Sports
- John Ryan (footballer) (born 1968), Irish footballer
- John Ryan (English footballer) (born 1947), English footballer
- John Ryan (footballer born 1962), English footballer
- John Ryan (Scottish footballer) (died 2008), Scottish footballer
- John Ryan (pitcher), 19th century baseball player
- John Ryan (rugby coach), former head coach to Wales national rugby union team
- John Ryan (swimmer) (born 1944), Australian Olympic swimmer
- Blondy Ryan (John Collins Ryan, 1906–1959), baseball shortstop
- John J. Ryan (1886–1950), head football coach at Marquette University and the University of Wisconsin
- Johnny Ryan (baseball) (1853–1902), baseball player
- John Ryan (rugby union born 1988), Irish rugby union player
- John Ryan (rugby union born 1982) (1948–1982), Australian rugby union player
- Johnny Ryan (hurler), Irish hurler
- Johnny Ryan (hurler born 1988), Irish hurler
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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)
“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)