SportByte Archives - November 2007
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Posted
11.30.07
"I don't look on football as a career. It's a
stepping stone. I know too many ballplayers who
were lost when opportunity didn't knock on their
door." Frenchy Fuqua, professional football
player
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Posted
11.29.07
"Talent is God-given, be humble; fame is
man-given, be thankful; conceit is self-given,
be careful." Anonymous
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Posted
11.28.07
"I'm about five inches from being an
outstanding golfer. That's the distance between
my left ear and my right." Ben Crenshaw,
professional golfer
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Posted
11.27.07
"A lot of people run a race to see who's
fastest. I run a race to see who has the most
guts." Steve Prefontaine, distance runner
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Posted
11.26.07
"No matter how long you have been playing,
you still get butterflies before the big ones."
Pee Wee Reese, professional baseball player
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Posted
11.25.07
"Managing is like holding a dove in your
hand. Squeeze too hard and you kill it; not hard
enough and it flies away." Tommy Lasorda,
baseball manager
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Posted
11.24.07
"Baseball's roadside is littered with the
careers of terrific rookie pitchers who quickly
dissolved in rusty, dented mediocrities."
Daniel Okrent, sportswriter
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Posted
11.23.07
"You travel around Texas with me, and
everyone wants to talk about Nolan Ryan."
George W. Bush, then-governor of Texas and
professional baseball team owner
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Posted
11.22.07
"Jordan's swagger, Gretzky's grace and
Elway's determination were not dulled by age or
eroded by exposure." Richard Hoffer,
sportswriter
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Posted
11.21.07
"I might have had a tough break, but I have
an awful lot to live for." Lou Gehrig,
professional baseball player, after learning he
was afflicted with ALS, an incurable disease
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Posted
11.20.07
"Baseball is so ingrained in Cuba that it has
thrived as the 'national sport' through 40 years
of bitterly anti-American revolution." Roberto
Gonzalez Echevarria
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Posted
11.19.07
"What's important is that kids discover that
baseball is fun
and that it gets to be more fun as you get
better at it." Mickey Mantle, professional
baseball player
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Posted
11.18.07
"Every great hitter works on the theory that
the pitcher is more afraid of him than he is of
the pitcher." Ty Cobb, professional baseball
player
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Posted
11.17.07
"My motto was always to keep swinging.
Whether I was in a slump or feeling badly or
having trouble off the field, the only thing to
do was keep swinging." Hank Aaron,
professional baseball player
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Posted
11.16.07
"If you want to be a great hitter, don't go
to the movies. It ruins your eyes." Rogers
Hornsby, professional baseball player
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Posted
11.15.07
"If you see a defense with dirt and mud on
their backs, they've had a bad day." John
Madden, professional football coach and
broadcaster
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Posted
11.14.07
"I never throwed an illegal pitch ... Just
once in a while I used to toss one that ain't
never been seen by this generation." Satchel
Paige, professional baseball player
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Posted
11.13.07
"A perfect pitcher is an impossible concept,
as long as major league hitters remain capable
of hitting perfect pitches." Bob Gibson,
professional baseball player
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Posted
11.12.07
"There have only been two geniuses in the
world. Willie Mays and Willie Shakespeare."
Tallulah Bankhead, actress
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Posted
11.11.07
"Is it normal to wake up in the morning in a
cold sweat because you can't wait to beat
another human's guts out?" Joe Kapp,
professional football player
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Posted
11.10.07
"Whether in sports or politics, competition
in and of itself is good." Bill Bradley, Hall
of Fame basketball player and U.S. senator
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Posted
11.09.07
"Nobody in football should be called a
genius. A genius is a guy like Norman
Einstein. Joe Theisman, professional football
player and broadcaster
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Posted
11.08.07
"Those who live in dog country dissect the
Iditarod's entry list like the Yankees batting
order on opening day. Brian Patrick O'Donoghue,
columnist and dog sled racer
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Posted
11.07.07
"We avoided guys who could play the piano.
Paul Brown, professional football coach and team
owner, on his philosophy on draft selections
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Posted
11.06.07
"I come to play. I come to beat you. I come
to kill you. Leo Durocher, professional
baseball player and manager
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Posted
11.05.07
"The ballplayer who loses his head, who can't
keep his cool, is worse than no ballplayer at
all. Lou Gehrig, professional baseball player
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Posted
11.04.07
"He's probably never been to Minnesota.
Willie Mosconi, professional pool player, on
hustler and trick shot artist Minnesota Fats
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Posted
11.03.07
"The ironic thing is that I've never seen
(Oakland Raiders owner Al Davis) and Darth Vader
in the same place. Howie Long, professional
football player and broadcaster
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Posted
11.02.07
"Concentration is the ability to think about
absolutely nothing when it is absolutely
necessary. Ray Knight, professional baseball
player
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Posted
11.01.07
"Chemistry is b### s###. I'll tell you what
gives you good chemistry: winning. Losing gives
you bad chemistry. Mike Piazza, professional
baseball player
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