SportByte Archives
October 2010
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Posted 10.31.10 "When
you come right down to it, the baseball owners
are really little boys with big wallets."
Harold Parrott, writer [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo Devito's
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of Sports Quotations.]
Posted 10.30.10 "I like
to throw the ball. To me, the pro game is
throwing. I may be wrong, but putting the ball
in the air is the way to win." Y.A. Tittle,
NFL quarterback [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo Devito's
The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations.]
Posted 10.29.10 "The
hardest part of any slump is looking up at the
scoreboard and seeing your stats in huge
numbers." Jason Giambi, baseball player [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo Devito's
The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations.]
Posted 10.28.10 "Just
once I'd like to see a picture of one of these
guys with the caption 'He's a dog' underneath
it. 'Ate up $8,000 worth of groceries in four
years and can't play worth a lick.' " Abe
Lemons, college basketball coach, on recruits [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo Devito's
The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations.]
Posted 10.27.10 "He
talks okay up there with a bat in his hands. A
college education don't do you no good up
there." Casey Stengel, manager, on Yogi Berra,
baseball player [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo Devito's
The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations.]
Posted 10.26.10 "It
took me 17 years to get 3,000 hits in baseball.
I did it in one afternoon on the golf course."
Hank Aaron, baseball player [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo Devito's
The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations.]
Posted 10.25.10 "I'm
just a ball player with one ambition, and that
is to give all I've got to help my club win.
I've never played any other way." Joe
DiMaggio, baseball player [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo Devito's
The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations.]
Posted 10.24.10 "The
most difficult aspect of dealing with
sportswriters is their assumption of moral
superiority. They insist on advising everyone."
Glenn Seaburg, college chancellor [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo Devito's
The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations.]
Posted 10.23.10 "Great
stars that knew their days in fame's bright sun.
I hear them trampling to oblivion." Grantland
Rice, sportswriter, on the fleeting nature of
fame [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo Devito's
The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations.]
Posted 10.22.10 "Don't
try to perform beyond your abilities but never
perform below them." Frank Robinson, baseball
player and manager [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo Devito's
The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations.]
Posted 10.21.10 "I
swing big, with everything I've got. I hit big
or I miss big. I like to live as big as I can."
Babe Ruth, baseball player [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo Devito's
The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations.]
Posted 10.20.10 "There
is nothing harder to do in all of sports than
hitting a home run." Ted Williams, baseball
player [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo Devito's
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Posted 10.19.10 "There
were days when Mickey Mantle was so good that we
kids would bet that even God would want his
autograph." Bob Costas, broadcaster [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo Devito's
The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations.]
Posted 10.18.10 "There
is no room in baseball for a clown." Chuck
Dressen, baseball manager, to Bob Uecker,
baseball player, broadcaster and humorist [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo Devito's
The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations.]
Posted 10.17.10 "Willie
Mays was my boyhood hero, but not because he was
a great baseball player. Because he had a big
house." O.J. Simpson, football player [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo Devito's
The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations.]
Posted 10.16.10 "Football
is unique and good. Where else in life do you
see dedication and teamwork and spirit? People
enjoy it because it is reassuring to them to see
good things." Woody Hayes, football coach [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo Devito's
The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations.]
Posted 10.15.10 "One
sign of a hero is if you feel enhanced simply
when talking about him recounting his feats,
recalling a time when your own little life was
touched by his." Roger Rosenblatt,
sportswriter [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo Devito's
The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations.]
Posted 10.14.10 "Listen,
I'm a leader. If anyone gives me trouble in a
huddle I don't care who they are I'm going
to sting them." Terry Bradshaw, quarterback [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo Devito's
The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations.]
Posted 10.13.10 "I'll
moider da bum." Tony Galento, heavyweight
boxer, when asked what he thought of William
Shakespeare [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo Devito's
The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations.]
Posted 10.12.10 "Mickey
Mantle just was everything. At my bar mitzvah I
had an Oklahoma accent. And I think I once told
my parents, 'Play me or trade me.' Billy
Crystal, comedian [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo Devito's
The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations.]
Posted 10.11.10 "The
difference between a successful person and
others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of
knowledge, but rather a lack of will." Vince
Lombardi, football coach [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo Devito's
The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations.]
Posted 10.10.10 "My
father always told me in the midst of adversity,
in the midst of a struggle, 'It builds
character. Stay strong, be positive, look ahead,
don't look back.' " Bruce Smith, football
player [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo Devito's
The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations.]
Posted 10.09.10 "You
can be sold, traded or released at will. You are
carried on the books as a depreciable capital
asset and exist like a piece of chattel." Rick
Sortun, professional football player [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo Devito's
The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations.]
Posted 10.08.10 "It
relieves the manager of all responsibility
except to post the lineup card on the dugout
wall and make sure everybody gets to the airport
on time." Red Smith, sportswriter, on the
designated hitter rule [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo Devito's
The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations.]
Posted 10.07.10 "Men
are clinging to football on a level we aren't
even aware of. For centuries, we ruled
everything, and now, in the last ten minutes,
there are all these incursions by women. It's
our Alamo." Tony Kornheiser, writer [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo Devito's
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of Sports Quotations.]
Posted 10.06.10 "You
can play very well and lose, or play very badly
and win. Things can happen. And you know what?
That's just the way it goes." Carl Eller,
football player [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo Devito's
The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations.]
Posted 10.05.10 "Take
away the hot dog and all its attendant
comestibles, such as peanuts, popcorn, Cracker
Jacks and egg salad sandwiches, and you'd have a
different country." Wells Twombly,
sportswriter [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo Devito's
The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations.]
Posted 10.04.10 "Coaches
have to watch for what they don't want to see
and listen to what they don't want to hear."
John Madden, football coach and broadcaster [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo Devito's
The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations.]
Posted 10.03.10 "I
don't need to hit a home run anymore. I only
have to hit a single. I do everything for the
team. I just want to win." Sammy Sosa,
baseball player [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo Devito's
The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations.]
Posted 10.02.10 "The
prevalent nature of the professional football
player is that of soldier of fortune. He's
trained and willing to bust people up." Jim
Brown, football player [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo Devito's
The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations.]
Posted 10.01.10 "Losing
is the great American sin." Jerome Holtzman,
writer [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo Devito's
The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations.]
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