In the old days, you had an audience of about 400, half of whom were committee members from somewhere or other sitting in their suits. It's become a real sports event with sports fans now.
— Gary Lineker
We're all concerned about sports rights being so expensive. Obviously, we are funded by the licence fee payers, so it's not always easy to compete with those who can get greater revenue.
If you're a sports fan, it is really cool when you see the best-on-best for hockey at the Olympics.
— Gary Bettman
I believe that the Greater Phoenix Area is a terrific sports market; it's a terrific hockey market.
I like to follow my favorite team and talk sports with my band or fans. You won't believe how many musicians are sports fans. We have so much time on tour that we need these outlets for relaxation.
— Garth Brooks
The sports are almost different cultures so saying I prefer one to the other is wrong. Rugby union is guided by a lot of rules, league by the players.
— Gareth Thomas
I also have a soft spot for spicy chicken wings. They are always best eaten at dives and sports bars, like Wogie's in the West Village, New York City, near my house.
— Gail Simmons
I consider myself more of a wrestler than a sports entertainer.
— Gail Kim
People need to take as much interest in other sports as they take in cricket, and that's where we come across a vicious cycle of performance, sponsorship, recognition, jobs and TV visibility. It's a typical chicken-and-egg story; each one is directly related to the other without an answer for what comes first.
— Gagan Narang
I think country needs to have a sporting culture. I think if sports were taken as curriculum in school and are encouraged in right way like government of Maharashtra and Haryana have done given Marks for Sports and encouraging them with good jobs.
I played sports year around: basketball, soccer, softball and I ran track year around, from the time I was, like, six, seven.
— Gabrielle Union
I learned early on, stay away from politics, stay away from religion and don't talk about sports. Those three right there will get you in trouble.
— Gabriel Iglesias
I'm just glad we get to see old records being broken. That's what sports is all about.
— Freddie Gibbs
Sports is one of the keys to my life. It definitely kept me out of a lot of trouble and gave me a lot of discipline.
We need a tough approach to make justice prevail and, also, because sports should not be damaged by the violence of hooligans.
— Frans Timmermans
I think it is that parents just don't kick their kids out the door as much as they used to. I think the demise of sandlot sports has had a lot to do with it.
— Frank Shorter
Gray skies are just clouds passing over.
— Frank Gifford
In all sports, people get competitive; things happen that shouldn't happen.
From Enve Composites to Bluehouse Skis, Utah companies are making breakthrough products for biking, winter sports, water sports and more.
— Gary Herbert
I would hope there would be a greater appreciation by casual sports fans of the incredible skill and passion of our players.
What you want to do, particularly when you're dealing with a professional sports league and franchises and people's passionate commitment to the game and for the team they root for is, it has to be sustainable.
My happiest moments of growing up in the Bronx were when my mom would bring home a new sports magazine from the candy store. I would jump out of bed and grab it from her. Then I'd rip the front cover right off and tape it to my bedroom wall.
— Garry Marshall
I danced for 12 years, and I played a lot team sports: basketball, volleyball.
— Gal Gadot
I was always into sports.
Bin Laden wasn't all that central to the terrorist network any more, but taking him down created a kind of national catharsis. It's been a really, really long time since we had something to celebrate that didn't involve a sports team. I'd rather it had been a non-death-related occasion, but we'll take what we can get.
— Gail Collins
To compare Olympic sport with cricket would not be fair. Years back, cricket was a sport only for the classes, and we will also have to make other sports masses from classes like cricket.
Cricket pays well, so a lot of people are naturally drawn towards the game. But to carve a niche in non-cricket sports is not easy. So state governments need to be proactive. Indians need to be made aware of the power of an Olympic medal. It should be treated at par with an Oscars or a Nobel Prize.
I've always had an interest in sports across the board.
I love sports - if I'm not acting, I'm probably doing sports.
— Gabriel Basso
My father took me to a lot of sports events as a child, and our TV stayed on ESPN.
My love of running developed when I got older. At school it filled me with dread and the idea of running around the sports pitches struck me with a nameless fear.
— Freddie Fox
Because I'd grown up with this singular focus on sports, I just kind of did that with acting. That became an obsession. How am I going to make it? How am I going to figure that out?
— Frankie Shaw
If you know sports in Dade County, you know me.
— Frank Gore
Pro football is like nuclear warfare. There are no winners, only survivors.
If I hadn't have been good enough at football, I'd have been a sports journalist - which is what I do now anyway. Or a cricketer. I might have been a cricketer.
I'm a huge fan of sports movies.
— Gary Cole
Young people, particularly in their teens and 20s, are not consuming sports the way my generation did. They are doing lots of things; they are multitasking. They are getting downloads; they are getting alerts on their computers or on their cellphones, and they are consuming sports in a more real-time but less full-time basis.
Sports, as a media property, is increasingly valuable because it's something you have to have live. As a result, we're a better touch point for sponsors and advertisers because our commercials typically don't get zapped out.
You could say I'm the pioneer in the way I have changed some people's perception of not only sports people but of gay men in general. It's also important that people also realise that as much as a pioneer I'm also just a normal person. I'm normal but I've done something that's pretty powerful as well.
It really doesn't matter to me whether it's defensive end or linebacker. I just want to play the game of football. I've been working on linebacker drills since I got out to Fischer Sports in Phoenix.
— Gaines Adams
In high school, I played basketball, volleyball, soccer, baseball, badminton - two sports every season - and I was named female athlete of the year twice.
Cricket is a self-sustaining industry; but corporates need to realise that other sports don't have that luxury. This is the time when they need to invest, and keep the faith. Every sport has the potential to create world champions. Imagine India as a country full of world champions. Why imagine? Let's just make it happen.
Sporting culture is needed where marks are given to students for sports in schools, jobs are assured for sportsperson, and sponsors are willing to support them through rough times.
Not much is done to promote non-cricket sports in India. There is a lot of talk about how sports needs to reach the grassroots and how it should be introduced as a subject in school, but nothing has been done to that effect.
The two most important things in my life were academics and sports. I had to do my schoolwork first.
— Gabriel Luna
The Internet is changing what entertainment and sports is. It's not just a few people authoring an experience for others. It's really growing out of what everybody does.
— Gabe Newell
I've been engulfed in sports since I was a 2-year-old; I picked up any kind of ball - a basketball, baseball, football - I just loved to play something. I loved the energy of being in arenas and watching the game on TV.
Sports cars from the '50s and '60s are my favorites.
— Franz von Holzhausen
I grew up in the Boys & Girls Club. That's where I really started playing all sports, and that's why I'm a big advocate for the work they do.
— Frank Thomas
I knew that I wasn't the smartest kid in school, but I knew that I had a way to get out if I did the right things in sports.
