Posted 07.31.13 — "No one can guard me one-on-one. I'm not afraid of anyone in this league." — Allen Iverson, basketball player [The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]

Posted 07.30.13 — "He could break all the records before he's through." — Gil Hodges, baseball player and manager, on Nolan Ryan, rookie pitcher [The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]

Posted 07.29.13 — "Winning is like shaving. You do it every day, or you end up looking like a bum." — Jack Kemp, football player and U.S. Congressman and Cabinet member [The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]

Posted 07.28.13 — "Once a player becomes bigger than the team, you no longer have a team." — Red Auerbach, basketball coach and team executive [The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]

Posted 07.27.13 — "Be strong in body, clean in mind, lofty in ideals." — Dr. James Naismith, inventor of basketball [The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]

Posted 07.26.13 — "There is something about a new pair of sneakers that makes a boy feel he can run faster and jump higher." — Spike Lee, writer, actor, director and sports fan [The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]

Posted 07.25.13 — "That young'un can't be doing that all by himself." — Bum Phillips, NFL coach, who accused Ray Guy, punter and Southern Miss alum, of using a football filled with helium. Philips' claim was prompted by the spectacular height and distance of Guy's punts. [The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]

Posted 07.24.13 — "I've never known a football writer who ever had to stand up to a blitz." — Joe Namath, football player [The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]

Posted 07.23.13 — "When you make a mistake, there are only three things you should ever do about it: 1) admit it; 2) learn from it; 3) don't repeat it." — Paul "Bear" Bryant, football coach [The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]

Posted 07.22.13 — "The player who loses his head, who can't keep his cool, is worse than no ballplayer at all." — Lou Gehrig, baseball player [The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]

Posted 07.21.13 — "Emotion only stays with you a short period. What you want is a sustained effort of performance." — John Chaney, basketball coach [The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]

Posted 07.20.13 — "The guy is not a real person, he's a rattlesnake." — Peter Vecsey, sportswriter, on Rick Pitino, basketball coach [The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]

Posted 07.19.13 — "The first time you quit, it's hard. The second time, it gets easier. The third time, you don't even have to think." — Paul "Bear" Bryant, football coach [The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]

Posted 07.18.13 — "Be reasonable: Do it my way." — Sign on the desk of John Calipari, basketball coach [The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]

Posted 07.17.13 — "He treats us like men. He lets us wear earrings." — Torrin Polk, college football player, on John Jenkins, his coach  [The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]

Posted 07.16.13 — "Ninety percent of the game is half mental." — Yogi Berra, baseball player and manager [The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]

Posted 07.15.13 — "If their IQ's were lower, they would be geraniums." — Russ Francis, football player, on defensive linemen [The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]

Posted 07.14.13 — "The more I practice, the luckier I get." — Gary Player, golfer [The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]

Posted 07.13.13 — "If I had my life to live over again, I'd have ended up a sportswriter." — Richard M. Nixon, U.S President [The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]

Posted 07.12.13 — "The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely to be the one who dropped it." — Lou Holtz, football coach [The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]

Posted 07.11.13 — "If you're losing sleep and you have a knot in your stomach, that means you're probably doing your job." — Bill Walsh, football coach [The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]

Posted 07.10.13 — "True motivation is not getting people to play to their potential. True motivation is getting people to play beyond their potential." — Rick Pitino, basketball coach [The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]

Posted 07.09.13 — "The solution to any problem – work, love, money, whatever – is to go fishing, and the worst problem, the longer the trip should be." — John Gierach, fisherman and writer [The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]

Posted 07.08.13 — "Medicine is just about life and death. Sports is more important than that." — Andrew Edgar, philosopher [The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]

Posted 07.07.13 — "He can run, but he can't hide." — Joe Louis, boxer, referring to his opponent, Billy Conn, before a title bout [The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]

Posted 07.06.13 — "Being a professional athlete is just being a big kid." — Larry Csonka, football player and broadcaster [The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]

Posted 07.05.13 — "As a reflection of American life, the most popular sport in America is professional football: brutal, precise, competitive and highly standardized. In football, as in much of American society, the competitor is 'The Enemy,' and the all-consuming passion is to win, often, at any cost." — Dr. Ross Thomas Runfola, sports sociologist [The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]

Posted 07.04.13 — "That boy in there has a lawyer with him and he doesn't need one." — Unidentified NBA executive, referring to negotiations with then-rookie Bill Bradley, a Rhodes Scholar and future U.S. Senator [The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]

Posted 07.03.13 — "Confidence is a lot of this game or any game. If you don't think you can win, you won't." — Jerry West, basketball player and team executive [The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]