Posted 03.31.16 — "A person always doing his or her best becomes a natural leader, just by example." — Joe DiMaggio, baseball player [Joe DiMaggio quotes from azquotes.com]

Posted 03.30.16 — "It never hurts to apologize, especially if you don't mean it." — Jim Bouton, baseball pitcher [Jim Bouton quotes from azquotes.com]

Posted 03.29.16 — "I never have been sick. I don't even know what it means to be sick. I hear other players say they have a cold. I just don't know what it would feel like to have a cold – I never had one." — Honus Wagner, baseball player [Honus Wagner quotes from azquotes.com]

Posted 03.28.16 — "I'd always have it (grease) in at least two places, in case the umpires would ask me to wipe one off. I never wanted to be caught out there with anything though – it wouldn't be professional." — Gaylord Perry, baseball pitcher [Gaylord Perry quotes from azquotes.com]

Posted 03.27.16 — "Baseball is beautiful... the supreme performing art. It combines in perfect harmony the magnificent features of ballet, drama, art, and ingenuity." — Bowie Kuhn, Commissioner of Major League Baseball [Bowie Kuhn quotes from azquotes.com]

Posted 03.26.16 — "Trying to sneak a fastball by Ted Williams was like trying to sneak a sunbeam by a rooster in the morning." — Bob Feller, baseball pitcher [Bob Feller quotes from azquotes.com]

Posted 03.25.16 — "Don't let the fear of striking out hold you back." — Babe Ruth, baseball player [Babe Ruth quotes from azquotes.com]

Posted 03.24.16 — "A champion doesn't become a champion in the ring, he's merely recognized in the ring. His 'becoming' happens during his daily routine." — Joe Louis, boxer [Joe Louis quotes from azquotes.com]

Posted 03.23.16 — "I'd be conceited if I said I could, but I'd be lying if I said I couldn't." — Rocky Marciano, boxer [Rocky Marciano quotes from azquotes.com]

Posted 03.22.16 — "The best come from the worst." — Michael Jordan, basketball player [Michael Jordan quotes from azquotes.com]

Posted 03.21.16 — "I am going to spend my time today just thanking the people that played a role in my career, because I truly do believe that I was blessed by a lot of people that paths crossed mine as I went down the road in my career." — Nolan Ryan, baseball pitcher [Nolan Ryan quotes from azquotes.com]

Posted 03.20.16 — "Fans don't boo nobodies." — Reggie Jackson, baseball player [Reggie Jackson quotes from azquotes.com]

Posted 03.19.16 — "I haven't always done a good job, and I haven't always been successful – but I know that I have tried." — George Steinbrenner, New York Yankees owner [George Steinbrenner quotes from azquotes.com]

Posted 03.18.16 — "The only thing even in this world is the number of hours in a day. The difference in winning or losing is what you do with those hours." — Woody Hayes, football coach [Woody Hayes quotes from azquotes.com]

Posted 03.17.16 — "I love to play this game of baseball. I love putting on the uniform." — Stan Musial, baseball player [Stan Musial quotes from azquotes.com]

Posted 03.16.16 — "You're never a loser until you quit trying." — Mike Ditka, football coach [Mike Ditka quotes from azquotes.com]

Posted 03.15.16 — "Profound responsibilities come with teaching and coaching. You can do so much good – or harm. It’s why I believe that next to parenting, teaching and coaching are the two most important professions in the world." — John Wooden, basketball coach [John Wooden quotes from azquotes.com]

Posted 03.14.16 — "Yelling doesn't win ball games. It doesn't put any points on the scoreboard. And I don't think words win ball games all the time. Players do. Preparation does." — Jerry Tarkanian, basketball coach [Jerry Tarkanian quotes from azquotes.com]

Posted 03.13.16 — "It was tough getting fired by the NBA. I really didn't know where I was going, until [ESPN] called me. I said, "Hey, 'ESPN?' Never heard of it. It sounds like a disease." Now I have that same disease as a sports fanatic. All this sports madness we didn't have years ago, now I'm very blessed and fortunate to be part of it." — Dick Vitale, basketball coach and broadcaster [Dick Vitale quotes from azquotes.com]

Posted 03.12.16 — "The bottom line is that these athletes tend to be safer investments because they really value their marketing opportunities. They don't make as much money as during their active careers." — Dick Butkus, football player [Dick Butkus quotes from azquotes.com]

Posted 03.11.16 — "Discipline is knowing what to do. Knowing when to do it. Doing it to the best of your abilities. Doing it that way every single time." — Bobby Knight, basketball coach [Bobby Knight quotes from azquotes.com]

Posted 03.10.16 — "When we started, it was based on lies. It's changing now. There are no secrets in the business. You've got to come with the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. It's becoming very confusing." — Don King, boxing promoter [Don King quotes from azquotes.com]

Posted 03.09.16 — "You have to keep your goal in mind and never lose sight of it. I envisioned myself winning the heavyweight title for ten years before I actually captured it. If you're not driven to do your best, you'll never reach the level of excellence in your life." — George Foreman, boxer [George Foreman quotes from azquotes.com]

Posted 03.08.16 — "Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it." — Muhammad Ali, boxer [Muhammad Ali quotes from azquotes.com]

Posted 03.07.16 — "Find the good. It's all around you. Find it, showcase it and you'll start believing in it." — Jesse Owens, Olympic track and field athlete [Jesse Owens quotes from azquotes.com]

Posted 03.06.16 — "I have always liked sport and only played or run races for the fun of the thing." — Jim Thorpe, world-class, all-around athlete [Jim Thorpe quotes from azquotes.com]

Posted 03.05.16 — "Build up your weaknesses until they become your strong points." — Knute Rockne, football coach [Knute Rockne quotes from azquotes.com]

Posted 03.04.16 — "Fate only picks on the cowards and quitters, so give 'em both barrels – and aim for the eyes." — Grantland Rice, sportswriter [Grantland Rice quotes from azquotes.com]

Posted 03.03.16 — "Writing is easy. Just sit in front of a typewriter, open up a vein and bleed it out drop by drop." — Red Smith, sportswriter [Red Smith quotes from azquotes.com]

Posted 03.02.16 — "Mickey, it's only a game." — Merlyn Mantle, trying to console her husband, Mickey Mantle, after the heavily-favored New York Yankees lost the 1960 World Series to the Pittsburgh Pirates in seven games [Baseball Quotes from Steve the Ump]

Posted 03.01.16 — "The cost of anything is the foregone alternative." — Walter 'The Big Train' Johnson, baseball pitcher [Walter 'The Big Train' Johnson quotes from azquotes.com]