Posted 04.30.14 � "All right, no
limping. If you have to limp, don't
scrimmage. If you want to scrimmage,
don't limp." � Red Blaik,
football coach [The
Ultimate Dictionary of Sports
Quotations]
Posted 04.29.14 � "The hardest
part of losing is knowing you have
failed those who are depending on
you." � Johnny Roach,
football player [The
Ultimate Dictionary of Sports
Quotations]
Posted 04.28.14 � "One sign of a
hero is if you feel enhanced simply
when talking about him � recounting
his feats, recalling a time when
your own little life was touched by
his." � Roger Rosenblatt,
sportswriter [The
Ultimate Dictionary of Sports
Quotations]
Posted 04.27.14 � "Some days you
want broccoli, other days Hostess
Ding Dongs. Don't ask why." �
Scott Tinely, triathlete [The
Ultimate Dictionary of Sports
Quotations]
Posted 04.26.14 � "People come
out to see you perform and you've
got to give them the best you have
within you." � Jesse Owens,
track and field Olympic Gold
Medalist [The
Ultimate Dictionary of Sports
Quotations]
Posted 04.25.14 � "Fighting has
been part of hockey for 50 years.
It'll be with us another 50. Count
on it." � John Ferguson,
hockey player [The
Ultimate Dictionary of Sports
Quotations]
Posted 04.24.14 � "Rushing the
passer is grueling work. It requires
a great outlay of speed, strength,
energy and determination. A man must
drive himself if he is going to
break through on every pass play." �
Stanley Woodward,
sportswriter [The
Ultimate Dictionary of Sports
Quotations]
Posted 04.23.14 � "How many guys
we got in this league � 1,500? Well,
that means there are 1,495 guys he
can't lick." � Bill Parcells,
football coach, referring to his
kicker, who had told the media he
wanted to get in some hits during an
upcoming game [The
Ultimate Dictionary of Sports
Quotations]
Posted 04.22.14 � "It's not the
fact that men love football that
makes modern woman want to scream
... It's the assumption that she is
incapable of loving it, too." �
Sally Jenkins, writer [The
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Quotations]
Posted 04.21.14 � "I am a kicker,
but I'm tough. On kickoffs, I'll
barrel through there and knock those
runners right on my fanny." �
Errol Mann, football player [The
Ultimate Dictionary of Sports
Quotations]
Posted 04.20.14 � "A life is not
important, but for the impact it has
on others' lives." � Jackie
Robinson, baseball player [The
Ultimate Dictionary of Sports
Quotations]
Posted 04.19.14 � "Pro football
is like nuclear warfare. There are
no winners, only survivors." �
Frank Gifford, football player [The
Ultimate Dictionary of Sports
Quotations]
Posted 04.18.14 � "Managing is
getting paid for home runs that
somebody else hits." � Casey
Stengel, baseball manager [The
Ultimate Dictionary of Sports
Quotations]
Posted 04.17.14 � "We're
basically a save-the-whales team; we
can't turn down big people who can
play." � George Young, NFL
team executive [The
Ultimate Dictionary of Sports
Quotations]
Posted 04.16.14 � "How many other
times a year do you get to see dogs
with better haircuts than their
owners?" � Linda Stasi,
journalist, writing about dog shows [The
Ultimate Dictionary of Sports
Quotations]
Posted 04.15.14 � "That last one
sounded kind of high to me." �
Babe Ruth, baseball player,
questioning the umpire about three
fast pitches that he had not seen [The
Ultimate Dictionary of Sports
Quotations]
Posted 04.14.14 � "Nothing." �
Ted Williams, baseball player,
when asked what he was thinking
about during his last at-bat, when
he hit a home run [The
Ultimate Dictionary of Sports
Quotations]
Posted 04.13.14 �
"Vince fears high winds make every
forward pass a gamble. To Vincent
T. Lombardi, gambling on a
football field is a crime against
nature." � Red Smith,
sportswriter, writing about Vince
Lombardi, football coach [The
Ultimate Dictionary of Sports
Quotations]
Posted 04.12.14 � "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 player [The
Ultimate Dictionary of Sports
Quotations]
Posted 04.11.14 � "Today, I
consider myself the luckiest man in
the world." � Lou Gehrig,
baseball player, as he retired due
to the effects of amyotrophic
lateral sclerosis, or ALS, which has
come to be known as Lou Gehrig's
Disease [The
Ultimate Dictionary of Sports
Quotations]
Posted 04.10.14 � "He who is not
courageous enough to take risks will
accomplish nothing in life." �
Muhammad Ali, boxer [The
Ultimate Dictionary of Sports
Quotations]
Posted 04.09.14 � "He doesn't
cook very well." � Michael Chang,
when asked to describe any weakness
of fellow tennis champion Pete
Sampras [The
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Quotations]
Posted 04.08.14 � "I teach them
how to grab the guy's shirt and step
on their toes." � Bob Zawoluk,
assistant basketball coach, Lehman
College [The
Ultimate Dictionary of Sports
Quotations]
Posted 04.07.14 � "Losing is no
disgrace if you've given your best."
� Jim Palmer, baseball player [The
Ultimate Dictionary of Sports
Quotations]
Posted 04.06.14 � "You've got to
be a son-of-a-##### to play this
game right." � Carl
Brettschnieder, football player [The
Ultimate Dictionary of Sports
Quotations]
Posted 04.05.14 � "The critics
agree the Yale band was two steps
faster than Harvard's." � Red
Smith, sportswriter [The
Ultimate Dictionary of Sports
Quotations]
Posted 04.04.14 � "When I watch
myself on film, sometimes I don't
even believe some of the things I
do." � Walter Payton,
football player [The
Ultimate Dictionary of Sports
Quotations]
Posted 04.03.14 � "Life in
basketball has a lot of suffering in
it." � Pat Riley, basketball
coach [The
Ultimate Dictionary of Sports
Quotations]
Posted 04.02.14 � "Of all
athletic forms, running is perhaps
the most taxing and the most
exciting; that is, when carried to
the extreme." � Alfred Shrubb,
champion runner [The
Ultimate Dictionary of Sports
Quotations]
Posted 04.01.14 � "Sport is human
life in microcosm." � Howard
Cosell, broadcaster [The
Ultimate Dictionary of Sports
Quotations]