“You know, we don't look much alike, but Denzel Washington would make a great sports agent.”

“For the tiny percentage of people who are negatively affected by our embracing of standards, they can just get their sports somewhere else in the meantime. It's not like we're denying them hospital care.”

“As a kid who wasn't into sports, at school I felt almost alienated at times, whereas in the theatre community there was this amazing sense of camaraderie. Early on, we would go to rehearsals with my dad and I was like the mascot for the backstage crew. That was a big part of my childhood, so I dreamed of one day doing a play in London.”

“You cannot mix sports with politics.”

“There is so much hypocrisy in sports.”

“I don't watch a lot of television. Sports and news, that's it.”

“All I can ask from society is that it please stop telling me why I should like sports.”

“You win some, lose some, and wreck some.”

“I went to Ohio University studying arts and history, and playing football. But I was only interested in girls, my pals and sports. I only did the minimum for school.”