Customary though it may be to write about that institutionalized pastime as though it existed apart from the general environment, my story does not lend itself to such treatment. Curt Flood
There is no room in baseball for discrimination. It is our national pastime and a game for all. Lou Gehrig
Certainly the most diverse, if minor, pastime of literary life is the game of Find the Author. Arthur Miller
I think it puts baseball back on the map as a sport. It's America's pastime and just look at everyone coming out to the ballpark. It has been an exciting year. Mark McGwire
The sportsman knows that a sport is a recreation, a game, an amusement and a pastime, but his eyes are fixed on a higher goal, on the most important thing in his life, which is his education or his vocation. Avery Brundage