“In my later years I have sought to become simpler, straighter and purer in my handling of the language. I've had many writing heroes, writers who have influenced me. Of the ones still alive, I can think of E.B. White. I certainly admire the pure, crystal stream of his prose. When I was very young as a sportswriter I knowingly and unashamedly imitated others. I had a series of heroes who would delight me for a while and I'd imitate them--Damon Runyon, Westbrook Pegler, Joe Williams.” ThinkingWritingYearsStillsI CanYoungLanguageSportsWhiteAliveHeroPureSeriesDelightAdmireStreamsProseCrystalsDamon Author:Red Smith
“I never got into MMA to be famous, I got into it to compete and pursue athletic aspirations. They were my pure intentions. I came from a true sport, an Olympic background, winning multiple national, international and Olympic medals. So I entered MMA as a sport.” WinningSportsPureIntentionInternationalBackgroundsPursueAspirationMmaMultipleMedalAthleticOlympic Medals Author:Matt Lindland
“I am very obsessed with ballet now because it is a very difficult sport and a beautiful one because it is not about money. It's not like playing football or tennis - dance has no sponsors, it's just for the beauty. Maybe it is the only last pure sport.” LastsBeautifulSportsDifficultFootballPureObsessedTennisBalletSponsorsPlaying Football Author:Carine Roitfeld
“I've been surfing for a couple years, in the offseason in California and in Hawaii. I'm not very good, but it's just something that to be out there in the water, no cell phone, no music... very few sports are as pure as that.” YearsSportsWaterCouplePureVery GoodPhonesCellsCaliforniaHawaiiSurfingCell PhoneOffseason Author:Troy Polamalu
“I don't think you can explain why all these other sports and college basketball have a fair representation of African American coaches, but college football doesn't. You can dig and scramble and scratch, but at the end of the day I think it's just pure, old-fashioned racism.” ThinkingEndsSportsFootballCollegePureBasketballRacismFairsCoachesAfrican AmericanThe End Of The DayRepresentationOld FashionedScratchesCollege FootballCollege Basketball Author:Frank Deford