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Posted 10.31.13 "If me and King
Kong went into an alley, only one of us
would come out, and it wouldn't be the
monkey." Lyle Alzado, football
player [The
Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]
Posted 10.30.13 "Heroes and
cowards feel exactly the same fear.
Heroes just react to it differently."
Cus D'Amato, boxing trainer [The
Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]
Posted 10.29.13 "There's no
such thing as a 'presumed record.' It's
either a record or it's not."
Seymour Siwoff, statistician, Elias
Sports Bureau [The
Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]
Posted 10.28.13 "I zigged when
I should have zagged." Jack Ropes,
boxer [The
Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]
Posted 10.27.13 "Astute,
double-hearted, irresistible." Toni
Morrison, Pulitzer Prize-winning
author, describing boxer Muhammad Ali [The
Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]
Posted 10.26.13 "Competitive
sports teach and reaffirm for the
players all the positive values of
life." Harvey S. Wiener, writer
and swimmer [The
Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]
Posted 10.25.13 "I see great
things in baseball. It is our game. The
American game. It will repair our losses
and be a blessing to us." Walt
Whitman, poet [The
Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]
Posted 10.24.13 "Life in
basketball has a lot of suffering in
it." Pat Riley, basketball
player and coach [The
Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]
Posted 10.23.13 "The mind is
the limit. As long as the mind can
envision the fact that you can do
something, you can do it as long as
you believe 100 percent. Arnold
Schwarzenegger, bodybuilder, actor
and California governor [The
Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]
Posted 10.22.13 "It's a lot
easier hitting a quarterback than a
little white ball. Bubba Smith,
football player, on why he preferred
playing football over golf [The
Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]
Posted 10.21.13 "A thigh. A
neck. A leg. Is it an anatomy class? A
butcher's inventory? It's the National
Football League's injury report!
Ira Berkow, sportswriter [The
Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]
Posted 10.20.13 "Nobody in
football should be called a genius. A
genius is a guy like Norman Einstein."
Joe Theismann, football player
and broadcaster [The
Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]
Posted 10.19.13 "How many
successful people have you ever heard
say, 'I just make it up as I go along?'
I can't think of one." Mike Ditka,
football player and coach [The
Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]
Posted 10.18.13 "Men are
clinging to football on a level we
aren't even aware of. For centuries, we
ruled everything, and now, in the last
ten minutes, there are all these
incursions by women. It's our Alamo."
Tony Kornheiser, writer and
broadcaster [The
Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]
Posted 10.17.13 "At 3, 4, 5 and
even 6 years, the childish nature will
require sports; now is the time to get
rid of self-will in him, punishing him,
but not so as to disgrace him."
Plato, philosopher [The
Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]
Posted 10.16.13 "I guess I
don't talk much, but I think a man can
set an example for his team by his
actions on the field." Harmon
Killebrew, baseball player [The
Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]
Posted 10.15.13 "In the quest
for the winning edge, the advantage over
one's opponent, many athletes have opted
to dig deeper into their pharmaceutical
grab bag." Fredrick C. Hatfield,
writer [The
Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]
Posted 10.14.13 "In this
country, you either finish first or
last; there is no second place."
Buddy Werner, writer [The
Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]
Posted 10.13.13 "Let's face it,
women are more interesting than
football." Roy Blount, Jr.,
writer and humorist [The
Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]
Posted 10.12.13 "You have to
strap it on and go get them." Roger
Clemens, baseball player [The
Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]
Posted 10.11.13 "The most
beautiful thing in the world is a ball
park filled with people." Bill Veeck,
baseball team owner and racetrack
operator [The
Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]
Posted 10.10.13 "If you're
losing sleep and you have a knot in your
stomach, that means you're probably
doing your job." Bill Walsh,
football coach [The
Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]
Posted 10.09.13 "Never go to
bed a loser." George Halas, NFL
team owner and coach [The
Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]
Posted 10.08.13 "The bigger
they come the harder they fall." Bob
Fitzsimmons, boxer [The
Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]
Posted 10.07.13 "Exercise is
king. Nutrition is queen. Put the two of
them together and you have a kingdom."
Jack Lalanne, fitness guru [The
Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]
Posted 10.06.13 "I don't want
to be the best black golfer ever. I want
to be the best golfer ever." Tiger
Woods, golfer [The
Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]
Posted 10.05.13 "Football is
the closest thing we have to the
Christians and the lions." Dan
Jenkins, author [The
Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]
Posted 10.04.13 "When you're
10, 11, and 12, the most important
lesson you can have in sports is to have
fun." Grant Hill, basketball
player [The
Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]
Posted 10.03.13 "I'm going to
become a ventriloquist. I'll get a
little football player and put him up on
my knee." Dan Dierdorf,
football player, through clinched teeth
after his jaw had been broken [The
Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]
Posted 10.02.13 "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 10.01.13 "Four set! ...
uh, red, right ... uh, 22 ... Ah ...
son-of-a-#####, time out." Don
"Dandy Don" Meredith, football
player, during a televised game as the
quarterback of the Dallas Cowboys [The
Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]