Sports
Football is popular in Tirana County. Tirana has several notable football clubs such as KF Tirana, Partizani Tirana and Dinamo Tirana. There are several other clubs in Tirana County such as Besa Kavajë in Kavajë, founded in 1922 and KS Egnatia Rrogozhinë in Rrogozhinë, founded in 1964. Major sports venues in Tirana are the Qemal Stafa Stadium, Selman Stërmasi Stadium and the Asllan Rusi Palace of Sports.
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Famous quotes containing the word sports:
“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)
“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)
“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)