This occasional sports columnist, who has been to his share of Super Bowls, had been glad to be home on Super Bowl Sunday, but the scary commercials made me want to be in the melee of the arena, where you are not aware of commercials.
— George Vecsey
There may not be much future for the kind of sports column I did.
Sports is a bunch of people gathering around, watching something that they're not actually connected to - they're just emotionally connected.
— George Stroumboulopoulos
When I was a kid in the '60s, I went shopping in downtown Silver Spring. Hecht's, JCPenney, the little retailers - they sponsored all my sports teams.
— George Pelecanos
No one pretends anymore that the Olympics are just about sports. It's routine to talk about what effect holding the Games in this or that capital will have on the host country's international reputation, how a nation's prestige can be raised by its medal count.
— George Packer
Competition is the spice of sports; but if you make spice the whole meal you'll be sick.
— George Leonard
I'd have to say losing the title to Ali in '74 was the lowest moment in sports for me. It was the most devastating thing in my boxing career, and it still hurts to this day.
— George Foreman
The difference in golf and government is that in golf you can't improve your lie.
— George Deukmejian
Video games offer violent messages, and even the sports video games include taunting and teasing.
— Geoffrey Canada
The older kids, if they wanted something from you, whether it was cash or sports equipment, they would just take it. My older brothers used to say, 'If someone tries to take something from you, never give it to them.' So we fought all the time.
— Gennady Golovkin
I am very happy that Indian women are making their mark in sports be is Sakshi Malik or even PV Sindhu who also won a medal for the country. We talk about women empowerment and there cannot be any bigger example than this.
— Geeta Phogat
Don't just set a goal for your child but ensure that they play outdoor sports for overall development.
The media attention does not bother me. I am very happy that the media is at least interested in sports other than cricket.
For most Democrats, politics is sports to them because they have no stakes because they don't pay tax.
— Gavin McInnes
I've trained since I started walking, I've played sports, I've competed. I've learned how to win, even if I haven't done it as much as I'd like.
— Gary Woodland
Broadcasts from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange have propelled once-obscure financial journalists such as Maria Bartiromo to celebrity status and made CNBC to investors what ESPN is to sports fans.
— Gary Weiss
He hits the ball a long way and he knows how to win.
— Gary McCord
When I was a kid, my father brought home the autobiography of Sid Luckman, the great Chicago Bears quarterback - probably an extra copy from the sports department where he worked. It was the first sports biography I ever read.
I would never tell anybody to give up hockey - the great sports we have here - basketball, lacrosse - rugby coming into its own - we've got so many great team sports, and I say hold on to them.
A lot of people don't realize that I started my career in sports and was a sports reporter long before I was on television. I used to be an NBA reporter and an NHL reporter.
If the presidential nominating process were an international sports competition, one would assume that top officials of both parties were taking envelopes of cash from town chairs in Durham and precinct captains in Waterloo.
Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, disregard of all rules and sadistic pleasure in witnessing violence. In other words, it is war minus the shooting.
— George Orwell
I had a great interest in sports. I had three older brothers who were great athletes. I was not.
— George J. Mitchell
Sports are sports. Its all about how we carry ourselves out of the ring.
If a tie is like kissing your sister, losing is like kissing you grandmother with her teeth out.
— George Brett
In sports, every day you can be the hero or the goat.
— Geoff Stults
Every guy should have a fantasy sports team.
— Genesis Rodriguez
Wrestling is different from other sports. It is not just about physical strength. It is more of a mind game as during matches we have to read the mind of opponents and outwit them.
Politicians should talk about sportspersons and sports, and it should surely be in the agenda when they go out asking for votes.
Film as a medium has a power that sports like wrestling lack.
Life of people of this country is far more important than any sports or any other thing.
— Gautam Gambhir
It took me a lot to learn to control adrenaline; and other sports you use adrenaline to your advantage.
I know I could be the host of 'SportsCenter' in two years if I changed my show today to sports.
— Gary Vaynerchuk
I know people think that a lot of sports stars are a little bit up themselves, but they all have their heroes, too.
— Gary Lineker
I know, I know - men have that extra hero gene in their foolish makeup; it's part of our charm. But I happen to know some women who have their inner sports hero, too.
Sports is entertainment.
Believe it or not, I worked four summers in college as a sports writer covering baseball for a parks and rec department in Bayonne, N.J.
— George R. R. Martin
The Olympics are never just about sports.
I wasn't that great in sports. I started doing children's theater and loved it. I thought I had a great thing going with musicals. I thought, 'I can do this. It's fun.' I wanted to go for it, and I thought I'd like to make a living doing this.
— George Newbern
So I developed very early a massive inferiority complex, and I've told the story often about how that inspired me later in life to get involved in other things, because I couldn't out-do my brothers in sports, and it's a very competitive relationship.
I've had a lot of sports cars.
— George Eads
Baseball has the great advantage over cricket of being sooner ended.
— George Bernard Shaw
I'm incredibly competitive in all sports in a way that is so mystifying to my wife because she grew up playing the violin and piano. I've always been like that.
— Geoff Dyer
I love to talk about sports. I love sports; it's just something that's in my nature.
I want to settle down and start an academy in a rural area, because I feel that's where most champions come from. If you have everything in life, why would you wake up at 3:30 A.M. to train? I feel there's a lot of talent that goes untapped there, especially in women sports.
It's not easy to juggle between studies and sports but yes, if you are clear about your goals and have passion, you can definitely succeed.
From when I was 7 until I was 22, I played football. That was always my struggle as a kid. I always wanted to be an artist, but my parents were divorced, and my dad really wanted me to play sports, and that's how I got to see him. He would come pick me up or take me to practice, and he was always at my games.
— Gavin O'Connor
I played other sports, so when I played golf, I wanted to have fun. And hitting it far is fun.
I'm a huge sports guy, so getting messages from guys I grew up watching and following - Scott Van Pelt, Chris Paul, Charles Barkley, Adam Schefter - was really special.
He's got an overall flair for the game. It looks to me like he really loves what he does and he can't wait to get up in the morning, go hit some balls and go play.
