Sports
- John James (American football) (born 1949), former American professional football player and punter
- John James (racing driver) (1914–2002), British racing driver
- John James (English footballer born 1934) (born 1934), English football inside forward for Birmingham and Torquay
- John James (English footballer born 1948) (born 1948), English football striker for Port Vale, Chester, Tranmere and Chicago Sting
- John James (Australian rules footballer) (1934–2010)
- John James (rower) (born 1937), British rower and Olympic medallist
- John James (tennis) (born 1951), Australian tennis player
- Johnny James (born 1933), American baseball pitcher
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Famous quotes containing the word sports:
“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)
“Short of a wholesale reform of college athletics—a complete breakdown of the whole system that is now focused on money and power—the women’s programs are just as doomed as the men’s are to move further and further away from the academic mission of their colleges.... We have to decide if that’s the kind of success for women’s sports that we want.”
—Christine H. B. Grant, U.S. university athletic director. As quoted in the Chronicle of Higher Education, p. A42 (May 12, 1993)
“In the end, I think you really only get as far as you’re allowed to get.”
—Gayle Gardner, U.S. sports reporter. As quoted in Sports Illustrated, p. 87 (June 17, 1991)