“Some critics of racing witlessly claim that spectators only attend to see someone die. This is utter and complete nonsense. I have been at numerous races where death is present. When a driver dies, the crowd symbolically dies, too. They come to see action at the brink: ultimate risk taking and the display of skill and bravery embodied in the sport's immortals like Nuvolari, Foyt, and thousands of others who operate at the ragged edge.” Has BeensActionDiesSportsRaceRiskSkillsUltimateClaimsBraveryCriticsEdgesCrowdsNonsenseDriversRacingDisplaySpectatorsRisk-takingRagged Author:Brock Yates
“The advantage does lie with us because we're at home and if we can't motivate ourselves for this match then we can't motivate ourselves for any match. I think the crowd will be up for it as well.” IfsThinkingWellsDoeHomeLyingSportsAdvantageCrowds Author:Frank Lampard
“It's because you alienate half the room talking about sports. Half the crowd will be against you no matter what you say.” MatterSportsRoomsHalfTalkingNo Matter WhatCrowds Author:Gabriel Iglesias
“Much of the pressure contemporary parents feel with respect to dressing children in designer clothes, teaching young children academics, and giving them instruction in sports derives directly from our need to use our children to impress others with our economic surplus. We find "good" rather than real reasons for letting our children go along with the crowd.” NeedsGivingFeelsChildrenRealReasonUseYoungSportsParentEconomicTeachingClothesPressureOur ChildrenCrowdsContemporaryDesignerInstructionImpressDressingsYoung ChildrenSurplusPeer PressureDesigner Clothes Book:Miseducation: preschoolers at risk Source: Miseducation: preschoolers at risk
“The other day Aks and I went up to your ranch for a day's fishing. I cannot remember any day when we have had more fun on a stream. We had along with us three newspaper men and a few secret service people, many of whom had never seen a trout stream, so we did the thing up right by borrowing frying pans, bacon and corn meal from the wife of your rancher - and we cooked an outdoor meal for the crowd. It was really quite a day.” PeopleMenRememberThreeFunSportsSecretWifeCrowdsNewspapersMealsStreamsFishingCornBorrowingTroutFryingSecret ServiceRanchersFrying Pans Author:Dwight D. Eisenhower
“In 1982 when I showed up, the average age of the drivers in the series was something like 40, 41. The crowds were small. There was not much prize money. The competition wasn't very tight.” AgeSportsCompetitionSeriesAverageCrowdsPrizeDriversPrize Money Author:Bobby Rahal
“I've been a professional for I think 13, 14 years. It's not easy hitting balls every day and staying really motivated throughout the whole period. It's normal [that] you're going to have ups and downs. But I found my way again. And I love the sport. I love competing. I love battling. I love being out there and playing in front of crowds. This is what I've been doing since I was a child. There's nothing else that I want to do.” ThinkingWayWantYearsChildrenWholeFoundEasySportsLove IsFrontsPeriodsNormalBallsCrowdsMy WayStayingMotivatedHittingCompetingUps & Downs Author:Jelena Jankovic
“I love sports, but I don't like live sporting events, because I don't like sitting in the crowd. I like listening to records, but I don't like going to concerts, because I don't like standing in the crowd. I guess I just don't like being in the crowd itself.” SportsRecordsEventsListeningSittingStandingCrowdsConcertsSporting Events Author:Chuck Klosterman
“I'm going to give the people their money's worth...true sports entertainment for their dollar. I'm the undefeated IBF Light Heavyweight World Champion making my fifth title defense. The crowd will be with me because everybody wants to be with a winner.” PeopleWorldWantGivingLightSportsDollarsCrowdsEntertainmentDefenseWinnerTitlesChampionFifthHeavyweightsWorld ChampionsUndefeatedSports Entertainment Author:Tavoris Cloud
“The Showdown is a great way to bring attention to these historic Virginia tracks where many NASCAR drivers cut their teeth in stock car racing, including myself. Tracks like South Boston and Langley are the heart of the sport and draw a great crowd to our Showdown events.” WayHeartSportsAttentionCuttingCarEventsDrawsSouthIncludingTrackCrowdsTeethDriversRacingHistoricBostonVirginiaNascarCar RacingShowdownsStock Car Racing Author:Denny Hamlin
“I think the Winter Olympics are definitely on a smaller scale than the summer games, but with the inclusion of cool new sports like slopestyle skiing and snowboarding, it is going to breathe new life into them and attract a whole new crowd.” ThinkingWholeGamesSportsSummerWinterCrowdsBreatheScalesInclusionOlympicsNew LifeSkiingSnowboardingWinter Olympics Author:Nick Goepper
“Being a soldier [in the wars of modern power politics] was like being on a team in a sport that drew no crowds, except for the players' own parents and friends.” WarSportsParentPlayerTeamModernSoldierCrowdsPower Politics Author:Dan Wakefield