Posted 07.31.14 � "In pro football, the college draft is what makes good teams great, as the youngsters imbue a team with their youth and enthusiasm, pushing the veterans to play harder, and sometimes pushing them out." � Peter Golenboch, sportswriter [The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]

Posted 07.30.14 � "I find that prayers work best when you have big players." � Knute Rockne, football coach [The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]

Posted 07.29.14 � "No one can guard me one-on-one. I'm not afraid of anyone in this league." � Allen Iverson, basketball player [The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]

Posted 07.28.14 � "He could break all the records before he's through." � Gil Hodges, baseball player and manager, on then-rookie pitcher Nolan Ryan [The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]

Posted 07.27.14 � "Winning is like shaving. You do it every day, or you end up looking like a bum." � Jack Kemp, football player and U.S. congressman [The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]

Posted 07.26.14 � "Once a player becomes bigger than the team, you no longer have a team." � Red Auerbach, basketball coach and team executive [The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]

Posted 07.25.14 � "The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win." � Roger Bannister, first man to run the mile in under four minutes [The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]

Posted 07.24.14 � "Be strong in body, clean in mind, lofty in ideals." � Dr. James Naismith, inventor of basketball [The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]

Posted 07.23.14 � "There is something about a new pair of sneakers that makes a boy feel he can run faster and jump higher." � Spike Lee, writer, actor, director and sports fan [The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]

Posted 07.22.14 � "I've never known a football writer who ever had to stand up to a blitz." � Joe Namath, football player [The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]

Posted 07.21.14 � "The Joe Namaths of the world are meaningless. They come and go, fleeting figures of passing glamour. You'll find them in the sports tomes but not in the history books." � Howard Cosell, broadcaster, on legendary NFL quarterback Joe Namath [The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]

Posted 07.20.14 � "I'll moider da bum." � Tony Galento, boxer, when asked what he thought of William Shakespeare [The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]

Posted 07.19.14 � "The player who loses his head, who can't keep his cool, is worse than no ballplayer at all." � Lou Gehrig, baseball player [The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]

Posted 07.18.14 � "Emotion only stays with you a short period. What you want is a sustained effort of performance." � John Chaney, basketball coach [The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]

Posted 07.17.14 � "The guy is not a real person, he's a rattlesnake." � Peter Vecsey, sportswriter, on Rick Pitino, basketball coach [The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]

Posted 07.16.14 � "My sister's expecting a baby, and I don't know if I'm going to be an aunt or an uncle." � Chuck Nevitt, N.C. State basketball player, explaining to his coach why he appeared nervous at practice [The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]

Posted 07.15.14 � "He talks OK up there with a bat in his hands. A college education don't do you no good up there." � Casey Stengel, baseball manager, on then-young catcher Yogi Berra [The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]

Posted 07.14.14 � "The first time you quit, it's hard. The second time, it gets easier. The third time, you don't even have to think." � Paul "Bear" Bryant, football coach [The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]

Posted 07.13.14 � "I copied my swing after (Shoeless) Joe Jackson's. His is the perfectest." � Babe Ruth, baseball player [The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]

Posted 07.12.14 � "He treats us like men. He lets us wear earrings." � Torrin Polk, college football player, on John Jenkins, his coach [The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]

Posted 07.11.14 � "You don't build character without somebody slapping you around." � Vince Lombardi, football coach [The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]

Posted 07.10.14 � "If their IQ's were lower, they would be geraniums." � Russ Francis, football player, on defensive linemen [The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]

Posted 07.09.14 � "Owning the Yankees is like owning the Mona Lisa." � George Steinbrenner, New York Yankees owner [The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]

Posted 07.08.14 � "The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely to be the one who dropped it." � Lou Holtz, football coach [The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]

Posted 07.07.14 � "If I had my life to live over again, I'd have ended up a sportswriter." � Richard M. Nixon, U.S. President [The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]

Posted 07.06.14 � "Ninety percent of the game is half mental." � Yogi Berra, baseball player and manager [The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]

Posted 07.05.14 � "I might have had a tough break, but I have an awful lot to live for." � Lou Gehrig, baseball player, after being stricken with the disease ALS [The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]

Posted 07.04.14 � "Gibson pitches as though he's double-parked." � Vin Scully, broadcaster, on Bob Gibson, pitcher [The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]

Posted 07.03.14 � "Games lubricate the body and the mind." � Benjamin Franklin, United States patriot, founding father and inventor [The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]

Posted 07.02.14 � "Cheating is as much a part of the game as scorecards and hot dogs." � Billy Martin, baseball player and manager [The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]

Posted 07.01.14 � "Nothing can be said of him that he didn't say better of someone else." � Red Smith, sportswriter, on Grantland Rice, sportswriter [The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]