Athletic Participation Quotes

I never really paid attention to sports, which, coming from the mecca of football in Texas, is kind of odd. I played sports, but I was nerdy. Having a single mother, the pressure was on me to get good grades and a scholarship and go to college.

We have become more and more not a nation of athletes but a nation of spectators.

I don't think college wrestling is in danger of extinction by any means. But I am concerned if one program drops.

My father was a soccer player. All my friends played basketball though, so I stuck with basketball.

Basketball isn't as popular in Canada as it is in the US. Hockey is by far the most popular sport in Canada.

Professional sports play a very important part in American life and a very important part in the American imagination. Anybody who goes to the movies these days sees just what an important part of the American mind sports comprise. If they are so important and have such a hold on the minds and imaginations of children, then this ought to be a focal point of our efforts.

When I was younger, I initially hated football because they put me on the offensive line because I was the biggest kid.

I never even watched football growing up. I just play the game.

As I've said, basketball has been, I think, a real cooperative venture. There have been a lot of people that have been involved in it: coaches, administrators - not recently - fans and nobody, nobody any more so than students over the years.

You know, I never really paid attention to sports, which, coming from the mecca of football in Texas, is kind of odd. I played sports, but I was nerdy. Having a single mother, the pressure was on me to get good grades and a scholarship and go to college.

I think it's very important for the Chinese people, the Chinese government to build lots of hockey rinks, bring some coaches here and learn the game, and I think they will do well.

All I can ask from society is that it please stop telling me why I should like sports.

Obviously, I've reaped the benefits of sport and activity. But not many girls, as it turns out, even have the resources available to them to be physically active or to maintain that as they go through high school.

The only time I'd played organized basketball was my sophomore year in high school, when I barely made the junior varsity team.

It doesn't matter what I think. It doesn't matter what other people think. You have to get on the ice and participate and play and the best team wins.

Baseball was socially relevant, and so was my rebellion against it.

I played baseball growing up, second base, and then when I got to high school, it just didn't exist there.

I was heavily into sport from 10 to 15, I was in all the teams, and it was everything to me. But I was very young for my school year and when puberty kicked in for my classmates I got left behind.

As an example, one of the schools I have been studying is too small to compete effectively in most sports, but participates with vigor each year in the state music contests.

I have been president of the Indian Kabbadi Association, and likewise, I have been associated with various other sports as well.

I tried the swimming team, but nobody came to the matches. But they did show up for the plays.

I played all four years [at St. Mary's College] with - at a certain point, basketball became the thing I was doing most, but it was really in my periphery.

Girls, in particular, benefit from sports.

There are a lot of kids coming in to athletics, but there is also a big drop-out rate. We've got it right at the top end, but we have to maintain the base of the pyramid.

The Women's Sports Foundation holds a unique position in developing opportunities for girls and women of all abilities to be active whether recreationally or competitively, and I'm excited to help lead the organization to impact even more lives. It is an honor to continue to build the legacy created by Billie Jean King and all of our leaders.