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Archives - May 2003
Posted 05.31.03
"First time I ever slept on my back. Had to,
or that medal would have cut my chest..."
Muhammad Ali, world champion boxer, on winning a
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Posted 05.30.03
"That (home run) ball got out of here in a
hurry. Anything going that fast better have a damn
stewardess on it don't you think..?" Kevin
Costner, actor, in Bull Durham [Get
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Posted 05.29.03
"Observing team sports, teams of adult men,
one sees how men are children in the most
felicitous sense of the word..." Joyce Carol
Oates, writer [Get
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Posted 05.28.03
"Mickey was like Marilyn Monroe. He didn't have to
be the greatest ballplayer. He had that
charisma..." Hank Aaron, Hall of Fame baseball
player, about fellow Hall of Fame baseball player
Mickey Mantle [Get
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Posted 05.27.03
"Jimmy Taylor, the great fullback of the Green Bay
Packers, spent four years in college and emerged
unscarred by education..." Dick Schaap,
sportswriter, author, talk show host [Get
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Posted 05.26.03
"I told him, 'Son, what is it with you? Is it
ignorance or apathy?' He said, 'Coach, I don't
know and I don't care.'..." Frank Layden, NBA
executive and former coach [Get
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Posted 05.25.03
"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, actor, comedian and baseball fan [Get
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Posted 05.24.03
"Bob Knight is unique. In another time, he would
have been a superb general. ... He may well be the
last of the coaching dictators..." Al McGuire,
champion basketball coach and broadcaster [Get
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Posted 05.23.03
"I was a very late draft choice of the
Mittendorf Funeral Home Panthers. Our color was
black..." George Will, author and baseball
enthusiast, about his Little League draft [Get
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Posted 05.22.03
"If I could make more money running a
supermarket, I'd run a supermarket. My best thing
is driving cars... It's a business, like any other
business..." Richard Perry, racing legend [Get
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Posted 05.21.03
"When I read the sports pages these days I
think I'm reading the Wall Street Journal..."
Dan Jansen, Olympic gold medalist speed skater,
referring to sports business dollars [Get
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Posted 05.20.03
"Yes, it is forever about the money. Sports
teaches you that eight days a week, making virtues
of greed and lust, littering its fields with the
currency of betrayal..." Ian O'Connor,
sportswriter [Get
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Posted 05.19.03
"Every time you win, you're reborn; when you
lose, you die a little..." George Allen, Hall of
Fame football coach [Get
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Posted 05.18.03
"I could sell drugs for a living because I'm a
hustler. But why sell drugs and go to prison when
I can sell tickets..." Cleveland Chris, scalper [Get
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Posted 05.17.03
"Nobody in football should be called a
genius. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein..."
Joe Theisman, football commentator and former
football player [Get
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Posted 05.16.03
"What does it take to be a good referee?
Beats the hell out of me. No one thinks any
referee is good..." Richie Powers, basketball
official [Get
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Posted 05.15.03
"A quarterback doesn't come into his own
until he can tell the coach to go to hell..."
Johnny Unitas, Hall of Fame football player [Get
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Posted 05.14.03
"College football is an ugly business..." Mike
Tomco, college football player [Get
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Posted 05.13.03
"I've been called a racist, a drunk and a quitter.
Other than that, I'm fine..." Kerry Collins,
professional football player [Get
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Posted 05.12.03
"Once my swing starts, I can't change or pull
up. It's all or nothing..." Babe Ruth, Hall of
Fame baseball player [Get
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Posted 05.11.03
"If one's reputation is a possession, then of all
of my possessions, my reputation means the most to
me..." Arthur Ashe, tennis icon, in Days of
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Posted 05.10.03
"Nobody is hurt. Hurt is in the mind. If you can
walk, you can run..." Vince Lombardi, Hall of
Fame football coach, commenting on injuries [Get
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Posted 05.09.03
"A perfect pitcher is an impossible concept,
as long as major league hitters remain capable of
hitting perfect pitches..." Bob Gibson, Hall of
Fame pitcher [Get
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Posted 05.08.03
"Going to bed with a woman never hurt a
ballplayer. It's staying up all night looking for
them that does you in..." Casey Stengel, Hall of
Fame baseball player and manager [Get
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Posted 05.07.03
"Pro football is like nuclear warfare. There
are no winners, only survivors..." Frank
Gifford, professional football player and
broadcaster [Get
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Posted 05.06.03
"I have the job I want. I am not looking for a
job. What I'm looking for is a tall player that
can play..." Mike Jarvis, college basketball
coach [Get
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Posted 05.05.03
"When you're as great as I am, it's hard to be
humble..." Muhammad Ali, champion boxer [Get
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Posted 05.04.03
"I'm going to graduate on time no matter how
long it takes..." Unnamed senior basketball
player, University of Pittsburgh [Get
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Posted 05.03.03
"SportByte©: "Born? Hell, Babe Ruth wasn't
born. He fell from a tree..." Joe Dugan,
professional baseball player [Get
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Posted 05.02.03
"SportByte©: "I look at a golf course as a huge
waste of pastureland..." Karl Malone,
professional basketball player [Get
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Posted 05.01.03
"If you want to be a great hitter, don't go
to the movies. It ruins your eyes..." Rogers
Hornsby, Hall of Fame baseball player [Get
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