“Everyone in boxing probably makes out well except for the fighter. He's the only one that's on Skid Row most of the time; he's the only one that everybody just leaves when he loses his mind. He sometimes goes insane, he sometimes goes on the bottle, because it's an intensive pressure sport that allows people to just lose it.” PeopleMindWellsSometimesSportsLosesGoes OnPressureInsaneFighterBoxingBottlesMake OutSkid Row Author:Mike Tyson
“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
“There isn't a single professional sports season now that doesn't go on at least a month too long. Baseball starts in football weather, and football in baseball weather, and basketball overlaps them both.” LongSportsFootballMonthsGoes OnBasketballBaseballSeasonsWeatherMotivational SportsProfessional Sports Author:James Reston, Jr.