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:
“I looked so much like a guy you couldn’t tell if I was a boy or a girl. I had no hair, I wore guys’ clothes, I walked like a guy ... [ellipsis in source] I didn’t do anything right except sports. I was a social dropout, but sports was a way I could be acceptable to other kids and to my family.”
—Karen Logan (b. 1949)
“It was so hard to pry this door open, and if I mess up I know the people behind me are going to have it that much harder. Because then there’s living proof. They can sit around and say, “See? It doesn’t work.” I don’t want to be their living proof.”
—Gayle Gardner, U.S. sports reporter. As quoted in Sports Illustrated, p. 87 (June 17, 1991)
“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)