When I put on my first Man Utd training kit, it felt enormous in a way that was really special in kind of like a childhood dream type way. Obviously, we don't have that history in the U.S., so to be able to put on a shirt like that as an American was really special.
To me, baseball is not a game, but a religion.
OK, he's a Yankees fan. Now I know why I don't like him.
I'm getting more and more bored with professional sports, but I still watch.
No, I'm not a lager lout either. I think you have to be a massive football fan to be a lager lout.
People are intrigued when they discover you date a footballer - women especially.
Sports is, somehow, a religion.
I'm a basketball junkie. I watch basketball all the time.
Saturday afternoon is the hardest thing. I can go out and watch games, but I'm constantly on my phone looking at results: what score is this, what score is that. You have no real involvement, but you're obsessed with it.
I hated the Yankees and Dodgers and wound up managing both.
The true fans were capable of not only painting their cars and homes their team colors, but also naming family pets and offspring after famous NFL all-stars.
There are not many Chicagos, where people go out and support their sports teams, whether they are struggling or not.
Americans' addiction to sports, with the NFL at the top, is based on the excitement generated by the potential for the unexpected great play which can only happen with honest competition from great athletes.
I'm not one of those people who goes home and has to put football on the TV straight away or has to watch Sky Sports News.
It took me years to separate Nick Foles the person from Nick Foles the football player.
I have just fallen back in love with rugby league again.
Not every woman goes to sporting events to find men, but 2-3 percent of women do.
I can't imagine painting my face in a team colour and roaring with delight as a multi-millionaire kicks a ball at a net.
Nixon was a crook, of course, but he was also a rabid football fan - and he knew the game, which still astounds me, but I have always had a soft spot for him because of it.
It's all ball, all the time. You have no excuse to not watch anything you've ever wanted to study in your life, especially in the offseason.
I consider myself a basketball aficionado and really understand and know the nuance. I'm a fan of the game. But more than an everyday fan. I love the nuance of the game.
I watch HGTV like a maniac, and when it's bad, it's like some crazy college guy watching a football game.
Football matters so much to people, and they get very defensive - or angry.
People love video games because they do things they obviously can't do in real life. That's especially true with sports games because fans love to step into the shoes of their favorite athletes.
I'm a sports idiot - watching it, playing it, making conversation about it - I got nothing.
