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
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Quotations]
Posted 07.30.14 "I find that
prayers work best when you have big
players." Knute Rockne,
football coach [The
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Quotations]
Posted 07.24.14 "Be strong in
body, clean in mind, lofty in
ideals." Dr. James Naismith,
inventor of basketball [The
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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
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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
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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
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Quotations]
Posted 07.20.14 "I'll moider da
bum." Tony Galento, boxer,
when asked what he thought of
William Shakespeare [The
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Quotations]
Posted 07.13.14 "I copied my
swing after (Shoeless) Joe
Jackson's. His is the perfectest."
Babe Ruth, baseball player [The
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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
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Quotations]
Posted 07.11.14 "You don't
build character without somebody
slapping you around." Vince
Lombardi, football coach [The
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Posted 07.10.14 "If their IQ's
were lower, they would be
geraniums." Russ Francis,
football player, on defensive linemen [The
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Quotations]
Posted 07.09.14 "Owning the
Yankees is like owning the Mona
Lisa." George Steinbrenner,
New York Yankees owner [The
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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
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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
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Quotations]
Posted 07.06.14 "Ninety percent
of the game is half mental."
Yogi Berra, baseball player and
manager [The
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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
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Quotations]
Posted 07.04.14 "Gibson pitches
as though he's double-parked."
Vin Scully, broadcaster, on
Bob Gibson, pitcher [The
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Posted 07.03.14 "Games
lubricate the body and the mind."
Benjamin Franklin, United
States patriot, founding father and
inventor [The
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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
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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
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Quotations]