Posted 01.31.16 � "It's just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up." � Muhammad Ali, boxer [Muhammad Ali quotes from azquotes.com]

Posted 01.30.16 � "I always loved running... it was something you could do by yourself, and under your own power. You could go in any direction, fast or slow as you wanted, fighting the wind if you felt like it, seeking out new sights just on the strength of your feet and the courage of your lungs." � Jesse Owens, Olympic track and field athlete [Jesse Owens quotes from azquotes.com]

Posted 01.29.16 � "I am no more proud of my career as an athlete than I am of the fact that I am a direct descendant of that noble warrior." � Jim Thorpe, athlete, on his genealogical connection to Sauk American Indian chief Black Hawk [Jim Thorpe quotes from azquotes.com]

Posted 01.28.16 � "Make the present good, and the past will take care of itself." � Knute Rockne, football coach [Knute Rockne quotes from azquotes.com]

Posted 01.27.16 � "When One Great Scorer comes to write against your name, He marks, not that you won or lost, but how you played the game." � Grantland Rice, sportswriter [Grantland Rice quotes from azquotes.com]

Posted 01.26.16 � "Ninety feet between home plate and first base may be the closest man has ever come to perfection." � Red Smith, sportswriter [Red Smith quotes from azquotes.com]

Posted 01.25.16 � "In 1960 when Pittsburgh beat us in the World Series, we outscored them 55-27. It was the only time I think the better team lost. I was so disappointed I cried on the plane ride home" � Mickey Mantle, baseball player, whose dominating performance in the Series � .400 batting average with three homers, 11 RBIs, eight runs and eight walks � went for naught as the Pirates prevailed in seven games [Baseball Quotes from Steve the Ump]

Posted 01.24.16 � "Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good performer." � Ted Williams, baseball player [Baseball Quotes from Steve the Ump]

Posted 01.23.16 � "People ask me why are you still coaching? I forgot to get fired and I�m not going to cheat." � Steve Spurrier, football coach [Steve Spurrier Quotes from USA Today]

Posted 01.22.16 � "There is something good in men that really yearn for discipline.� � Vince Lombardi, football coach [Quotes from Vince Lombardi]

Posted 01.21.16 � "On August 2, 1907, I encountered the most threatening sight I ever saw in the ball field. He was only a rookie, and we licked our lips as we warmed up for the first game of a doubleheader in Washington. Evidently, manager Pongo Joe Cantillon of the Nats had picked a rube out of the cornfields of the deepest bushes to pitch against us. ... He was a tall, shambling galoot of about twenty with arms so long they hung far out of his sleeves and with a side arm delivery that looked unimpressive at first glance. ... One of the Tigers imitated a cow mooing and we hollered at Cantillon: 'Get the pitchfork ready, Joe, your hayseed's on his way back to the barn.' ... The first time I faced him I watched him take that easy windup � and then something went past me that made me flinch. The thing just hissed with danger. We couldn't touch him... every one of us knew we'd met the most powerful arm ever turned loose in a ball park." � Ty Cobb, baseball player, on Walter "The Big Train" Johnson, pitcher [Baseball Quotes from Ty Cobb]

Posted 01.20.16 � "There is an old saying: If a man comes home with sand in his cuffs and cockleburs in his pants, don't ask him what he shot." � Sam Snead, professional golfer [Golf Quotes from Sam Snead]

Posted 01.19.16 � "I used to love the feeling of running, of running too far. It made my skin tingle." � Larry Bird, basketball player [Larry Bird Quotes from BrainyQuote.com]

Posted 01.18.16 � "As a ballplayer, Dean was a natural phenomenon, like the Grand Canyon or the Great Barrier Reef. Nobody ever taught him baseball and he never had to learn. He was just doing what came naturally when a scout named Don Curtis discovered him on a Texas sandlot and gave him his first contract." � Red Smith, sportswriter, on Dizzy Dean, baseball pitcher [Baseball Quotes from DizzyDean.com]

