Sports Fascination Quotes

In 1984, as a college freshman, I spent a fall weekend at a friend's house in suburban Chicago. His father worked for Beatrice Foods, a sponsor of the Chicago Marathon, and we watched that race from the finish line as a Welshman named Steve Jones set a new world marathon record. I was bewitched by the race and, especially, the clock.

I had watched wrestling grow up. I found it amazing. I loved watching wrestling.

One day, I was flipping through the channels and I happened to flip the channel onto wrestling. I had never seen it before; I didn't know what it was. I was hooked instantly.

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

Baseball fans love numbers. They love to swirl them around their mouths like Bordeaux wine.

I seldom watch TV, but I often get caught up in cricket no matter what time they are on.

Wrestling, football, basketball, and baseball were the four things I was obsessed with as a kid.

Actors, movie stars, rock stars, I can meet them with no worries - but with footballers I go weak at the knees. All of them.

I never really did sports growing up. Maybe that's why they intrigue me. The technology that goes into that clothing is steps ahead, so it's always been something I look towards.