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 dont 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 dont 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 didnt know Jadeveons car
could go that fast. He doesnt
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,
dont 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 mans life is the full
measure of that mans 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]