Sports
- Chris Başak, Major League Baseball infielder
- Sami Berik, mixed martial artist
- Dave Coskunian, soccer player of Armenian descent
- Korel Engin, basketball player
- Tunç İlkin, former Pittsburgh Steelers player and Sports Commentator
- Ersan İlyasova, Milwaukee Bucks player
- Şebnem Kimyacıoğlu, basketball player
- Yasemin Kimyacıoğlu, basketball player
- Mehmet Okur, Utah Jazz player and 2007 NBA All-Star
- Nevin Nevlin, basketball player
- Hidayet Türkoğlu, Orlando Magic player
- Nevriye Yılmaz, basketball 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)
“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)
“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)