Sports
- John McCarthy (American football) (born 1916), professional football player in the National Football League
- John McCarthy (mixed martial arts) (born 1962), mixed martial arts referee
- Johnny McCarthy (born 1934), NBA player
- Johnny McCarthy (baseball) (1910–1973), Major League Baseball first baseman
- John McCarthy (Gaelic footballer), former Dublin Gaelic footballer
- John McCarthy (ice hockey) (born 1986), NHL player
- John McCarthy (athlete), Paralympic athlete from Ireland
- Two Australian rules footballers:
- John McCarthy (Australian rules footballer born 1967), former player with Fitzroy and North Melbourne
- John McCarthy (Australian rules footballer born 1989), former Port Adelaide and Collingwood player
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Famous quotes containing the word sports:
“It is usual for a Man who loves Country Sports to preserve the Game in his own Grounds, and divert himself upon those that belong to his Neighbour.”
—Joseph Addison (1672–1719)
“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)