A Quote by Steve James

It was no accident that I made 'Hoop Dreams' because it concerned a sport that I loved and hoped would be my dream, however far-fetched that turned out to be. Because of the success of that film, Hollywood pigeonholed me as a sports biopic guy, which led to 'Prefontaine' and two cable sports films.

Steve James

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Steve James
American - Director
Born: 1955

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Asif Kapadia

My dream project is a sports film, because I love writing emotional music and a sports film is one of the few places you can do it without being melodramatic.

Jeff Cardoni

I think the Greeks invented sports as an antidote to philosophy. In sports there are absolute rules. It's not, What about this? What about that? Either you're safe or you're out. It's ten yards or it's not. It's in the hoop or out of the hoop. It's certain.

Jack Nicholson

They wanted me to play more sports because they were acutely sensitive to their children being one hundred percent American, and they believed that all Americans played sports and loved sports.

Martin Lewis Perl

I love sports. Anytime I can combine sports with a film I'm a happy guy. It's such a natural fit, because sports always seems to be a metaphor for life. Always, always, always.

Dean Cain

I loved sports, so acting died and it was all sport. But I always used to get in trouble, because after lights out I would sneak out to watch things on TV.

Chukwudi Iwuji

I have a song that's called 'Rap Dreams, Hoop Dreams'. Besides education, everybody's got hoop dreams from day one in rap. Rap, sports, music have so much of an impact on the world.

Lil B

My brother Barry was into all sports, and so was my late father. For me, hockey was the one sport I loved and played. I didn't really pay much attention to the other sports.

Adam F. Goldberg

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Don't sell yourself short because without that you can't go far in life because after sports the only thing you know is sports and you can't do anything else with that.

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I would love to do a sports biopic. I love sports and I think it would be amazing to be a part of a true story and play an athlete.

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I got into sports broadcasting because I loved sports, not because I loved TV.

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