the tryout day.

I had a great interest in sports. I had three older brothers who were great athletes. I was not.

I'm pretty athletic and I play basketball a lot.

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

I was very slender and small. All my friends were on the team, so I had to make it too. I was a very aggressive player. I wanted to be one of the best, but I just ended up as one of the good ones.

I want to do what I like and that's play football.

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