Joel Silver Quotes

When did I know I had talent? I think it started when I first started playing sports, organized sports.

I was a sports nut. I stayed after school probably three hours every day - from fall, to winter, to spring. I went from football to basketball to track, and it started all over again. I loved all of it. I just loved being an athlete and all that it entailed. It really accounts for who I am today and even how I think today.

I was not good at team sports, I have to say. I'm quite good at individual sports, but I was not good at team sports, so I wasn't good at baseball and football.

I play a lot of sports. I'm not real good at any of them. I'm above adequate.

Tennis and golf are best played, not watched.

I loved school. Not sure how much I focused on the education; just had fun and played lacrosse for seven years. It was lucky I had sport, which I was good at, so it didn't matter that I wasn't great on the academic side, or not brilliant at drama. Although I am still bitter about not being in the school choir. Furious, actually.

My first obsession was actually sports. I was a very good handball goalkeeper. With special permission, I played in the premier league in Germany before I was even old enough.

I think video games are a huge part of our society now. Having kids play baseball video games helps them understand and love the game. It could actually push them to get out there and play the game for real. That's great for the sport.

Good spectator sports share certain fundamentals. Their competitors battle head-to-head. Their winners are determined objectively: fastest runner, most points. They are refereed, not judged.

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.

It's that I have a good personality and am a good tennis player.

I was a huge athlete as a kid. I was on every sports team.

I like to feel that I understand little things about sports.

Cheerleading gave me a love of sports, which I brought to the Senate. I can talk to the good ol' boys about college sports because I follow it like they do.

I wasn't really a work-conscious type of person. I was a player. I loved to play sports.

I want to be the goal scorer and the play maker out there. I have been doing that all my life.

I won't have any competitive instincts in any sports, other than golf. I can't see being competitive in sports any more.

I wanted to play sports my whole life. That's all I really wanted to do.

As a youngster, I enjoyed sport and my ambition was to be a great sportsman.

There is still a lot of football in me and I enjoy watching the players go out there and be the best players they can possibly be.

I tried golf for a while, but I wasn't very good at it, so I didn't play a lot of golf. I enjoy all sports, not just football. I like basketball, baseball, and I got into the World Cup. So really, sports in general are my life, and football specifically.

I tried to play every sport. I wasn't great at most of them, but at least I tried!

What's a good tournament for him? Winning it. He's good enough.

I never played sports. I wasn't any good at them.

I've always been really active. I grew up playing sports, so I'm always shooting hoops or throwing the football with my friends. I'm super-active in that sense.