Posted 01.17.16 � "Set goals � high goals for you and your organization. When your organization has a goal to shoot for, you create teamwork, people working for a common good." � Paul "Bear" Bryant, football coach [Football Quotes from Paul "Bear" Bryant]

Posted 01.16.16 � "One thing I've learned over time is, if you hit a golf ball into water, it won't float." � Arnold Palmer, professional golfer [Golf Quotes from Arnold Palmer]

Posted 01.15.16 � "Boy, you stunk!" � Timmy Berra, son of Yogi Berra, baseball player, to Mickey Mantle, baseball player, after a bad game [Baseball Quotes from Steve the Ump]

Posted 01.14.16 � "Baseball gives every American boy a chance to excel, not just to be as good as someone else but to be better than someone else. This is the nature of man and the name of the game." � Ted Williams, baseball player [Baseball Quotes from Steve the Ump]

Posted 01.13.16 � "Well, we can�t trade �em. So I guess we have to coach �em." � Steve Spurrier, football coach, on his own offensive linemen [Steve Spurrier Quotes from USA Today]

Posted 01.12.16 � "I�ve never known a man worth his salt who, in the long run, deep down in his heart, didn�t appreciate the grind, the discipline.� � Vince Lombardi, football coach [Quotes from Vince Lombardi]

Posted 01.11.16 � "Someone will hit .400 again. Somebody will get smart and swing naturally." � Ty Cobb, baseball player [Baseball Quotes from Ty Cobb]

Posted 01.10.16 � "Correct one fault at a time. Concentrate on the one fault you want to overcome." � Sam Snead, professional golfer [Golf Quotes from Sam Snead]

Posted 01.09.16 � "The best players will play. That's the way it will always be." � Larry Bird, basketball player [Larry Bird Quotes from BrainyQuote.com]

Posted 01.08.16 � "You were attracted by the graceful rhythm of his pitching motion; the long majestic sweep of his arm as he let the ball fly; the poised alertness after the pitch. That was what counted and you knew it when batter after batter swung ineptly at pitches they couldn't even see." � New York Times editorial commentary on Dizzy Dean, baseball pitcher [Baseball Quotes from DizzyDean.com]

Posted 01.07.16 � "I'll never give up on a player regardless of his ability as long as he never gives up on himself. In time he will develop." � Paul "Bear" Bryant, football coach [Football Quotes from Paul "Bear" Bryant]

Posted 01.06.16 � "Sam Snead has more money buried underground than I ever made on top. He's got gophers in his backyard that subscribe to Fortune magazine. He's packed more coffee cans than Brazil." � Arnold Palmer, on fellow professional golfer Sam Snead [Golf Quotes from Arnold Palmer]

Posted 01.05.16 � "Hey Yog, what time is it?" � Mickey Mantle, baseball player, to fellow New York Yankee Yogi Berra, who responded, "You mean right now?" [Baseball Quotes from Steve the Ump]

Posted 01.04.16 � "A man has to have goals � for a day, for a lifetime � and that was mine, to have people say, 'There goes Ted Williams, the greatest hitter who ever lived." � Ted Williams, baseball player [Baseball Quotes from Steve the Ump]

Posted 01.03.16 � "In 12 years at Florida, I don�t think we ever signed a kid from the state of Alabama � Of course, we found out later that the scholarships they were giving out at Alabama were worth a whole lot more than ours." � Steve Spurrier, football coach [Steve Spurrier Quotes from USA Today]

Posted 01.02.16 � "Most important of all, to be successful in life demands that a man make a personal commitment to excellence and to victory, even though the ultimate victory can never be completely won. Yet that victory might be pursued and wooed with every fiber of our body, with every bit of our might and all our effort. And each week, there is a new encounter; each day, there is a new challenge.� � Vince Lombardi, football coach [Quotes from Vince Lombardi]

Posted 01.01.16 � "Out of my way, ice wagon. I'm coming home." � Ty Cobb, baseball player, to the opposing team's catcher [Baseball Quotes from Ty Cobb]