Sports
- John Baird (American football), All-American football player
- John Baird (Australian footballer) (born 1980), Australian rules footballer
- John Baird (cyclist), former racing cyclist from New Zealand
- John Baird (footballer) (born 1985), Scottish footballer playing for Dundee F.C.
- John Campbell Baird, 19th century Scottish footballer
- John Washington Baird (born 1852), American chess master
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Famous quotes containing the word sports:
“Guys do not have a genetic blueprint that allows them to understand or love sports.”
—Lesley Visser, U.S. sports reporter and announcer. As quoted in Sports Illustrated, p. 82 (June 17, 1991)
“The whole idea of image is so confused. On the one hand, Madison Avenue is worried about the image of the players in a tennis tour. On the other hand, sports events are often sponsored by the makers of junk food, beer, and cigarettes. What’s the message when an athlete who works at keeping her body fit is sponsored by a sugar-filled snack that does more harm than good?”
—Martina Navratilova (b. 1956)
“There be some sports are painful, and their labor
Delight in them sets off. Some kinds of baseness
Are nobly undergone, and most poor matters
Point to rich ends.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)