“Through my illness I learned rejection. I was written off. That was the moment I thought, Okay, game on. No prisoners. Everybody's going down.” MomentsGamesSportsWrittenOkayIllnessRejectionPrisonerOvercoming Rejection Author:Lance Armstrong
“When I put some Tabasco on things, and there's really nothing in Tabasco, it's not bad for you in any way, so that's kind of become my substitute. Now you got to get used to a hot mouth, but that's okay.” WayKindUsedSportsMouthsOkayHotSubstitutesTabasco Author:Mike Ditka
“Things have been invented because of alcohol. Like the taser, okay? Yeah! The morning after pill, okay? The reach-around. Judge Judy. What has pot given the world? Hackey sack? YEAH! Hilarious ring tones? OH GAH! Ultimate Frisbee Championships? It sucks to be a champion at a sport that can't get you laid. It's an unneeded skill like, I dunno, being the best banjo player. Or a squirter.” WorldHas BeensHumorFunnyGivenSportsMorningPlayerJudgingSkillsOkayUltimateYeahAlcoholRingsChampionToneBeing The BestPotChampionshipPillsBanjosMorning AfterFrisbeeTasersBanjo PlayersJudge Judy Author:Dave Attell
“I like playing frisbee. It is the only sport where you can throw something at a person and it's okay.” PersonsSportsOkayFrisbee Author:Demetri Martin
“Men talk about masculinity through sports and clothes. They don't talk about gender, they talk about LeBron James and whether it's okay to wear lipstick and eyeliner. They're not getting to the question at hand, which is, "What does it mean to be a man when the traditional values of masculinity are eroding incredibly rapidly?'” MenMeanDoeHandsValuesSportsClothesOkayGenderTraditionalMasculinityBe A ManLipstickTraditional ValuesEyeliner Author:Stephen Marche
“In the seventies we had to make it acceptable for people to accept girls and women as athletes. We had to make it okay for them to be active. Those were much scarier times for females in sports.” PeopleGirlSportsAcceptingFemaleOkayAthleteActiveAcceptableSeventies Author:Billie Jean King
“Sports is a bloodless rehearsal of confrontation, and everyone shakes hands or high fives or fist bumps at the end to show that everything is okay.” SportsOkayConfrontation Author:John Hodgman
“He held up a book then. “I'm going to read it to you for relax.” “Does it have any sports in it?” “Fencing. Fighting. Torture. Poison. True Love. Hate. Revenge. Giants. Hunters. Bad men. Good men. Beautifulest Ladies. Snakes. Spiders... Pain. Death. Brave men. Cowardly men. Strongest men. Chases. Escapes. Lies. Truths. Passion. Miracles.” “Sounds okay,” I said and I kind of closed my eyes.” MenKindDoeSaidBookEyePainLyingHateFightingPassionSportsSoundAdventureOkayMiracleBraveRevengeGiantsTorturePoisonRelaxGood ManStrongestHuntersSnakesSpidersLove HateCowardlyBrave ManBad ManLies TruthFencingPain Death Author:William Goldman
“There's something about sports. You can be setting fire to cats and burying them in your backyard, but as long as you're playing team sports, people think you're okay.” PeopleThinkingLongSportsFireTeamCatOkaySettingSettingsBackyardsSports TeamBurying Author:Polly Horvath