Sports Simplicity Quotes

I've always just wanted to play ball, that's all. I didn't want to do no interviews, because I didn't want to be bothered with reporters.

It's poetry to watch the game when the game is left alone, when there's not a bunch of flags on the ground.

Football is blocking and tackling. Everything else is mythology.

I don't really like politics that much. And I like the order and simplicity of sports. They have an ending. You can argue with your friends about it, but in the end you still like sports. I almost love the fantasy world of sports more than the real world.

That's the good thing about sports - it's very clear-cut. You either win, or you don't.

I know when you're in the business of cover sports, you look for 60-minute games and a result. It's never that simple.

I had seen the ethos of rugby, and I was very much an admirer. For us, it's a beautiful sport, what I guess what Pele called soccer in Brazil. It's so simple; it's easy to understand. You can play five on five or 15 on 15.

Football is a simple game. It is not difficult to play football: just pass the ball around.

I think that baseball is still the most entertaining game because it's the simplest to watch.

My week at school would be good or bad depending on whether Balmain won. I have such fond memories of those suburban grounds, and everything was so undiluted. The players weren't censored, and for me it was a wonderful period of my life when everything was simple and pure. For me, that resonated with rugby league.