65 Sports Fan Quotes On Success In Life

These sports fan quotes will inspire you. Sports fan, a person who is enthusiastic about sports.

Below you will find a collection of motivating, happy, and encouraging sports fan quotes, sports fan sayings, and sports fan proverbs.

Best Sports Fan Quotes

1. “I’m not a big sports fan, but I love it when they “slam dunk.” That’s sexy.” ~ Emma Bunton
2. “If you’re a sports fan you realize that when you meet somebody, like a girlfriend, they kind of have to root for your team. They don’t have a choice.” ~ Jimmy Fallon
3. “A rabid sports fan is one that boos a TV set” ~ Jimmy Cannon
4. “I am a huge sports fan.” ~ Kris Allen

5. “I’m a huge sports fan.” ~ Marc Anthony

6. “I like every single actor or actress in the world because we never know what the conditions are like when they are working. I give everyone the benefit of the doubt and root for them like a psychotic sports fan” ~ Judd Nelson
7. “I’m a big sports fan. College football is my favorite.” ~ Verne Troyer
8. “I grew up in Baltimore. And yes, I am a big sports fan, especially when it comes to my local teams.” ~ Josh Charles
9. “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.” ~ Richard Gilman

10. “I was a sports fan, but I also went to peace marches.” ~ Tim Robbins

11. “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.” ~ Pablo Francisco
12. “That’s why I’m such a big sports fan, with sports you can never guess what’s gonna happen. Most movies you get halfway through and you can kind of guess the ending.” ~ Michael Douglas
13. “I believe God created sports for a good reason. It’s recreation. It’s something that we enjoy. It teaches us a lot as well… I believe God is a sports fan.” ~ Luke Scott
14. “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.” ~ Summer Sanders , True sports fan quotes 

15. “To look like you are a real sports fan when there is a game on TV just yell, Oh, come on! every now and then at the TV.” ~ Demetri Martin

16. “Social cohesion was built into language long before Facebook and LinkedIn and Twitter – we’re tribal by nature. Tribes today aren’t the same as tribes thousand of years ago: It isn’t just religious tribes or ethnic tribes now: It’s sports fans, it’s communities, it’s geography.” ~ Peter Guber
17. “I’m the biggest sports fan there is, I love sports, but I’m still convinced that it’s teachers who deserve the big salaries, not athletes.” ~ Michael Clarke Duncan
18. “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.” ~ Tom Felton
19. “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.” ~ Laila Ali

20. “As a sports fan, the Los Angeles Kings winning the Stanley Cup makes me feel very alive.” ~ Five for Fighting

21. “I’m not a huge sports fan in general, I don’t spend a lot of time watching other people do stuff. I tend to like to go out and do stuff myself.” ~ John C. Reilly
22. “As a passionate sports fan, as well as an athlete, I am excited to be a part of CBS Sports Network’s historic sports-focused program hosted entirely by women, especially at a time when the influence of women in sports has evolved to where it is today.” ~ Swin Cash
23. “There’s no other place that exemplifies a fanatic as much as Chicago. I feel like sports fans have bred out of Chicago.” ~ Paul Scheer
24. “I’m a big sports fan in general.” ~ Luke Bryan

25. “I give everyone the benefit of the doubt.” ~ Claudia Christian

26. “I don’t cheer for anyone because my job is obviously more important, but the reason why I got into sports is because of my father. He’s a giant sports fan and we are from New England, so he cheered for the Celtics and the Red Sox.” ~ Erin Andrews
27. “I grew up as a sports fan, and I know that a hall of fame is very different than an award for being the best of the year. It’s a nod to the longevity of our accomplishment.” ~ Chuck D
28. “One afternoon when I was 9, my dad told me I’d be skipping school the next day. Then we drove 12 hours from Melbourne to Sydney for the Centenary Test, a once-in-a-lifetime commemorative cricket match. It was great fun – especially for a kid who was a massive sports fan.” ~ Hugh Jackman
29. “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.” ~ Jamie Foxx

