“I never really hated any particular sport but out of all the sports, I used to prefer the team games to running and sprinting and those types of things.”

“I know I am getting better at golf because I am hitting fewer spectators.”

“I always had two or three jobs at the same time. I started doing yard work when I was 7 or 8. When I was 13, I got my first state job doing road construction. Between working, sports and school, I hardly ever had free time.”

“I always seem to get parts where I play the sports professional - and that's not me at all!”

“I'm girlie in the sense that I like makeup, but I also love sports and man food.”

“I remember, when I was a little kid, I was good at sports, and I could jump off the high board. And then puberty hit, and suddenly I was looking to boys for direction. I remember that as a great loss.”

“You always get a special kick on opening day, no matter how many you go through. You look forward to it like a birthday party when you're a kid. You think something wonderful is going to happen.”

“Trying to sneak a fastball past Hank Aaron is like trying to sneak the sunrise past a rooster.”

“I'm a mad lover of sport. You cannot say a bad word to me about sports. So I know business is involved and I know it can be cynical, and, of course, I watch it, but for me it's pure.”