Posted 09.29.13 � "I never let my
social life interfere with my athletic
training. I set my standards early so
that I would never get wrapped up in
that manner." � Mark Spitz,
Olympic gold medalist swimmer [The
Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]
Posted 09.28.13 � "We couldn't
make a basket, we couldn't rebound, and
we didn't play defense. You might say we
put it all together." � Bill Fitch,
basketball coach [The
Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]
Posted 09.27.13 � "You have to
suck it up, do what you have to do for
the team to win." � Patrick Ewing,
basketball player [The
Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]
Posted 09.26.13 � "The only
reason I played golf was so I could
afford to hunt and fish." � Sam Snead,
golfer [The
Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]
Posted 09.25.13 � "Good luck is
what is left over after intelligence and
effort have combined at their best." �
Branch Rickey, baseball executive [The
Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]
Posted 09.24.13 � "Some days you
want broccoli, other days Hostess Ding
Dongs. Don't ask why." � Scott Tinley,
triathlete [The
Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]
Posted 09.23.13 � "One of the
advantages bowling has over golf is that
you seldom lose a bowling ball." �
Don Carter, bowler [The
Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]
Posted 09.22.13 � "You hit home
runs not by chance, but by preparation."
� Roger Maris, baseball player [The
Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]
Posted 09.21.13 � "I've built the
greatest tribute ever paid to athlete's
foot!" � Jack Kent Cooke, NBA and
NFL team owner, referring to the Los
Angeles Forum [The
Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]
Posted 09.20.13 � "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 09.19.13 � "A boxer
knocked down is the loneliest guy in the
world." � Gene Tunney, boxer [The
Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]
Posted 09.18.13 � "The great
global festival of sinew and sweat." �
Red Smith, sportswriter, on the
Olympic Games [The
Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]
Posted 09.17.13 � "Our struggles
against aggressors throughout our
history have been won on the playgrounds
and corner lots and fields of America."
� John F. Kennedy, U.S. president [The
Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]
Posted 09.16.13 � "When all is
said and done, as a rule, more is said
than done." � Lou Holtz, football
coach [The
Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]
Posted 09.15.13 � "My high comes
from victory. Sports are my drugs." �
Jean-Claude Killy, Olympic gold
medalist skier [The
Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]
Posted 09.14.13 � "If I do
something, it must be 100 percent. There
can be no 99.9." � Dominik Hasek,
hockey player [The
Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]
Posted 09.13.13 � "I probably
couldn't play for me. I wouldn't like my
attitude." � John Thompson,
basketball coach [The
Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]
Posted 09.12.13 � "We are here
for the purpose to win for the fans.
That is who we work for." � Roberto
Clemente, baseball player [The
Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]
Posted 09.11.13 � "The greatest
horror of coaching is losing." � Joe
Schmidt, football coach [The
Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]
Posted 09.10.13 � "Games are
the last resort of those who do not know
how to idle." � Robert Lynd,
writer [The
Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]
Posted 09.09.13 � "A lot of
parents think kids ought to learn
responsibility from work, and I've
always said, 'Baloney.' Kids learn
leadership and organization from games,
from having fun." � John Madden,
football coach and broadcaster [The
Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]
Posted 09.08.13 � "A bad
attitude is worse than a bad swing." �
Payne Stewart, golfer [The
Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]
Posted 09.07.13 � "For the
real fan, sports are life � and death."
� Mike Littwin, sportswriter [The
Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]
Posted 09.06.13 � "Jimmy
Taylor, the great fullback of the
Green Bay Packers, spent four years in
college and emerged unscathed by
education." � Dick Schaap,
sportswriter, author and broadcaster [The
Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]
Posted 09.05.13 � "Since the
earliest days of the human race,
physical strength above the ordinary has
been admired, envied, and striven for by
the majority of men." � D.P.
Willoughby, writer [The
Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]
Posted 09.04.13 � "Gentlemen, you
are about to play football for Yale.
Never again in your lives will you do
anything so important." � Tad Jones,
football coach, to his Yale
Bulldogs team, circa 1920 [The
Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]
Posted 09.03.13 � "Talent is
God-given, be humble; fame is man-given,
be thankful; conceit is self-given, be
careful." � Anonymous, quoted
often by John Wooden, basketball
coach [The
Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]
Posted 09.02.13 � "Whenever
Rock opened his kisser, the throng
became as silent as a tomb." � Harry
Grayson, sportswriter, on Knute
Rockne, football coach [The
Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]
Posted 09.01.13 � "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]
