"I was showing early symptoms of becoming a professional baseball man. I was lying to the press." ― Roger Kahn Topic(s): Sports More From Roger Kahn "Football is violence and cold weather and sex and college rye." "Tennis and golf are best played, not watched." More In Sports "When my TV show, ‘Sports Jobs with Junior Seau,’ assigned me to be a ‘Sports Illustrated’ reporter for a weekend, I didn’t realize I’d have to squeeze it in around another sports job. I had planned to retire from the NFL to enjoy the cushy lifestyle of a full-time reality TV star, but I wound up getting run over by a bull."― Junior Seau "As athletes, we’re used to reacting quickly. Here, it’s ‘come, stop, come, stop.’ There’s a lot of downtime. That’s the toughest part of the day."― Michael Jordan "The bell that tolls for all in boxing belongs to a cash register."― Bob Verdi