“The eyes of some of the fans at Davis Cup matches scare me. There's no light in them. Fixed emotions. Blind worship. Horror. It makes me think of what happened to us long ago.” ThinkingLongLightEyeSportsEmotionHappenedFansHorrorWorshipBlindCupsFixedScareLong Ago Author:Boris Becker
“Music has done a lot to enhance the emotions of sports. It's played in arenas. Whenever there is footage cut together they're always using music. And it goes together, you know.” KnowsDoneTogetherSportsEmotionCuttingArena Author:Ice Cube
“To me, figure skating is a diving sport. It's a sport made by the gods. It inspires people to cry, it inspires people to cheer, it pulls the emotions out of people.” PeopleMadeSportsEmotionCryFiguresInspireCheerSkatingFigure SkatingDiving Author:Frank Carroll
“I always think a good sports movie is emblematic in the same way that a great Greek tragedy really has a certain kind of structure, or a Shakespearean play if you're looking at a comedy or a tragedy, is that these are the heights and depths of human emotion.” IfsThinkingWayHumansKindPlayCertainSportsEmotionComedyTragedyStructureDepthGreekHeightHuman EmotionsGreek TragedyGood SportsSports Movie Author:Carla Gugino
“Compassion is an emotion of which we ought never to be ashamed. Graceful, particularly in youth, is the tear of sympathy, and the heart that melts at the tale of woe. We should not permit ease and indulgence to contract our affections, and wrap us up in a selfish enjoyment; but we should accustom ourselves to think of the distresses of human, life, of the solitary cottage; the dying parent, and the weeping orphan. Nor ought we ever to sport with pain and distress in any of our amusements, or treat even the meanest insect with wanton cruelty.” ThinkingShouldHumansHeartPainSportsParentEmotionCompassionDyingYouthTearsOughtTreatsAffectionSelfishTalesCrueltyEaseHuman LifeEnjoymentAshamedContractsPermitSolitaryDistressWoeInsectsAmusementWrapsWeepingIndulgenceOrphanCottagesWanton Author:Hugh Blair
“Sports are an acceptable way for men to show emotion. A guy who won't hug his kid will slip a guy a tongue in a sports bar when his team wins.” MenWayShowsKidsGuyWinningSportsEmotionTeamTongueBarsSlipsAcceptableHug Author:Richard Jeni
“You cannot say, 'Go! Go! Rah! Rah! Good move!' People want some emotion. Chess is an art and not a spectator sport.” PeopleWantArtMovingSportsEmotionChessSpectators Author:Garry Kasparov