SportByte Archives - September 2006
Posted 09.30.06
"He can run, but he can't hide." Joe Louis,
champion boxer, about opponent Billy Conn,
before a title bout [Get thousands of quotes
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Posted 09.29.06
"I ain't ever liked violence." Sugar Ray
Robinson, champion boxer [Get thousands of quotes
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Posted 09.28.06
"The solution to any problem work, love,
money, whatever is to go fishing, and the
worst problem, the longer the trip should be."
John Gierach, fisherman and writer [Get thousands of quotes
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Posted 09.27.06
"Medicine is just about life and death. Sports is
more important than that." Andrew Edgar,
philosopher [Get thousands of quotes
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Posted 09.26.06
"True motivation is not getting people to
play to their potential. True motivation is
getting people to play beyond their potential."
Rick Pitino, college and professional
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Posted 09.25.06
"Leaders have a different look from
followers. They get it sometime while being
potty-trained or tumbling around a kindergarten
playroom. ... People who don't get it early
never do." Harvey Manning, mountain climber [Get thousands of quotes
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Posted 09.24.06
"If their IQ's were lower, they would be
geraniums." Russ Francis, professional
football player, on defensive linemen [Get thousands of quotes
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Posted 09.23.06
"College football would be more interesting
if the faculty played instead of the students
there would be a great increase in broken arms,
legs and necks." H.L. Mencken, humorist and
author [Get thousands of quotes
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Posted 09.22.06
"I awoke to strangely mixed feelings of discomfort
and anticipation ... Suddenly my mind cleared,
and I remembered that this was the most
important day of all, for it was our turn to
start on the long slow upward grind that might,
with luck, end on the summit of Everest." Sir
Edmund Hillary, mountain climber, first man to
reach the top of Everest [Get thousands of quotes
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Posted 09.21.06
"When I play lacrosse it makes me feel like I
am playing the game with all of my ancestors. It
also makes me proud that it was our people who
gave lacrosse to the world. For those reasons,
lacrosse is more than just a game." Chief
Irving Powless, Jr., Onondaga Nation [Get thousands of quotes
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Posted 09.20.06
"It's like a gunfight: When you draw, you don't
have time to look, only to react." Bobby
Hammond, professional football player, about
receiving punts and kickoffs [Get thousands of quotes
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Posted 09.19.06
"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
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Posted 09.18.06
"Most coaches hate preventable mistakes as
much as I did. Somebody asked Don Shula if it
was a waste of time to correct a small flaw.
'What's a small flaw?' Don wanted to know."
John Madden, Hall of Fame football coach and
broadcaster [Get thousands of quotes
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Posted 09.17.06
"When you step on that field, you cannot
concede a thing." Gayle Sayers, Hall of Fame
football player [Get thousands of quotes
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Posted 09.16.06
"Whatever else I do, I want to always be a
kind of ambassador, a preacher for
bodybuilding." Arnold Schwarzenegger, champion
bodybuilder, actor and California governor [Get thousands of quotes
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Posted 09.15.06
"Statistics always remind me of the fellow who
drowned in a river whose average depth was only
three feet." Woody Hayes, Hall of Fame college
football coach [Get thousands of quotes
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Posted 09.14.06
"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
player [Get thousands of quotes
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Posted 09.13.06
"That young'un can't be doing that all by
himself." Bum Phillips, NFL coach, who accused
Oakland of filling punter Ray Guy's football
with helium, because his kicks went so high and
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Posted 09.12.06
"No excuse in the world counts for squat." Mark
Schubert, U.S. Olympic swimming coach [Get thousands of quotes
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Posted 09.11.06
"If I ever need a brain transplant, I want
one from a sportswriter, because I'll know it's
never been used." Joe Paterno, college
football coach [Get thousands of quotes
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Posted 09.10.06
"Athletic competition clearly defines the
unique power of our attitude." Bart Starr,
Hall of Fame football player [Get thousands of quotes
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Posted 09.09.06
"Football doesn't build character. It
eliminates the weak ones." Darrell Royal, Hall
of Fame college football coach [Get thousands of quotes
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Posted 09.08.06
"Whenever Rock opened his kisser, the throng
became as silent as a tomb." Harry Grayson,
sportswriter, on champion college football coach
Knute Rockne [Get thousands of quotes
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Posted 09.07.06
"Individual commitment to a group effort,
gentlemen, that's what makes a team work, a
company work, a society work, a civilization
work." Vince Lombardi, Hall of Fame football
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Posted 09.06.06
"When you make a mistake, there are only three
things you should ever do about it: 1) admit it;
2) learn from it; 3) don't repeat it." Paul
"Bear" Bryant, Hall of Fame football coach [Get thousands of quotes
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Posted 09.05.06
"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 thousands of quotes
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Posted 09.04.06
"Be reasonable: Do it my way." Sign on the
desk of John Calipari, college and NBA
basketball coach [Get thousands of quotes
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Posted 09.03.06
"I eat what I eat and I weigh what I weigh."
George Foreman, champion boxer [Get thousands of quotes
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Posted 09.02.06
"Which game do I like better? I like baseball
better in the spring. I like football better in
the fall." Bo Jackson, professional baseball
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Posted 09.01.06
"Keep your head up; act like a champion."
Paul "Bear" Bryant, Hall of Fame college
football coach [Get thousands of quotes
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