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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]