Sporting Life may refer to:
- A character in Gershwin musical Porgy and Bess
- Sportin' Life, an album by Mink DeVille
- The Sporting Life (1918 film), 1918 silent directed by Maurice Tourneur
- The Sporting Life (1925 film), 1925 silent film directed by Maurice Tourneur
- Sporting Life (film), a 1936 film directed by J. Elder Wills
- The Sporting Life (album), an album by avante-garde singer Diamanda Galas
- Sporting Life (retailer), a sporting goods retailer based in Toronto, Canada
- The Sporting Life (British newspaper), a defunct British racing newspaper
- The Sporting Life (American newspaper), a defunct US newspaper
- "The Sporting Life", a song on The Decemberists' album Picaresque
- This Sporting Life, a 1960 novel by David Storey
- This Sporting Life, a 1963 film by Lindsay Anderson
- This Sporting Life (radio program), a radio program in Australia
Famous quotes containing the words sporting and/or life:
“The Boston papers had never told me that there were seals in the harbor. I had always associated these with the Esquimaux and other outlandish people. Yet from the parlor windows all along the coast you may see families of them sporting on the flats. They were as strange to me as the merman would be. Ladies who never walk in the woods, sail over the sea. To go to sea! Why, it is to have the experience of Noah,—to realize the deluge. Every vessel is an ark.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“To make life more bearable and pleasant for everybody, choose the issues that are significant enough to fight over, and ignore or use distraction for those you can let slide that day. Picking your battles will eliminate a number of conflicts, and yet will still leave you feeling in control.”
—Lawrence Balter (20th century)