SportByte™ Archives — October 2015

Posted 10.31.15 — "Speed is a great asset, but it's greater when it's combined with quickness – and there's a big difference." — Ty Cobb, baseball player [Baseball Quotes from Ty Cobb]

Posted 10.30.15 — "Forget your opponents; always play against par." — Sam Snead, professional golfer [Golf Quotes from Sam Snead]

Posted 10.29.15 — "When I was a kid, like 14 or 15, I played with the waiters from the hotel, 'cause that was the best game. And these guys, they'd let me play. And they were black guys." — Larry Bird, basketball player [Larry Bird Quotes from BrainyQuote.com]

Posted 10.28.15 — "Sure I eat what I advertise. Sure I eat Wheaties for breakfast. A good bowl of Wheaties with bourbon can't be beat." — Dizzy Dean, baseball player [Baseball Quotes from Dizzy Dean]

Posted 10.27.15 — "The idea of molding men means a lot to me." — Paul "Bear" Bryant, football coach [Football Quotes from Paul "Bear" Bryant]

Posted 10.26.15 — "One thing I've learned over time is, if you hit a golf ball into water, it won't float." — Arnold Palmer, professional golfer [Golf Quotes from Arnold Palmer]

Posted 10.25.15 — "Why is it that during recruiting season they sign all the great players, but when it comes time to play the game, we have all the great players? I don’t understand that. What happens to them?” — Steve Spurrier, football coach, on the recruiting classes of the Georgia Bulldogs [Steve Spurrier Quotes from USA Today]

Posted 10.24.15 — "I'm sure glad this isn't my home ball park." — Hank Aaron, baseball player, to Mickey Mantle, baseball player, on the expanses of Yankee Stadium [Baseball Quotes from Steve the Ump]

Posted 10.23.15 — "You've got to be very careful if you don't know where you are going because you might not get there." — Yogi Berra, baseball player and manager [Baseball Quotes from Steve the Ump]

Posted 10.22.15 — "I don’t know. I sort of always liked playing them that second game because you could always count on them having two or three key players suspended." — Steve Spurrier, football coach, on the timing of his team's annual game against the Georgia Bulldogs [Steve Spurrier Quotes from USA Today]

Posted 10.21.15 — "To achieve success, whatever the job we have, we must pay a price.” — Vince Lombardi, football coach [Quotes from Vince Lombardi]

Posted 10.20.15 — "I regret to this day that I never went to college. I feel I should have been a doctor." — Ty Cobb, baseball player [Baseball Quotes from Ty Cobb]

Posted 10.19.15 — "The mark of a great player is in his ability to come back. The great champions have all come back from defeat." — Sam Snead, professional golfer [Golf Quotes from Sam Snead]

Posted 10.18.15 — "Leadership is getting players to believe in you. If you tell a teammate you're ready to play as tough as you're able to, you'd better go out there and do it. Players will see right through a phony. And they can tell when you're not giving it all you've got." — Larry Bird, basketball player [Larry Bird Quotes from BrainyQuote.com]

Posted 10.17.15 — "Son, what kind of pitch would you like to miss?" — Dizzy Dean, baseball player [Baseball Quotes from Dizzy Dean]

Posted 10.16.15 — "I think the most important thing of all for any team is a winning attitude. The coaches must have it. The players must have it. The student body must have it. If you have dedicated players who believe in themselves, you don't need a lot of talent." — Paul "Bear" Bryant, football coach [Football Quotes from Bart Starr]

Posted 10.15.15 — "I didn’t know Jadeveon’s car could go that fast. He doesn’t have a pretty car like those FSU guys used to drive." — Steve Spurrier, South Carolina football coach, alluding to Florida State after Jadeveon Clowney, one of South Carolina's star players, got a speeding ticket [Steve Spurrier Quotes from USA Today]

Posted 10.14.15 — "You know what FSU stands for, don’t you? Free Shoes University." — Steve Spurrier, football coach, making light of allegations that Florida State football players received shoes paid for by an unregistered agent during an after-hours shopping spree at a sporting goods store [Steve Spurrier Quotes from USA Today]

Posted 10.13.15 — "To play 18 years in Yankee Stadium is the best thing that could ever happen to a ballplayer." — Mickey Mantle, baseball player [Baseball Quotes from Steve the Ump]

Posted 10.12.15 — "You can observe a lot just by watching." — Yogi Berra, baseball player and manager [Baseball Quotes from Steve the Ump]

Posted 10.11.15 — "Football is a great deal like life in that it teaches that work, sacrifice, perseverance, competitive drive, selflessness and respect for authority is the price that each and every one of us must pay to achieve any goal that is worthwhile.” — Vince Lombardi, football coach [Quotes from Vince Lombardi]

Posted 10.10.15 — "I never could stand losing. Second place didn't interest me. I had a fire in my belly." — Ty Cobb, baseball player [Baseball Quotes from Ty Cobb]

Posted 10.09.15 — "Nobody asked how you looked, just what you shot." — Sam Snead, professional golfer [Golf Quotes from Sam Snead]

Posted 10.08.15 — "I don't know if I practiced more than anybody, but I sure practiced enough. I still wonder if somebody – somewhere – was practicing more than me." — Larry Bird, basketball player [Larry Bird Quotes from BrainyQuote.com]

Posted 10.07.15 — "Mr. Rickey, I'll put more people in the park than anybody since Babe Ruth." — Dizzy Dean, baseball player, to Branch Rickey, team executive [Baseball Quotes from Dizzy Dean]

Posted 10.06.15 — "If anything goes bad, I did it. If anything goes semi-good, we did it. If anything goes really good, then you did it. That's all it takes to get people to win football games for you." — Paul "Bear" Bryant, football coach [Football Quotes from Bart Starr]

Posted 10.05.15 — "Sam Snead will fly anywhere in my plane with me. Sam's not as worried about the danger as he is about saving money." — Arnold Palmer, professional golfer, on Sam Snead, professional golfer [Golf Quotes from Arnold Palmer]

Posted 10.04.15 — "Boy, you stunk!"" — Timmy Berra, son of Yogi Berra, baseball player, to Mickey Mantle, baseball player, after a bad game by Mantle [Baseball Quotes from Steve the Ump]

Posted 10.03.15 — "The towels were so thick there I could hardly close my suitcase." — Yogi Berra, baseball player and manager [Baseball Quotes from Steve the Ump]

Posted 10.02.15 — "I would say that the quality of each man’s life is the full measure of that man’s commitment of excellence and victory – whether it be football, whether it be business, whether it be politics or government or what have you.” — Vince Lombardi, football coach [Quotes from Vince Lombardi]

Posted 10.01.15 — "I may have been fierce, but never low or underhand." — Ty Cobb, baseball player [Baseball Quotes from Ty Cobb]

    
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