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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]