Sports
- Jim Johnson (American football) (1941–2009), NFL assistant coach most notably with the Philadelphia Eagles
- Jim Johnson (boxer) (1887–1918), or Battling Jim Johnson, early 20th century heavyweight boxer
- Jim Johnson (coach) (died 2004), East Carolina football head coach
- Jim Johnson (ice hockey b. 1942), forward for the Philadelphia Flyers and Minnesota Fighting Saints
- Jim Johnson (ice hockey b. 1962), defense man for the Pittsburgh Penguins and Minnesota North Stars
- Jim Johnson (right-handed pitcher) (born 1983), MLB pitcher from the 2000s
- Jim Johnson (left-handed pitcher) (1945–1987), American baseball pitcher (1967–1970) and briefly a member of 1970 San Francisco Giants
- Jim Johnson (rugby league), New Zealand international
- Jimmie Johnson (born 1975), NASCAR race driver
- Jimmie Johnson (American football) (born 1966), American football tight end
- Jimmy Johnson (American football coach) (born 1943), former NFL and US College head coach, and participant of Survivor: Nicaragua
- Jimmy Johnson (baseball) (born 1947), minor league baseball player, coach and manager
- Jimmy Johnson (cornerback) (born 1938), Pro Football Hall of Fame cornerback
- Jimmy Johnson (quarterback) (1879–1942), American football player
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Famous quotes containing the word sports:
“Even from their infancy we frame them to the sports of love: their instruction, behaviour, attire, grace, learning and all their words aimeth only at love, respects only affection. Their nurses and their keepers imprint no other thing in them.”
—Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592)
“...I didn’t come to this with any particular cachet. I was just a person who grew up in the United States. And when I looked around at the people who were sportscasters, I thought they were just people who grew up in the United States, too. So I thought, Why can’t a woman do it? I just assumed everyone else would think it was a swell idea.”
—Gayle Gardner, U.S. sports reporter. As quoted in Sports Illustrated, p. 85 (June 17, 1991)
“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)