“I receive huge support from Irish and British sports fans alike and it is greatly appreciated. Likewise I feel I have a great affinity with the American sports fans. I play most of my golf in the U.S. nowadays and I am incredibly proud to have won the U.S. Open and U.S. PGA Championship in the last two years.” FeelsYearsTwoPlayLastsSportsSupportFansHugeProudGolfBritishTwo YearsChampionshipAppreciatedAffinitySports Fan Author:Rory McIlroy
“I'm a huge, huge sports fan, and Marquette basketball is my No. 1 thing.” SportsFansHugeBasketballSports Fan Author:Danny Pudi
“The NFL is such a large, multibillion dollar enterprise with fan loyalty because they have provided not only entertainment for sports fans, but memories, good memories, family memories to these fans, that can only bring about good will.” SportsMemoriesFansDollarsEntertainmentLoyaltyNflEnterpriseGood WillGood MemoriesSports FanFamily Memories Author:Wendell Pierce
“I've been a sports fan all my life, and like most other actors, I'm convinced I could have been a pro athlete if Hollywood hadn't come calling.” IfsHas BeensActorsSportsFansCallingHollywoodAthleteConvincedCould Have BeenSports FanPro Athlete Author:Jamie Foxx
“I'm no good at cooking or music, but I've always known how to garden. Nobody ever taught me; I just absorbed it. Some families are churchgoers or sports fans. We gardened.” SportsKnownFansTaughtGardenCookingGardeningSports Fan Author:Thalassa Cruso
“Defensive and offensive lineman control the game and true sports fans know that.” KnowsGamesSportsFansOffensiveSports FanLinemanOffensive Lineman Author:Dante Hall
“I've called Chicago home for nearly 25 years. It's a city of broad shoulders and big hearts and bold dreams; a city of legendary sports figures, legendary sports venues, and legendary sports fans.” WorldYearsHeartHomeDreamBigsTogetherAmericaSportsRaceCitiesFansFiguresShouldersBroadsChicagoNationalityLegendaryVenuesBig HeartSports FanRace And Religion Author:Barack Obama
“Without humor, a sports fan is a religious fanatic. Without humor, a newscast is a terrible, depressing, unpalatable thing.” SportsReligiousFansTerribleDepressingFanaticsSports FanReligious Fanatics Author:Keith Olbermann
“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
“Being a sports fan is a complex matter, in part irrational but not unworthy; a relief from the seriousness of the real world, with its unending pressures and often grave obligations.” WorldRealMatterSportsFansPressureComplexesGravesObligationReliefReal WorldIrrationalSeriousnessUnworthyUnendingSports Fan Author:Richard Gilman
“I've always like watching competition and athleticism. Just seeing the average person going up against Gladiators, is always something I enjoy. I'm not really a big sports fan, but I do enjoy the show.” PersonsShowsBigsSportsEnjoySeeingFansCompetitionAverageAverage PersonSports FanAthleticism Author:Laila Ali
“Sports fans have been mistreated for a long time. They have overpaid for inferior food and they have had poor service.” LongHas BeensSportsPoorFansLong TimeInferiorsMistreatedSports FanPoor Service Author:Dave Checketts
“Sports have always been a huge part of my life and my conversations. It is a thrill and an honor to be a part of this ground-breaking show. I am a competitor at heart, but a true sports fan to my core.” HeartShowsSportsFansHugeHonorConversationCoreThrillCompetitorsSports Fan Author:Summer Sanders
“Steinberg occupies a position that is very dear to those of us who've held it over the years: sports columnist at The Post. If all he wants to do is be popular--and I think Dan is better than that--then the readers of The Washington Post sports section won't be very well served. Telling readers how great they are as sports fans was never one of my priorities. The only thing worse than people who can't stand to hear an unpopular or unflattering opinion is those that are too afraid to state one.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantYearsWellsStatesSportsOpinionFansPositionReaderDearPrioritiesPostsSectionsColumnistsSports Fan Author:Michael Wilbon
“I am a huge sports fan and spend a lot of my time away from work watching sports, going to sporting events, stuff like that. So it is a big thrill to see these people who I have so much respect for and to find out that they're all really fun, super-nice people. It's very exciting.” PeopleBigsFunStuffSportsNiceFansEventsHugeExcitingMy TimeThrillNice PeopleTime AwaySports FanSporting EventsWatching Sports Author:Will Forte
“I'm a sports fan sometimes when I'm drunk. All my friends gamble on sports so whenever we watch a game, everyone's pissed off at the end! Sometimes the commentators speak so quickly, I think you've got to be on drugs to listen to them.” ThinkingEndsSometimesGamesSpeakSportsWatchesFansDrugMy FriendsDrunkGambleCommentatorsPissed OffSports Fan Author:Pablo Francisco
“I was always interested in sport. My family are big sports' fans. We always had all the locals round watching big sporting events. I wasn't particularly sporty myself. I played a lot of hockey and rode, still do ride, but I just had a general interest in it. When I was given the opportunity to do sport stories I used to grab them.” StillsStoriesBigsUsedOpportunityGivenSportsInterestFansEventsMy FamilyRoundsLocalsHockeySports FanSporting Events Author:Jill Douglas
“I've learned that the effort sportsmen and women put in is incredible. Their commitment to their sport is phenomenal. Sometimes as a viewer, as a sports fan, you only see the end result.” EndsSometimesSportsResultsEffortFansMen And WomenCommitmentIncrediblesI've LearnedViewersPhenomenalEnd ResultsSportsmanSports Fan Author:Jill Douglas
“The fuel for the sports fan is the ability to have private theories.” SportsAbilityFansTheoryFuelSports Fan Author:Jack Nicholson
“People's instinct when they hear someone is madly obsessed with Star Wars or Harry Potter or something like that, they think that it's odd and not as cool as being a massive sports fan or film nerd. But I think it's amazing and something that should be celebrated and definitely not looked down on or misunderstood.” PeopleThinkingShouldWarFilmStarsSportsFansInstinctOddObsessedMassiveHarry PotterNerdMisunderstoodPottersSports Fan Author:Tom Felton
“Although I grew up in Kansas City, ... I have always kept more or less au courant of Texas barbecue, like a sports fan who is almost monomaniacally obsessed with basketball but glances over at the N.H.L. standings now and then.” SportsCitiesFansGrewBasketballGrew UpStandingObsessedTexasNow And ThenGlancesKansasBarbecueKansas CitySports Fan Author:Calvin Trillin