What sets baseball apart from other sports is the array of skills that every player needs: the speed, the power, the agility.
— Mark Kurlansky
To know that you will be in the International Sports Hall of Fame and that people for hundreds of years will know who you are and what you did, it means everything.
— Mark Henry
When I started really playing music, I pretty much quit sports. I quit everything.
— Mark Foster
When I first started playing team sports, I was a little too sweet for my own good. I'd be in tears because I wasn't doing well. But the healthy competition really toughened me up.
— Marisa Miller
The ultimate would be to compete in a couple more Olympics, hopefully break some world records and wind up my sports career with a couple of years in the WNBA.
— Marion Jones
I love all motor sports at the top level.
— Mario Andretti
Canadians see the Americans as cousins. We love the same sports: Canadians are crazy about baseball and basketball, and our beloved game of hockey is played all over the U.S.
— Margaret MacMillan
I'm really interested in sports medicine.
— Marcus Mariota
I'm a huge sports fan.
— Marc Anthony
The paradox of endurance sports is that an athlete can never work as hard as he wants, because if he pushes himself too far, his hematocrit will fall.
— Malcolm Gladwell
Most Indians go into education. Their parents just push them into education like parents in Australia push them into sports.
— Mahesh Bhupathi
My work ethic is from sports.
— Magic Johnson
Everyone thought I was going to die like a year later, they didn't know. So I helped educate sports, and then the world, that a man living with HIV can play basketball. He's not going to give it to anybody by playing basketball.
I haven't watched that much TV, to be honest. To be honest, I don't watch that many films anymore - partly because I don't have time; secondly, because I watch a lot of sports, and I love watching sports.
— Mads Mikkelsen
Don't use your advance to buy an antique sports car, diamonds by the yard, or a bottle of wine from Thomas Jefferson's cellar instead of investing in your book.
— M. J. Rose
Sports and entertainment have always been windows of opportunity for African Americans, when other doors were closed.
— Lynn Swann
I played rugby in the winter, cricket in the summer, and for a brief period was on the books at Cardiff City. Athletics was only sports day for me. In fact, I never really liked it. I was never too keen on a sport that didn't have a ball at your feet.
— Lynn Davies
All the major sports have video reviews, and for some reason, the Premier League, which is watched all around the world, is still in the dark ages.
— Mark Hughes
Buying involves decision-making. It's a performance activity, like sports or acting.
— Mark Goulston
Owning a popular sports team is very different than any other type of business. They don't throw parades when Apple has the biggest quarter in corporate history. People don't call and email asking for anyone from the team to come visit their sick child. They don't cry as they request a jersey of their child's favorite player to be buried with them.
— Mark Cuban
I'm very down-to-earth and approachable, and I can be one of the guys and watch sports... I like to cook - I'm like the girl next door.
As a child I was very involved with sports and I knew at age 9 that I wanted to be an Olympic champion.
I have never cared especially for outdoor sports and have no desire to excel at tennis, swimming, or golf. I'll leave those things to the men.
— Marilyn Monroe
Before Huey was 5, I could take him to work with me. Now, though, he has sports and lessons and friends, and it's not fair to remove him from his whole life.
— Marg Helgenberger
Team sports, there's always some kind of sacrifice happening... A team, if we lose, if Michael Jordan has a bad night, you hang it on him a little bit... but if you lose as a tennis player, you have no one to blame but yourself, and that's a different beast.
— Marc Blucas
I come from an area where it's mostly, like, football and basketball, those are the sports. So my brother started surfing... I used to make fun of him for it, and then he challenged me to do it, and I'm a huge competitor, and I did it ,and I got hooked.
— Manny Montana
When you write about sports, you're allowed to engage in mischief. Nothing is at stake.
I was a sports kid.
— Mahershala Ali
When you think about the NASCAR brand, it resonates everywhere. They have the No. 1 sports brand.
I was into sports and swimming as a kid and didn't spend a whole lot of time sitting down. I was a gymnast.
Predominantly I'm an Adidas guy who walks around in sports gear all the time because there's always a ball right next to me somewhere. I do a lot of sports, but I do enjoy wearing a lot of suits.
Most remember the groundbreaking first in sports; few remember the third or fourth to follow in those tracks. That's not downplaying anyone's achievements but rather recognizing that there comes a time when simply being there is no longer good enough for the record books.
— LZ Granderson
Sports is all about money.
— Lynn Samuels
Daily fantasy sports operators claim that they operate legally under Alabama law. However, paid daily fantasy sports contests are, in fact, illegal gambling under Alabama law.
— Luther Strange
The last few years I became a lot more into sports. Growing up, the sports I liked were independent sports, like skateboarding. I was really into skateboarding, and not necessarily team televised sports.
— Mark Hoppus
Wooden was the coach for the UCLA Bruins, arguably the greatest sports coach we ever had.
— Mark Frost
I think my appeal is that I've always tried to stay very grounded to my fans and to be accessible - not being this unattainable thing. I think doing sports and riding motorcycles has made me more approachable and more real and down to earth.
Baseball was the darling of all sports back then.
— Marion Motley
There's three things men always talk about - women, sports, and cars.
— Mario Lopez
I get very into my sports.
— Margot Robbie
For many sports fans, the onset of fall only means one thing: It's football season!
— Marcus Samuelsson
You see so many different personalities and mind-sets in the world of sports, just like you do with actors.
Sports is something that transcends generations, transcends backgrounds, cultures, races. And so the power of sports is real.
— Malcolm Jenkins
It's amazing how sports is a way to control the masses. But it also unites people.
— Malcolm Brogdon
When I was a little kid growing up in Iceland, I always dreamed about creating something that could have an impact on the whole world, and even as a young boy I was passionate about fitness and sports.
— Magnus Scheving
I have a fond place in my heart for Seattle, so I hope that an NBA team comes back to this great city, this great sports city.
I go to the pub, hang out with my family - that's pretty much it. I also do a lot of sports when I get the chance. I'm actually a pretty mellow guy.
My brothers and I love playing outside and climbing trees. We really love sports, too - I think football's probably my favorite.
— Madeline Carroll
Professional sports is a business.
I don't want to have to say, Honey, you know, could you turn off the sports channel because I'm not a big sports fan, and I don't love the television being on just for the sake of turning on. I'd like turning on for some thing specific.
— Lynn Redgrave