30. “A champion is someone who gets up when he can’t.” ~ Jack Dempsey

31. “…I thought how I hate any kind of mob – I hate mobs of sports fans, mobs of environmental demonstrators, I even hate mobs of super-models, that’s how much I hate mobs. I tell you, mankind is bearable only when you get him on his own.” ~ Steve Toltz
32. “Gowdy had a love affair with the microphone and the fans had a love affair with him. American sports fans truly lost an icon, a legend who never felt he was bigger than anyone else. He had that humility that made him special, and he made everyone feel like they were so important.” ~ Dick Vitale
33. “Sports do not build character. They reveal it.” ~ Heywood Broun
34. “My biggest pet peeve are just girls who go to sports bars who have no intention on caring what teams are playing, like they’re looking for just a night out. That drives me more crazy than anything else. Like, don’t pretend to be a sports fan.” ~ Jerry Ferrara

35. “Talk radio has almost ruined the sports fan.” ~ Phil Simms

36. “I’m a huge sports fan but have no interest in minutiae. I don’t remember who won Super Bowls five years ago or listen to sports talk radio.” ~ Norm MacDonald
37. “I don’t want to have to say, Honey, you know, could you turn off the sports channel because I’m not a big sports fan, and I don’t love the television being on just for the sake of turning on. I’d like turning on for some thing specific.” ~ Lynn Redgrave
38. “Everybody sort of questioned why we get married on New Year’s Day, and of course, the avid sports fans wouldn’t come, because they had to watch the Rose Bowl or whatever that is on that day.” ~ Yeardley Smith
39. “Since my induction into the Sports Hall of Fame, I have wanted to have my No. 3 Chevy on exhibit for sports fans to see. I hope others will enjoy the car as much as I have.” ~ Junior Johnson

40. “Well, I’m not a big sports fan.” ~ Jeff Bridges

41. “I like to follow my favorite team and talk sports with my band or fans. You won’t believe how many musicians are sports fans. We have so much time on tour that we need these outlets for relaxation.” ~ Garth Brooks
42. “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 goodwill.” ~ Wendell Pierce , Loyal sports fan quotes 
43. “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.” ~ Calvin Trillin
44. “There are a whole bunch of people – Republicans or sports fans or reality TV fans – who probably would never have recognized that they have trans people in their world. Caitlyn Jenner really is thinking about the movement and saving lives, so I know that her intentions are honorable.” ~ Jill Soloway

45. “I’m a golf junkie, but I’m a sports fan. I’ll watch pretty much everything that’s on.” ~ Stephen Curry

46. “It was tough getting fired by the NBA. I really didn’t know where I was going, until [ESPN] called me. I said, “Hey, ‘ESPN?’ Never heard of it. It sounds like a disease.” Now I have that same disease as a sports fanatic. All this sports madness we didn’t have years ago, now I’m very blessed and fortunate to be part of it.” ~ Dick Vitale
47. “It’s very hard right now to be a pro sports fan. The economics of this stuff is abysmal.” ~ Chad Harbach
48. “My mom is a big sports fans. Basketball, football, baseball, whatever. She calls into sports radio shows and gets into shouting matches, that’s how intense she is about it.” ~ Chris Hardwick
49. “I’m a huge, huge sports fan. A massive sports fan.” ~ Peter Jacobson

50. “I am a huge sports fan. I grew up playing sports and I’m a huge [Arkansas] Razorbacks fan, but any sports personally.” ~ Kris Allen

51. “The fuel for the sports fan is the ability to have private theories.” ~ Jack Nicholson
52. “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.” ~ Rory McIlroy
53. “I’m a huge, huge sports fan, and Marquette basketball is my No. 1 thing.” ~ Danny Pudi
54. “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.” ~ Thalassa Cruso

55. “Defensive and offensive lineman control the game and true sports fans know that.” ~ Dante Hall

56. “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.” ~ Barack Obama
57. “Without humor, a sports fan is a religious fanatic. Without humor, a newscast is a terrible, depressing, unpalatable thing.” ~ Keith Olbermann
58. “I’m a big sports fan – mainly basketball.” ~ Lamorne Morris
59. “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.” ~ Dave McPherson

60. “Sports fans have been mistreated for a long time. They have overpaid for inferior food and they have had poor service.” ~ Dave Checketts

61. “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.” ~ Michael Wilbon
62. “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.” ~ Will Forte
63. “I’m a football fan, a sports fan, a fan of competition.” ~ Matthew McConaughey
64. “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.” ~ Jill Douglas
65. “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.” ~ Jill Douglas

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