“Sports are positively essential. It is healthy to engage in sports, they are beautiful and liberal, liberal in the sense that nothing serves quite as well to integrate social classes, etc., than street or public games.” WellsBeautifulGamesSocialSportsClassStreetsHealthyEssentialsEtcPositivelyIntegratingSocial Class Author:Anton Chekhov
“Joe Louis and I were the first modern national sports figures who were black... But neither of us could do national advertising because the South wouldn't buy it. That was the social stigma we lived under.” FirstsSocialSportsBlackModernFiguresSouthAdvertisingStigma Author:Jesse Owens
“Flyfishing does have its social aspects - on some of our crowded trout streams it can get too social - but esentially it's a solitary, contemplative sport. People are left alone with themselves in beautiful surroundings to try to accomplish something that seems to have genuine value.” PeopleTryingDoeSeemsBeautifulValuesLeftSocialSportsSeaAspectRiversFishesAccomplishGenuineBoatStreamsLakesFishingSolitarySurroundingsCrowdedLeft AloneContemplativeTrout Author:John Gierach
“I think it's... I don't want to become a social crusader on this issue, but I think sports, male sports, has traditionally not been an inviting environment for gay men to identify themselves. But eventually... we will get to a place where it is not an issue in sports.” ThinkingMenWantSocialSportsIssuesEnvironmentGayMalesInvitingGay Men Author:David Stern
“Everyone should get more involved in exercising, not just for the health benefits, but for the social side too. There are so many different aspects in your life where sport can help. Even if you only go to a class at a local pool, you'll feel the benefits.” IfsFeelsShouldDifferentHelpingSocialSportsSidesClassInvolvedExerciseBenefitsAspectLocalsPoolHealth Benefits Author:Jazmin Carlin
“The things which can make life enjoyable remain the same. They are, now as before, reading, music, fine arts, travel, the enjoyment of nature, sports, fashion, social vanity (knightly orders, honorary offices, gatherings) and the intoxication of the senses.” ArtOrderReadingSocialSportsMusicFashionFineTravelOfficeSensesVanityEnjoymentEnjoy LifeGatheringEnjoyableFine ArtsIntoxicationHonoraryReading Music Author:Johan Huizinga
“I have never thought of participating in sports just for the sake of doing it for exercise or as a means to lose weight. And I've never taken up a sport just because it was a social fad. I really enjoy playing. It is a vital part of my life.” MeanSocialSportsEnjoyLosesTakenExerciseWeightSakeParticipatingLose WeightFads Author:Dinah Shore