Sports Expertise Quotes

I have an incredible amount of basketball knowledge, and I think a lot of that is derived from having a Hall of Fame college basketball coach who was very knowledgeable of the game and I had a great high school coach who was also very knowledgeable.

I don't believe there's a baseball job that I couldn't take care of.

Most sportswriters don't know their ass from a hole in the ground.

When I watch professional football, I love listening to John Madden because I know he knows what he's talking about. He's been both down in the trenches and in front of the bench as a coach. He knows the game.

I mean, defense to me is something that when you watch a game you don't really pay attention to defense unless you're very - unless you're a specialist.

If you know sports in Dade County, you know me.

Sachin Tendulkar is the hardest batsman I've ever had to bowl to because he judges the length a lot quicker than anyone else.

David Epstein, the author of the best book on athletics in recent memory - "The Sports Gene" - wrote to me to say that he thinks I'm being overly generous. He points out that, for years, there used to be an "all-star challenge" on television, in which the best professional athletes from a variety of sports competed in a kind of makeshift decathlon.

I've been playing football forever, and I've been making plays forever.

I like to think I know my boxing.

I've been in three offenses in the NFL. I think I'm pretty good now.

I consider myself a basketball aficionado and really understand and know the nuance. I'm a fan of the game. But more than an everyday fan. I love the nuance of the game.

A lot of sprinters aren't football players. I'm a football player. That's the difference between me and a sprinter. My knowledge of the game. I'm totally different than any other track guy.

I'm a sports idiot - watching it, playing it, making conversation about it - I got nothing.

I think people who know ball and know me know that I'm a good coach.

The people who know basketball, their elevators don't go to the top.

I never watched TV because I was always doing a game. I didn't have any experience to be home watching games. I didn't know how to do it. Brent Musburger and those guys could sit and watch every game and know the scores. And I was amazed and said, 'I'd like to have something like that someday.'

People who understand basketball definitely appreciate what I bring to the table.

I must say what I admire most is the person who masters an area of practical experience, and can teach me something. I mean, my local midwife has taught me how to keep bees. Well, she can't understand anything I write. And I find myself liking her, may I say, more than most poets. And among my friends I find people who know all about boats or know all about certain sports, or how to cut somebody open and remove an organ. I'm fascinated by this mastery of the practical.

They should have a rule: in order to be a sportswriter, you have to have played that sport, at some level; high school, college, junior college, somewhere. Or, you should have had to have been around the game for a long time.

I think Bob Costas is terrific. He's so knowledgeable. He can talk about any subject, not just sports.

I offer a proven track record in the big leagues that can hit left-handers or right-handers.

I think I have the skills. I'm a great judge of talent. I just know basketball.

I know a lot about football. I know a lot about this game.

I do appreciate a woman who has a passion for sports and knows their stuff.