American Sports Quotes

Ronda Rousey is a woman of extraordinary accomplishment, and anything that Ronda Rousey does is going to come with extreme scrutiny because she is such a pivotal figure in not only American sports but in global sports as well.

Why the fairy tale of Willie Mays making a brilliant World Series catch, and then dashing off to play stickball in the street with his teenage pals. That's baseball. So is the husky voice of a doomed Lou Gehrig saying, 'I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of this earth.'

There are only two seasons - winter and Baseball.

Michael Jackson, the 49ers and the Lakers - that's what I know about the '80s.

If we want the best pitcher, let's get Bobby Feller. If want the best football player, let's get Jimmy Brown; the best basketball player, let's get Bill Russell. If we want the guy who can do the best job for the United States - let's get Donald Trump.

Baseball players are smarter than football players. How often do you see a baseball team penalized for too many men on the field?

If people don't know what a punter is in football, they're not going to know what a fourth down kicker is, either.

Once the US Open is over in the States, mainstream America doesn't really follow tennis, unless you are a true tennis fan.

Baseball is the greatest of all team sports.

Baseball is fathers and sons. Football is brothers beating each other up in the backyard.

The game is just, everybody talks about baseball, but I really think football probably has a little bit more American feeling than anything.

Ah wonder if anybody this side of the Atlantic has ever bought a baseball bat with playing baseball in mind.

NASCAR and the Daytona 500 are about as American as you can get.

Don't worry about it. It's just a bunch of guys with an odd-shaped ball.

You ask any person in the U.S. and they know who Mary Lou Retton is.

My dad is actually from Ghana in West Africa, and I was actually born in Ghana, too, and came to the United States when I was two years old. It's always football over there, soccer, but becoming a Massachusetts native, you can't help but get sucked into all the sports.

I think the best all-round baseball player ever was Joe DiMaggio.

The American professional schedule gives players a six-month off-season, so many of us have become pickup regulars while training without an organized team.

For me, I relish playing tournaments in America.

You can play football and be the next Jim Brown or play baseball and be the next Reggie Jackson.

John Stockton is one of the true marvels, not just of basketball, or in America, but in the history of Western Civilization!

Daniel Jacobs is a big name over in America, which is somewhere obviously I want to get my name bigger, so there are potential big fights out there for me.

Back in the States, women play flag football, but they have the same opportunities as the guys do.

I think the concept of seeking fame and fortune in women's football in the States is a bit idyllic.

Tim Tebow may be back in the NFL with the Philadelphia Eagles. As you remember, he was thrown out of the league when he landed his gyrocopter on the White House lawn.