Posted 05.31.13 — "A man never gets to this station in life without being helped, aided, shoved and prodded to do better. I want to be honest with you; the players I played with and the coaches I had ... they are directly responsible for my being here." — Johnny Unitas, football player, on the occasion of his induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame [The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]

Posted 05.30.13 — "Rock used to load us down with extra-heavy practice gear. On Saturday, when we climbed into game suits, we felt like four Lady Godivas. Actually we were four pounds lighter on Saturday than on weekdays." — Elmer Layden, football player, on Knute Rockne, football coach. Layden, Harry Stuhldreher, Don Miller and Jim Crowley comprised the 1924 Notre Dame offensive backfield known as the "Four Horsemen," a nickname coined by Grantland Rice, sportswriter. [The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]

Posted 05.29.13 — "There isn't a single professional sports season now that doesn't go on at least a month too long. Baseball starts in football weather, and football in baseball weather, and basketball overlaps them both." — James Reston, newspaper journalist [The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]

Posted 05.28.13 — "I jumped and skipped around the bases like I was half nuts. Gee whiz, I kept saying, gee whiz! I guess you could call me an 'accidental hero.' " — Bobby Thompson, baseball player, who hit the 'Home Run Heard Round the World' that gave the New York Giants the 1951 National League pennant over the Brooklyn Dodgers [The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]

Posted 05.27.13 — "In his time, George Herman Ruth was a holy sinner. He was a man of measureless lust, selfishness and appetites, but he was also a man undyingly faithful, in a manner, to both his public and his game." — Roger Kahn, sportswriter, on Babe Ruth, baseball player [The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]

Posted 05.26.13 — "No game designed to be played with the aid of personal servants by right-handed men who can't even bring along their dogs can be entirely good for the soul." — Bruce McCall, writer, on golf [The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]

Posted 05.25.13 — "Baseball outfits went through their gaudy period during the disco '70's, when the White Sox looked like softball players and the Athletics looked like 'Saturday Night Fever' personified." — George Vecsey, sportswriter [The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]

Posted 05.24.13 — "When you think about it, you've probably spent more time with umpires than you spent with your wife." — Richie Ashburn, baseball player and broadcaster, to Tim McCarver, baseball catcher and broadcaster [The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]

Posted 05.23.13 — "The difference between sports and ballet is that in sports you root for somebody. Nobody yells at one of the ballerinas, 'Break a bleepin' leg, ya bum.' " — Mike Littwin, sportswriter [The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]

Posted 05.22.13 — "I'd walk into the owner's office to talk contract and I'd say, 'Hi ya, partner.' " — Joe DiMaggio, Hall of Fame baseball player, when asked what he might be worth in today's free agent market [The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]

Posted 05.21.13 — "Hockey belongs to the Cartoon Network, where a person can be pancaked by an ACME anvil, then expanded, accordion-style, back to full stature without any lasting side effect." — Steve Rushin, sportswriter [The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]

Posted 05.20.13 — "Within that unwritten brushback and beanball code, there is a vague by-law: an opposing pitcher cannot be allowed to constantly hit your guys, intentional or not, without being answered; an opposing pitcher should always be held to a high standard of care when projecting a baseball, lest he injure one of your guys." — Buster Olney, sportswriter [The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]

Posted 05.19.13 — "When I came to, I didn't remember anything. After Jeffcoat hit me in the face, doctors examined me and said, 'What have you got in there?" — Don Zimmer, baseball player, after being beaned by Hal Jeffcoat [The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]

Posted 05.18.13 — "I wouldn't throw at her, but I might brush her back." — Johnny Allen, baseball pitcher, to Doc Cramer, baseball outfielder, who had said to Allen that Allen would throw at his own mother [The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]

Posted 05.17.13 — "If  the on-deck batter is standing too close to home plate, you brush him back." — Brent Kemnitz, Wichita State baseball coach, who was suspended for the rest of the season after one of his pitchers ended the career of an on-deck batter by beaning him [The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]

Posted 05.16.13 — "You're the professional announcer. I'm just a washed-up, out-of-shape ex-fighter." — Rocky Marciano, boxer, to Howard Cosell, broadcaster [The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]

Posted 05.15.13 — "People ask me, 'Do you like broadcasting games?' And I say, 'Yeah, but it's not as good as playing. It's like methadone to a heroin addict." — Tim Green, football player-turned broadcaster and writer [The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]

Posted 05.14.13 — "Goooal!" — Signature call of Andres Cantor, soccer broadcaster [The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]

Posted 05.13.13 — "I think I'll take another bite of my coffee." — Frank Gifford, football player and broadcaster, while announcing the famous 1967 Ice Bowl game as Green Bay defeated Dallas 21-17 for the NFL championship in sub-zero weather conditions at Lambeau Field [The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]

Posted 05.12.13 — "If I knew what was going through Jack Nicklaus's head, I would have won this tournament." — Tom Weiskopf, golfer, after being asked on national TV what Nicklaus was thinking as he prepared to tee off on the 16th fairway in the final round of the 1986 Masters. Nicklaus charged to his sixth green jacket and Weiskopf was a runner-up. [The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]

Posted 05.11.13 — "I never understood the value to your broadcasts because I never got to listen, but now I've got to tell you that the one thing that keeps me going is hearing your broadcast." — Lou Gehrig, baseball player, to Mel Allen, broadcaster, after Gehrig became ill and was forced to retire from baseball [The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]

Posted 05.10.13 — "I like radio better than television because if you make a mistake on radio, they don't know. You can make up anything on the radio." — Phil Rizzuto, baseball player and broadcaster [The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]