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Archives - January 2006
Posted 01.31.06
"The bigger they come the harder they fall.
Bob Fitzsimmons, boxer [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 01.30.06
"One of the advantages bowling has over golf
is that you seldom lose a bowling ball. Don
Carter, champion bowler [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 01.29.06
"Never go to bed a loser. George Halas,
Hall of Fame NFL team owner and coach [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 01.28.06
"If you're losing sleep and you have a knot
in your stomach, that means you're probably
doing your job. Bill Walsh, professional
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Posted 01.27.06
"I slept like a baby I woke up and cried every
two hours. Fred Taylor, professional football
player, after a loss [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 01.26.06
"The most beautiful thing in the world is a
ball park filled with people. Bill Veeck,
baseball team owner and racetrack operator [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 01.25.06
"You have to strap it on and go get them.
Roger Clemens, professional baseball player [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 01.24.06
"Let's face it, women are more interesting
than football. Roy Blount, Jr., writer and
humorist [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 01.23.06
"In this country, you either finish first or
last; there is no second place. Buddy Werner,
writer [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 01.22.06
"In the quest for the winning edge, the advantage
over one's opponent, many athletes have opted to
dig deeper into their pharmaceutical grab bag.
Fredrick C. Hatfield, writer [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 01.21.06
"I guess I don't talk much, but I think a man
can set an example for his team by his actions
on the field. Harmon Killebrew, Hall of Fame
baseball player [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 01.20.06
"At 3, 4, 5 and even 6 years, the childish nature
will require sports; now is the time to get rid
of self-will in him, punishing him, but not so
as to disgrace him. Plato, philosopher [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 01.19.06
"The ironic thing is that I've never seen [Al
Davis] and Darth Vader in the same place.
Howie Long, Hall of Fame football player, about
Al Davis, Hall of Fame team owner [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 01.18.06
"Men are clinging to football on a level we aren't
even aware of. For centuries, we ruled
everything, and now, in the last ten minutes,
there are all these incursions by women. It's
our Alamo. Tony Kornheiser, writer and
broadcaster [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 01.17.06
"How many successful people have you ever heard
say, 'I just make it up as I go along?' I can't
think of one. Mike Ditka, Hall of Fame
professional football player and champion
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Posted 01.16.06
"Nobody in football should be called a genius. A
genius is a guy like Norman Einstein. Joe
Theismann, broadcaster and former professional
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Posted 01.15.06
"A thigh. A neck. A leg. Is it an anatomy
class? A butcher's inventory? It's the National
Football League's injury report! Ira Berkow,
sportswriter [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 01.14.06
"It's a lot easier hitting a quarterback than
a little white ball. Bubba Smith, professional
football player, on why he preferred football to
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Posted 01.13.06
"The mind is the limit. As long as the mind
can envision the fact that you can do something,
you can do it as long as you believe 100
percent. Arnold Schwarzenegger, actor,
politician and champion bodybuilder [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 01.12.06
"Life in basketball has a lot of suffering in
it." Pat Riley, professional basketball player
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Posted 01.11.06
"I see great things in baseball. It is our
game. The American game. It will repair our
losses and be a blessing to us." Walt Whitman,
poet [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 01.10.06
"Competitive sports teach and reaffirm for
the players all the positive values of life."
Harvey S. Wiener, writer and swimmer [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 01.09.06
"Astute, double-hearted, irresistible." Toni
Morrison, Pulitzer Prize-winning author,
describing champion heavyweight boxer Muhammad
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Posted 01.08.06
"I zigged when I should have zagged." Jack
Ropes, professional boxer [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 01.07.06
"There's no such thing as a 'presumed record.'
It's either a record or it's not." Seymour
Siwoff, statistician, Elias Sports Bureau [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 01.06.06
"Heroes and cowards feel exactly the same fear.
Heroes just react to it differently." Cus
D'Amato, Hall of Fame boxing trainer [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 01.05.06
"If me and King Kong went into an alley, only
one of us would come out, and it wouldn't be the
monkey." Lyle Alzado, professional football
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Posted 01.04.06
"To so many players, practice is like a pause
between their cell-phone conversations." Marty
Conlon, professional basketball player [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 01.03.06
"I'm still Reggie, but not as often."
Reggie Jackson, Hall of Fame baseball player,
commenting on getting older [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 01.02.06
"You always have to focus in life on what you want
to achieve." Michael Jordan, professional
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Posted 01.01.06
"I will crush you like a grape." The phrase Mark
Tuinei, professional football player, most liked
to tell opposing linemen [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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