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Posted 06.30.12 �
"From drugs to prostitutes, to vacations, cars
and envelopes of cash, some agents will give
whatever it takes. When the player's contract is
ultimately signed, the agent of course deducts
the cost of these pre-draft perks directly from
the player's signing bonus. What appear to be
lavish gifts of friendship turn out to be merely
unsecured loans for vices and luxuries." � Tim
Green, football player, writer and broadcaster [The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations]
Posted 06.29.12 �
"They tell you things change at 40. But they
don't tell you how much." � Johnny Unitas, Hall
of Fame quarterback, who spent the last few
years of his career on the bench [The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations]
Posted 06.28.12 �
"They got to lower the roof or raise the floor.
'Cause the Hawk don't soar no more." � Connie
Hawkins, basketball player, during the latter
stage of his playing career [The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations]
Posted 06.27.12 �
"The sadness of the end of a career of an older
athlete, with the betrayal of his body, is
mirrored in the rest of us. Consciously or not,
we know: There, soon, go I." � Ira Berkow,
sportswriter [The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations]
Posted 06.26.12 �
"Sooner or later, God takes it away from all of
them � all of them." � Bill Parcells, football
coach, on the loss of abilities by players as
they age [The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations]
Posted 06.25.12 �
"The only thing old on me is this bald spot, and
I'll have that fixed the next time we are in
L.A." � John Lucas, when he was still competing
as one of the oldest players in the National
Basketball Association [The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations]
Posted 06.24.12 �
"No, Jackie, this isn't a coach-athlete thing.
This is your husband telling you it's time for
you to go." � Bob Kersee, track and field coach,
to his wife, Olympic track and field gold
medalist Jackie Joyner-Kersee, asking her to
retire [The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations]
Posted 06.23.12 �
"No, but I used to be." � Frank Shorter, Olympic
gold medalist marathoner, when asked by a fan if
he was Frank Shorter [The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations]
Posted 06.22.12 �
"I swing just as hard, but I walk slower and get
to my ball quicker." � Sam Snead, golfer, when
asked if age had affected his game [The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations]
Posted 06.21.12 �
"I'm sort of like a late model car that rattles
a lot. It's a lot of little things." � Tim
Green, professional football player, on the
effects of becoming older [The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations]
Posted 06.20.12 �
"I feel 200 years old. All they got to do is lay
me down and close the box." � Bill Russell,
basketball player, during his last year in the
National Basketball Association [The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations]
Posted 06.19.12 �
"He thinks when I was born I was already 60
years old and had a wooden leg and came here to
manage." � Casey Stengel, baseball manager, on
Mickey Mantle, baseball manager [The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations]
Posted 06.18.12 �
"If he was ranked 250 and he dressed like that,
people would make fun of him." � Andrea
Temesvari, tennis player, on Andre Agassi,
tennis player [The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations]
Posted 06.17.12 �
"He's twenty. In ten years he'll have a chance
to be thirty." � Casey Stengel, baseball
manager, on a young baseball prospect [The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations]
Posted 06.16.12 �
"Proportionately, the black athlete has been
more successful than any other group in any
other endeavor in American life. And he and she
did it despite legal and social discrimination
that would have dampened the ardor of most
participants." � Arthur Ashe, tennis player [The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations]
Posted 06.15.12 �
"Back when I came up, baseball was about
establishing yourself. You wanted to get into a
position to break the records of the players you
grew up watching." � Tony Gwynn, baseball player [The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations]
Posted 06.14.12 �
"In the NBA, you're a piece of meat. That's it,
bottom line. Well, if I'm a piece of meat, I
want to be the best piece. I don't want to be
hamburger." � Doc Rivers, NBA player and coach [The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations.]
Posted 06.13.12 �
"Achievement is difficult. It requires enormous
effort. Those who can work through the struggle
are the ones who are going to be successful." �
Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Olympic track and field
gold medalist [The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations.]
Posted 06.12.12 �
"He could only jump over the Thursday
newspaper." � Darryl Dawkins, basketball player,
on Wes Unseld, basketball player [The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations.]
Posted 06.11.12 �
"He scored 40 points on me on Mother's Day ...
and my own mother called me to complain." �
Darryl Dawkins, basketball player, on Kareem
Abdul-Jabbar, basketball player [The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations.]
Posted 06.10.12 �
"It was a lifetime of training for just 10
seconds." � Jesse Owens, track and field gold
medalist, after winning the 100-meter dash in
the 1936 Berlin Olympics [The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations.]
Posted 06.09.12 �
"Get more open � I'm getting old." � Dan Marino,
NFL quarterback, to Lamar Thomas, NFL receiver [The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations.]
Posted 06.08.12 �
"Fishing is a jerk at one end of the line
waiting for a jerk at the other end." � Mark
Twain, author and humorist [The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations.]
Posted 06.07.12 �
"Baseball is what we were. Football is what we
have become." � Mary McGrory, journalist [The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations.]
Posted 06.06.12 �
"I'm sick of people talking about money, money,
money all the time." � Shaquille O'Neal,
basketball player [The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations.]
Posted 06.05.12 �
"A reporter asked me once if I'd ever seen
(Dallas Cowboys coach) Tom Landry laugh. 'No,' I
answered, 'I only played nine years.' " � Jerry
Glanville, football player and coach [The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations.]
Posted 06.04.12 �
"I made some mistakes � my immaturity is
the one thing that sticks out � but I've learned
a lot. Sometimes that takes time." � Kerry
Collins, football player [The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations.]
Posted 06.03.12 �
"Ain't no man can avoid being born average, but
ain't no man got to be common." � Satchel Paige,
baseball player [The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations.]
Posted 06.02.12 �
"You wolves been howling for blood all year.
Maybe this'll shut you up." � John King,
baseball player, as he threw fifty chunks of
meat into the stands [The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations.]
Posted 06.01.12 �
"Golf is the most fun you can have without
taking your clothes off." � Chi Chi Rodriguez,
golfer [The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations.]
