“It hurt me a great deal. It put a lot of pressure on me because I was at a young age and the writers around here and throughout the league starting comparing me to Cobb. It put a lot of pressure on me.” AgeYoungSportsHurtDealsPressureStartingCompareLeagueIt HurtsYoung AgeHurt Me Author:Al Kaline
“If I had to compare any of the two, I'd compare the first one in Edmonton, the first one here in New York because it had been so long in New York since we had won. Obviously, being the first time to ever win the cup in Edmonton, they were fairly similar in that regard.” IfsFirstsLongTwoWinningSportsNew YorkFirst TimeRegardCupsCompareEdmonton Author:Mark Messier
“Some observers compare elections in some countries with sports events, where people are but spectators. Moreover, elections must not be mere interludes for pushing a lever and then retreating to passivity, for democracy demands committed participation in the daily workings of society.” PeopleCountrySportsDemocracyEventsDemandElectionMereCommittedComparePushingParticipationObserversSpectatorsPassivityLeversDaily Work Author:Alfred-Maurice de Zayas
“Like all sports fans, tennis junkies are not satisfied with simply following the current crop of players and admiring their accomplishments. They seemingly always need to compare players of different eras and designate one of them as the greatest player of all time.” NeedsDifferentSportsPlayerFansCurrentsFollowingSatisfiedAll TimeErasCompareAccomplishmentTennisCropsJunkieAdmiringSports FanDifferent Eras Author:Dave McPherson
“Violent predators are not like the rest of us. They kill for fun, for sport, for the sake of it. To compare them to animals is an insult to animals. To expect that we can rehabilitate them assumes a will to change.” FunSportsAnimalAssumingSakeViolentCompareInsultPredator Book:Love of Country: Discovering confidence in humanity, law and politics Source: Love of Country: Discovering confidence in humanity, law and politics
“To compare Olympic sport with cricket would not be fair. Years back, cricket was a sport only for the classes, and we will also have to make other sports masses from classes like cricket.” YearsSportsClassMassFairsCompareCricket Author:Gagan Narang
“I've never cared that much for cementing my place in history. Sports is so transitory, so ephemeral. It just seems like so much nonsense comparing me to Helen Wills Moody or Suzanne Lenglen or anybody else from some other time. One lesson you learn from sports is that life goes on without you.” SeemsSportsHistoryGoes OnLessonsCompareNonsenseWithout YouEphemeralLife Goes OnTransitoryHelenMoody Author:Billie Jean King