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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