“Life itself, however, flows and is sequential and punishes those who try to compartmentalize it. Thus if, for any reason whatsoever, moral standards are conspicuously and unprecedentedly breached in one area of society, such as the political, it will follow as the night the day that those standards will start collapsing all down the line-in sports, entertainment, education, the armed forces, business and government.” IfsTryingReasonGovernmentPoliticalNightForceSportsLinesMoralMoralityStandardsAreasFlowEntertainmentArmed ForcesSports Entertainment Author:Margaret Halsey
“The wrestling, even though I would only wrestle for 15 or 20 or 30 minutes at a time, and it would look like that was the only time I was in it, was really a 24-hour job. Keeping yourself alive, reinventing yourself, staying physically in shape, the traveling, all the other commitments with being a wrestler, it was a crossover situation where it became sports entertainment and you actually became a media star, so it was very demanding.” LooksJobsStarsSportsHoursSituationAliveMinutesMediaShapesCommitmentEntertainmentStayingWrestlingOnly TimeWrestlerReinventingReinventing YourselfCrossoverSports Entertainment Author:Laila Ali
“It wasn't until after I received my education that I seriously looked at sports entertainment as a way to make a career for myself. And they've got to take it in stride. It's very much like acting or playing professional sports: One percent of one percent of the people who try out for it can actually say they make their living off of doing it.” PeopleWayTryingSportsActingCareersPercentEntertainmentStrideProfessional SportsSports Entertainment Author:John Cena
“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
“Pro wrestling is not fake; it's sports entertainment. We go out there and we perform, and a lot of what we do out there is real, but we're not going to insult anyone's intelligence - there is a predetermined winner. It's just the fans don't know who it is, and that's what makes it so intriguing.” KnowsRealSportsFansEntertainmentWinnerFakeInsultWrestlingIntriguingPredeterminedPro WrestlingSports Entertainment Author:Kurt Angle