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Posted 08.31.12 �
"I've never known anybody who played for him
that didn't like him. Of course, I've never
known anybody who played against him who did
like him!" � Bill Russell, basketball player and
coach, on Red Auerbach, basketball coach and
executive [The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations]
Posted 08.30.12 �
"Fan and foe alike have always agreed on one
point: Red Auerbach is undoubtedly the genius of
basketball." � Lawrence F. O'Brien, NBA
Commissioner, on the longtime team executive and
coach of the Boston Celtics [The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations]
Posted 08.29.12 �
"Four set! ... uh, red, right ... uh, 22 ... Ah,
####, son-of-a-#####, time-out." � Don Meredith,
football player and broadcaster, during a
televised game as the quarterback of the Dallas
Cowboys [The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations]
Posted 08.28.12 �
"You have to strap it on and go get them." �
Roger Clemens, baseball player [The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations]
Posted 08.27.12 �
"You can't treat it as any game. Do that and you
have a short season. Every game is important,
and you always like to start off with a win
after all that training." � Gayle Sayers,
football player [The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations]
Posted 08.26.12 �
"You didn't beat me. You merely finished in
front of me." � Hal Higdon, writer and runner [The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations]
Posted 08.25.12 �
"What's to worry about? These L.A. goofballs are
positively guaranteed to screw up and lose it."
� Red Auerbach, basketball executive, referring
to a looming championship game between the Los
Angeles Lakers and his Boston Celtics, who went
on to win the game [The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations]
Posted 08.24.12 �
"People thought I was ruthless, which I was. I
didn't give a darn who was on the other side of
the net. I'd knock you down if you got in the
way." � Althea Gibson, tennis player [The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations]
Posted 08.23.12 �
"No one can throw a fastball past me. God could
come down from Heaven, and He couldn't throw it
past me." � Ted Williams, baseball player [The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations]
Posted 08.22.12 �
"Never go to bed a loser." � George Halas,
football coach and team owner [The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations]
Posted 08.21.12 �
"I won't let you take advantage of me. I'll kill
you before I ever let you take advantage of me."
� Kevin Garnett, basketball player [The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations]
Posted 08.20.12 �
"I come to play. I come to beat you. I come to
kill you." � Leo Durocher, baseball player and
manager [The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations]
Posted 08.19.12 �
"If beating someone as badly and as quickly as I
could is having a killer instinct, then, okay,
you can call it that." � Don Budge, tennis
player [The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations]
Posted 08.18.12 �
"I always thought I was better ... Anybody who
doesn't think that shouldn't be out on the
course." � Sam Snead, golfer [The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations]
Posted 08.17.12 �
"You have no control what the other guy does.
You only have control over what you do." � A.J.
Kitt, Olympic gold medalist skier [The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations]
Posted 08.16.12 �
"When someone tells me there is only one way to
do things, it always lights a fire under my
butt. My instant reaction is, 'I'm gonna prove
you wrong.' " � Picabo Street, Olympic gold
medalist skier [The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations]
Posted 08.15.12 �
"The principle is competing against yourself.
It's about self-improvement, about being better
than you were the day before." � Steve Young,
football player [The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations]
Posted 08.14.12 �
"My motto was always to keep swinging. Whether I
was in a slump or feeling badly or having
trouble off the field, the only thing to do was
keep swinging." � Hank Aaron, baseball player [The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations]
Posted 08.13.12 �
"I learned that if you want to make it bad
enough, no matter how bad it is, you can make
it." � Gale Sayers, football player [The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations]
Posted 08.12.12 �
"It's not whether you get knocked down, it's
whether you get up." � Vince Lombardi, football
coach [The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations]
Posted 08.11.12 �
"Attention to detail instills pride and
discipline." � D. Wayne Lukas, horse trainer [The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations]
Posted 08.10.12 �
"A bad attitude is worse than a bad swing." �
Payne Stewart, golfer [The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations]
Posted 08.09.12 �
"We're not poets, philosophers or statesmen.
I shoot a ball through a hoop for a living." �
Grant Hill, basketball player [The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations]
Posted 08.08.12 �
"The athlete knows he controls what happens to
him. He blames no one but himself when things go
wrong." � George Sheehan, runner and writer [The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations]
Posted 08.07.12 �
"Players today are faster, stronger and better.
This is a different game." � Jason Williams,
professional basketball player [The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations]
Posted 08.06.12 �
"People train much harder than they did before
... Is there a limit? Athletes don't think that
way." � Bill Rogers, marathon runner [The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations]
Posted 08.05.12 �
"I have the greatest job in the world." � Derek
Jeter, baseball player [The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations]
Posted 08.04.12 �
"Don't think of him as a dumb jock. Think of him
as a smart guy who can kick your butt." � From
an advertisement for Men's Health Magazine [The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations]
Posted 08.03.12 �
"All I am is a basketball player. That's who I
am and what I am. And when I realized that, it
made me feel relieved and happy." � Michael
Jordan, basketball player [The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations]
Posted 08.02.12 �
"I'd like to refer to this whole thing from
start to finish as a Mickey Mouse operation, but
that would be an insult to Mickey Mouse." �
Bobby Knight, basketball coach, after being
arrested and arguing with police [The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations]
Posted 08.01.12 �
"When you pick up a bow to shoot your first
arrow, you are partaking in an activity dating
back at least 20,000 years. The bow and arrow
are pictured in drawings ... on a cave wall in
Spain's Valltorta Gorge." � K.M. Haywood and
C.F. Lewis, archers [The Ultimate Dictionary
of Sports Quotations]
