SportByte Archives
June 2011
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Posted 06.30.11
"There's a lot of people in this sport that live
through their kids. We'll never do that." Jack
Lipinski, father of Olympic gold medalist figure
skater Tara Lipinski [The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations.]
Posted 06.29.11
"Whitey (Ford) and Mick (Mickey Mantle)
both made the Hall of Fame and I didn't. I
wasn't a bad influence on them, they were a bad
influence on me." Billy Martin, baseball
player and manager, who was often accused in the
press of being the instigator of the trio's
boisterous, off-the-field shenanigans [The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations.]
Posted 06.28.11
"The federal government in all its majesty
is worried that sports broadcasters do sinister
things, like rooting for the home team."
George Will, writer, commentator and baseball
aficionado [The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations.]
Posted 06.27.11
"I like to throw the ball. To me, the pro
game is throwing. I may be wrong, but putting
the ball in the air is the way to win." Y.A.
Tittle, NFL quarterback [The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations.]
Posted 06.26.11
"Baby, no one sends in plays for Francis."
Fran Tarkenton, NFL quarterback, when
asked who called his team's plays [The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations.]
Posted 06.25.11
"Half the time the scouts have their heads
down making notes and don't even see which way
the ball is hit." Tom Greenwade, professional
baseball scout [The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations.]
Posted 06.24.11
"Everything in a game happens by chance, so
what you're doing is trying to make your own
breaks." Nate Allen, football player [The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations.]
Posted 06.23.11
"Good to meet you. A writer, huh? What
paper you with Ernie?" Yogi Berra, baseball
player, upon being introduced to Ernest
Hemingway [The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations.]
Posted 06.22.11
"I don't understand what kind of damn radio
that can be if you can't get a score of a ball
game on it." Harry Caray, broadcaster, to a
taxi driver who only had a dispatch radio in his
cab [The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations.]
Posted 06.21.11
"Whenever I decided to release a guy, I
always had his room checked first for a gun. You
couldn't take chances with some of those birds."
Casey Stengel, baseball manager [The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations.]
Posted 06.20.11
"Mexican baseball is exactly like American
baseball, except for the extraneous
embellishments. They work the hit and run and
turn the double-play ball, but they don't sell
the hot dog." Peter Golenboch, sportswriter [The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations.]
Posted 06.19.11
"Baseball gives every American boy a chance
to excel. Not just to be as good as everyone
else, but to be better. This is the nature of
man, and this is the name of the game." Ted
Williams, baseball player [The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations.]
Posted 06.18.11
"Ninety feet between the bases is the
nearest thing to perfection that man has yet
achieved." Red Smith, sportswriter [The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations.]
Posted 06.17.11
"Football players, like prostitutes, are in
the business of ruining their bodies for the
pleasure of strangers." Merle Kessler, writer [The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations.]
Posted 06.16.11
"I don't need to hit a home run anymore. I
only have to hit a single. I do everything for
the team. I just want to win." Sammy Sosa,
baseball player [The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations.]
Posted 06.15.11
"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 [The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations.]
Posted 06.14.11
"You can play very well and lose, or play
very badly and win. Things can happen. And you
know what? That's just the way it goes." Carl
Eller, football player [The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations.]
Posted 06.13.11
"You can be sold, traded or released at
will. You are carried on the books as a
depreciable capital asset and exist like a piece
of chattel." Rick Sortun, professional
football player, on the business of sports [The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations.]
Posted 06.12.11
"My father always told me in the midst of
adversity, in the midst of a struggle, 'It
builds character. Stay strong, be positive, look
ahead, don't look back.' " Bruce Smith,
football player [The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations.]
Posted 06.11.11
"The difference between a successful person
and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack
of knowledge, but rather a lack of will."
Vince Lombardi, football coach [The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations.]
Posted 06.10.11
"One sign of a hero is if you feel enhanced
simply when talking about him recounting his
feats, recalling a time when your own little
life was touched by his." Roger Rosenblatt,
sportswriter [The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations.]
Posted 06.09.11
"Football is unique and good. Where else in
life do you see dedication and teamwork and
spirit? People enjoy it because it is reassuring
to them to see good things." Woody Hayes,
football coach [The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations.]
Posted 06.08.11
"I'm just a ball player with one ambition,
and that is to give all I've got to help my club
win. I've never played any other way." Joe
DiMaggio, baseball player [The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations.]
Posted 06.07.11
"It took me seventeen years to get three
thousand hits in baseball. I did it in one
afternoon on the golf course." Hank Aaron,
baseball player [The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations.]
Posted 06.06.11
"Just once I'd like to see a picture of one
of these guys with the caption 'He's a dog'
underneath it. Ate up $8,000 worth of groceries
in four years and can't play worth a lick."
Abe Lemons, college basketball coach, on
recruiting [The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations.]
Posted 06.05.11
"The hardest part of any slump is looking
up at the scoreboard and seeing your stats in
huge numbers." Jason Giambi, baseball player [The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations.]
Posted 06.04.11
"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, football player [The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations.]
Posted 06.03.11
"I'm about five inches from being an
outstanding golfer. That's the distance between
my left ear and my right." Ben Crenshaw,
golfer [The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations.]
Posted 06.02.11
"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, middle and
long-distance runner [The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations.]
Posted 06.01.11
"No matter how long you have been playing,
you still get butterflies before the big ones."
Pee Wee Reese, baseball player [The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations.]
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