Sport quotes

“When a man looks back on his life, he should be proud of all of it. Not just the years he spent in pads and cleats. Not just memories of when he was great.”
Lawrence Taylor - Luther 'Shark' Lavay

“Damn girl... I didn't know Nike made dresses.”
Gabrielle Union - Shawnee

“I think all hockey players should know how to read and write.”
Cynthia Gibb - Jessie Chadwick

“- Torrance Shipman: Do you know what this means? My entire cheerleading career has been a lie.
- Missy Pantone: Well, look on the bright side: It's only cheerleading!
- Torrance Shipman: I am only cheerleading.”

Kirsten Dunst - Torrance Shipman
Eliza Dushku - Missy Pantone

I'll never forget an exclusive interview in which Swamptown revealed that he calls his hockey stick the "Big Tomahawk" and he usually refers to the opposing players as "the little scalps".
Andrew Duncan - Jim Carr

“Ladies and gentlemen. England will be playing Four-Four-Fucking Two.”
Ricky Tomlinson - Mike Bassett

“- Joe Hallenbeck: Ratings are down. So you're gonna bribe some senators to legalize gambling.
- Sheldon Marcone: Legalize sports gambling. You see, with all the heroes gone, legalized gambling is about the only thing that'll save the beast.”
Bruce Willis - Joe Hallenbeck
Noble Willingham - Sheldon Marcone

“Skiing is partying, partying is skiing.”
Stuart Fratkin - Fitz Fitzgerald

“Go that way, really fast. If something gets in your way, turn.”

Curtis Armstrong - Charles De Mar

“- Sylvia Fonda: A toast. To Dom Perignon and the World Cup.
- Harkin: Who's he?
- Sylvia Fonda: A famous French skier.”
Shannon Tweed - Sylvia Fonda
Patrick Houser - Harkin

“Half these people came here tonight, Jack, to watch you catch ball. The other half came to see you drop it. You drop that damn thing again, Jack, your life is over.”

Kurt Russell - Reno Hightower

“I would very much like you to meet Judy. She can suck a golf ball through twenty feet of garden hose. Ain't that right?”
Robert Pastorelli - Vinnie

“- Highway Patrolman: Ah, Americans. Welcome to Ontario, sportsman's paradise!
- Sheriff Bud Boomer: Isn't it though.”
Dan Aykroyd - Highway Patrolman
John Candy - Sheriff Bud Boomer

“Starting defense! Place at the table!”
Andrew Bryniarski - Steve Lattimer

“- Peterboro Referee: I got my eye on the three of you. You pull one thing, you're out of this game. I run a clean game here. I have any trouble here, I'll suspend ya.
- Steve Hanson: I'm listening to the fucking song!”

Larry Block - Peterboro Referee
Steve Carlson - Steve Hanson

“You're heading for the Olympics; I'm heading for broken bones.”

Linda Blair - Terry Barkley

“Offense sells tickets. Defense wins games.”
Christine Dunford - Coach Davis

“- Kyle-Lee: I had 22 points and 8 rebounds.
- Rollins: And we lost.
- Kyle-Lee: Then maybe the entire team should be here instead of just me. It's not like anybody else had a good game.
- Rollins: You didn't give them a chance to. And that's just the sort of thing recruiters look at.”
Duane Martin - Kyle Lee Watson
David Bailey - Rollins

“Bad sportsmanship. A ruthless minority of people seem to have forgotten good old-fashioned virtues. They just can't stand seeing the other fellow win. If these people would just play the game...”
Peter Vaughan - Mr. Helpmann

“You're playing and you think everything is going fine. Then one thing goes wrong. And then another. And another. You try to fight back, but the harder you fight, the deeper you sink. Until you can't move... you can't breathe... because you're in over your head. Like quicksand.”
Keanu Reeves - Shane Falco

“You went to college to drink beer, play football, and get laid. None of this academic shit.”

Ed Lauter - Buzz

“I'm not a violence person! I write about boxing and hockey and football!”
Woody Allen - Lenny

“- Coach Gordon Bombay: Haven't you guys been training in the off-season?
- Lester Averman: You know, I knew we forgot something.”
Emilio Estevez - Coach Gordon Bombay
Matt Doherty - Lester Averman

“- Paul: It's not a sport if you let a machine do all the work.
- Josh: What about car racing?
- Paul: Shut up, Baskin.”
John Heard - Paul
Tom Hanks - Josh

“- Homer: Why're the jocks the only ones who get to go to college?
- Roy Lee: They're also the only ones who get the girls.”
Jake Gyllenhaal - Homer Hickam
William Lee Scott - Roy Lee