I was always very independent and looked out for myself. I think that ability really helped me in later years both in sports and in theatre.

I lived in a town of 400 until I was like nine or ten. My dad coached all the sports - he was a gym teacher and health teacher for grades K-12.

The sports world is an echo chamber. All it takes is one quote from a general manager and a thousand sports columns bloom.

People who think they know what they are talking about when they talk about baseball include the announcers and all of the sports press - no matter how much evidence you present them to the contrary they will continue to think that what they think is right.

I tried to get a baseball movie made a couple of years ago and I don't think it didn't happen because I was a woman but because sports movie don't sell internationally.

Professional sports are something they can't control.

When you have a background in combat sports people think you're this martial arts expert but really I'm just a guy who is able to do certain things without making a mess of himself.

We're a crazy country about sports but for the longest time only followed our own sports.

I think we have our sports within our own culture that are huge with baseball football basketball and hockey. Those are the sports in America that we grow up with and soccer isn't really there yet.

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.