“I think the media loves taking the most absurd clips for a sport that has become congressional politics.” ThinkingSportsMediaAbsurdClip Author:Kal Penn
“While the liberal media elite depict the bowler as a chubby guy with a comb-over and polyester pants, the reality is that bowling is one of the most tech-heavy sports today. Robotic pinsetters and computerized scoring were just the beginning.” RealityTodayGuySportsMediaHeavyPantsElitesRoboticsBowlingCombsBowlersLiberal Media Author:Chris Hardwick
“I think sports media really do need to think about the world in more humble terms. Not everything is the game of the century, and not everything is life or death.” ThinkingWorldNeedsGamesSportsTermCenturyMediaHumbleLife Or Death Author:Tim Tebow
“The news might be single-handedly trying to bring about an environmental catastrophe, which it will then report on. Super injunctions are interesting legal weapons really, they don't just gag the press, they gag them from mentioning the existence of the gag. Sport belongs in a news bulletin about as much as a mummified cat's head belongs in a Caesar salad. Combine the "mounting pressure" with the "growing cause" and you've got yourself a "media whirlwind" which you can also refer to.” TryingMightCausesSportsInterestingExistenceGrowingMediaWeaponsNewsCatPressurePressesEnvironmentalReportsCatastropheSaladWhirlwindGagsCaesar Salad Author:Charlie Brooker
“I truly believe my job starts the minute I leave the baseball field. Going out and catching ground balls and hitting, that's a job, and that's what I've wanted to do ever since I was a kid. But when you think about leaving that field, that's when the job and the demands really start. In New York, Seattle, every city. The community, the media, business stuff. You have to stay on a narrow path.” ThinkingBelieveKidsWantedJobsStuffSportsCommunityCitiesPathMinutesMediaNew YorkFieldsDemandBaseballBallsLeavingHittingGoing OutCatchingSeattleNarrow PathBaseball Field Author:Alex Rodriguez
“I feel very strong as an individual, but as a famous footballer I know I am prone to certain things. All the media have a continuous interest for me. It varies from once a year to every day interest.” KnowsFeelsYearsCertainIndividualStrongSportsInterestMediaVery StrongVaryFootballer Author:Ruud van Nistelrooy
“There's just so much negative media surrounding professional athletes or sports in general, whether it's kids that are pressured too much or professional athletes making mistakes that influence their family...” KidsSportsMistakeToo MuchInfluenceMediaNegativeAthleteMaking MistakesPressuredProfessional AthleteSports In General Author:Kristopher Belman
“The rich plankton of pop heroes and pop villains on which we Americans are accustomed to feed, the daily media soup of sports figures, ax murderers, politicians, and rock singers, the ever-running river of celebs, heavies, and oddballs that we use to spice up our own relatively humdrum lives has of late become a very watery gruel. Where have all the good guys and bad guys gone? Why does everyone out there look so gray?” LooksDoeUseRunningGuySportsGoneRichRocksMediaFiguresHeroPoliticianLateRiversPopsSingersGrayVillainSoupMurdererAccustomedBad GuysSpicesGood GuyHumdrumOddballsCelebsPlankton Book:Talking woman Source: Talking woman
“There are a lot of things and in order to be at the top and maintain your focus you have to have something that motivates you. For me, it was what I perceived as a lack of respect from the boxing world as well as the media, which made me want to work so hard and be great.” WorldWantWellsMadeHardOrderSportsFocusMediaFighterBoxingGreat BoxingBoxing ChampionsLack Of Respect Author:Marvin Hagler
“The wrestling, even though I would only wrestle for 15 or 20 or 30 minutes at a time, and it would look like that was the only time I was in it, was really a 24-hour job. Keeping yourself alive, reinventing yourself, staying physically in shape, the traveling, all the other commitments with being a wrestler, it was a crossover situation where it became sports entertainment and you actually became a media star, so it was very demanding.” LooksJobsStarsSportsHoursSituationAliveMinutesMediaShapesCommitmentEntertainmentStayingWrestlingOnly TimeWrestlerReinventingReinventing YourselfCrossoverSports Entertainment Author:Laila Ali
“I'm so sick and tired of people in the media telling us that because of the war, sports aren't important. Fans need sports. We'd have only crime and war to watch on TV if not for sports.” PeopleIfsNeedsImportantWarSportsWatchesFansMediaCrimeTvsSickTiredSo Sick Author:Charles Barkley
“In corporate culture, in sports culture, in the media, we honor those who win at all costs.” CultureWinningSportsMediaHonorCostCorporateCorporate CultureWin At All Costs Author:Jackson Katz
