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Posted 07.31.12
"Yew wood was a gift from God to the bowmaker."
Earl Ullrich, attributed by John Strunk,
archer [The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations]
Posted 07.30.12
"What a glorious weapon the long bow is."
Maurice Thompson, archer and writer [The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations]
Posted 07.29.12
"Every good bow is a work of love." Saxton
Pope, bow hunter and writer [The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations]
Posted 07.28.12
"A bow is a very personal piece of equipment."
Mike Brodeur, archer [The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations]
Posted 07.27.12
"There is certainly something in angling that
tends to produce a gentleness of spirit and a
pure serenity of mind." Washington Irving,
writer [The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations]
Posted 07.26.12
"Soon after I embraced the sport of angling, I
became convinced that I should never be able to
enjoy it if I had to rely on the cooperation of
fish." Spars Grey Hackle, fisherman and writer [The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations]
Posted 07.25.12
"The fish is the hunter; the angler is the
hunted." Richard Waddington in Catching
Salmon [The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations]
Posted 07.24.12
"God never did make a more calm, quiet, innocent
recreation than angling." Izaak Walton,
fisherman and writer [The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations]
Posted 07.23.12
"Anglers are living proof that fish is not brain
food." Randy Voorhees, fisherman and writer [The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations]
Posted 07.22.12
"Mario Andretti was a hell of a race car driver,
but he looked like a girl dribbling the
basketball." Bob Netolicky, basketball player,
referring to a charity game once played between
the Indianapolis 500 drivers and the press corps [The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations]
Posted 07.21.12
"The Russians are no more professional than the
Americans, who give their athletes free college
educations." Avery Brundage, International
Olympic Committee president [The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations]
Posted 07.20.12
"Let's be honest. The proper definition of an
amateur today is one who accepts cash, not
checks." Jack Kelly Jr., U.S. Olympic
Committee executive [The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations]
Posted 07.19.12
"I was lucky. I don't mean in the competition,
but in the fact that I had a wife who made
decent money and who was just as committed to
seeing me win the gold medal as I was. In this
country, unless an amateur athlete has a working
wife or a wealthy family or a very tolerant
boss, the odds are that he's never going to get
the chance to try for a gold medal." Bruce
Jenner, Olympic gold medalist decathlon
competitor [The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations]
Posted 07.18.12
"It is a rare bird who can hustle a living in
today's going and still have time to excel as an
amateur." Grantland Rice, sportswriter [The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations]
Posted 07.17.12
"It has always been a source of pride for me
that I competed in a sport that, by and large,
was purely amateur." Dan Jansen, Olympic gold
medalist speed skater [The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations]
Posted 07.16.12
"In love as in sport, the amateur status must be
strictly maintained." Robert Graves, writer
and poet [The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations]
Posted 07.15.12
"Amateurism, after all, must be the backbone of
all sport." Richard S. Tufts, writer [The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations]
Posted 07.14.12
"The bluegrass bard from Louisville."
Sportswriter Red Smith's characterization of
Muhammad Ali, born Cassius Clay, boxer [The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations]
Posted 07.13.12
"He worked apparently on the premise that there
was something obscene about being hit." Norman
Mailer, author, on the early career of Muhammad
Ali, born Cassius Clay, boxer [The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations]
Posted 07.12.12
"Astute, double-hearted, irresistible." Tony
Morrison, author, on Muhammad Ali, born Cassius
Clay, boxer [The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations]
Posted 07.11.12
"Football players go together with beer
like wine goes with cheese." Tim Green,
football player, broadcaster and writer [The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations]
Note: Daily quotes
were not posted from 07.05.12 through 07.10.12
while the SportByte editor was on vacation.
Posted 07.04.12
"My opinion has always been that I would rather
work for the star than work for the movie house.
The star is always going to be pursued." Scott
Boras, sports agent [The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations]
Posted 07.03.12
"Kids have agents now before they even make it
into their teens." Mary Lou Retton, Olympic
gold medalist in gymnastics [The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations]
Posted 07.02.12
"I swear those agents could sell swampland
in Manhattan." John Feinstein, writer, from
Hard Courts [The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations]
Posted 07.01.12
"He sees all the devious ways you can rip
people off." Unidentified baseball executive
on sports agent Scott Boras [The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations]