“We need to put people in positions of authority in government, business, law, medicine, media, sports and entertainment who are filled with the laws of God so that we can bring those laws into effect.” PeopleNeedsGovernmentLawSportsEffectsMediaPositionAuthorityFilledMedicineEntertainment Author:Myles Munroe
“The people we talk about around water cooler at work or at school, they're all the people who are visible in our media whether it's a sports star or a movie star or a writer or a politician. They are people that have received media exposure and have become important to us in a way that's not realistic.” PeopleWayImportantSchoolStarsSportsWaterMediaPoliticianVisibleRealisticMovie StarExposureSports Stars Author:Crowder
“The main thing is media attention which is good publicity for the sport. As I'm the only women in this championship I would like to think that it encourages other young females to get into it. Also the media helps me in getting sponsorship.” ThinkingHelpingYoungSportsAttentionMediaFemaleHelp MeChampionshipPublicitySponsorship Author:Liz Halliday
“Remarks such as 'great Australian', 'larger than life' are sometimes used where they are not appropriate. But in the case of Kerry Packer both of those descriptions are entirely appropriate. He was a great Australian, he was a larger than life character and in so many ways he left his mark on the Australian community over a very long career in business, particularly in the media and also that other great passion of his, Australian sport” WayLongSometimesCharacterUsedPassionLeftSportsCommunityBusinessCareersCasesMediaMarkAppropriateDescriptionAustraliaRemarksAustralianLarger Than LifeGreat PassionLong CareersPackers Author:John Howard
“The one thing that has gotten worse for sports media is access. We hardly get to see, talk to and most of all get to know the players and coaches anymore.” KnowsSportsPlayerOne ThingMediaAccessCoaches Author:J. A. Adande
“If I were the commissioner of all sports media I would issue an immediate ban on three-person announcing teams on telecasts of live sporting events. In almost all cases three is one voice too many.” IfsPersonsThreeSportsVoiceCasesIssuesTeamMediaEventsBansAnnouncingSporting EventsCommissioners Author:Al Bernstein
“If I were the commissioner of all sports media, the one change I would make is to sprinkle a little niceness and civility across our industry. Just a touch.” IfsLittlesSportsMediaIndustryCivilityNicenessSprinklesCommissioners Author:Bob McKenzie
“As a woman in sport media, you have to be smart. You use what you can to your advantage and make sure you know what you're talking about or you're A) not going to last very long or B) never going to get a good job. I think we've come a long way and probably still have a ways to go, but... I just don't take any of this super seriously. I'm not curing cancer and I'm not a doctor. It's just television. I don't know why some people get so worked up about it.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWayLongStillsUseJobsLastsSportsTalkingMediaTelevisionSmartAdvantageDoctorsCancerGood JobLong WayBeing Smart Author:Michelle Beadle
“I think we have tremendous media covering the sport of boxing, even if boxing is a little bit lost in popularity with MMA sports. And I think that with the show 'Lights Out' it's going to get more attention to the sport, and it's going to put more attention to the problems that athletes in general have.” IfsThinkingLittlesShowsProblemLightLostBitsSportsAttentionMediaLittle BitAthleteBoxingMmaPopularityCovering Author:Wladimir Klitschko
“Back in the day however, careers were strictly built on competitions, just like surfing, though surfing is changing too so you can free surf and still get paid. So I think that rivalry was really because of the fans and the media who built it up, but it did bring something exciting about the sport, just like in any sport, whether it's Larry Bird or Magic Johnson, I think it just made skating that much more exciting.” ThinkingMadeStillsSportsCareersMagicFansMediaBirdBuiltExcitingPaidCompetitionSurfingJohnsonSkatingLarrySurfRivalryBack In The Day Author:Christian Hosoi
“If you look at the rights situation - what media companies pay - then you see that the rights prices continue to rise for powerful sports. Now what does that tell you? It tells you that the demand amongst global and local sponsors for these kinds of sports is immense, even if there is controversy attached to them like FIFA - who would definitely be number one on that list, though F1 has also been somewhat controversial.” IfsLooksKindDoeSportsPowerfulNumbersPayCompanySituationRightsMediaDemandListsLocalsImmenseControversyControversialSponsorsFifa Author:Martin Sorrell