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Posted 05.31.03 � "First time I ever slept on my back. Had to, or that medal would have cut my chest..." � Muhammad Ali, world champion boxer, on winning a gold medal in the Olympics � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 05.30.03 � "That (home run) ball got out of here in a hurry. Anything going that fast better have a damn stewardess on it � don't you think..?" � Kevin Costner, actor, in Bull Durham � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 05.29.03 � "Observing team sports, teams of adult men, one sees how men are children in the most felicitous sense of the word..." � Joyce Carol Oates, writer � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 05.28.03 � "Mickey was like Marilyn Monroe. He didn't have to be the greatest ballplayer. He had that charisma..." � Hank Aaron, Hall of Fame baseball player, about fellow Hall of Fame baseball player Mickey Mantle � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 05.27.03 � "Jimmy Taylor, the great fullback of the Green Bay Packers, spent four years in college and emerged unscarred by education..." � Dick Schaap, sportswriter, author, talk show host � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 05.26.03 � "I told him, 'Son, what is it with you? Is it ignorance or apathy?' He said, 'Coach, I don't know and I don't care.'..." � Frank Layden, NBA executive and former coach � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 05.25.03 � "Mickey Mantle just was everything. At my bar mitzvah I had an Oklahoma accent. And I think I once told my parents, "Play me or trade me..." � Billy Crystal, actor, comedian and baseball fan � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 05.24.03 � "Bob Knight is unique. In another time, he would have been a superb general. ... He may well be the last of the coaching dictators..." � Al McGuire, champion basketball coach and broadcaster � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 05.23.03 � "I was a very late draft choice of the Mittendorf Funeral Home Panthers. Our color was black..." � George Will, author and baseball enthusiast, about his Little League draft � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 05.22.03 � "If I could make more money running a supermarket, I'd run a supermarket. My best thing is driving cars... It's a business, like any other business..." � Richard Perry, racing legend � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 05.21.03 � "When I read the sports pages these days I think I'm reading the Wall Street Journal..." � Dan Jansen, Olympic gold medalist speed skater, referring to sports business dollars � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 05.20.03 � "Yes, it is forever about the money. Sports teaches you that eight days a week, making virtues of greed and lust, littering its fields with the currency of betrayal..." � Ian O'Connor, sportswriter � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 05.19.03 � "Every time you win, you're reborn; when you lose, you die a little..." � George Allen, Hall of Fame football coach � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 05.18.03 � "I could sell drugs for a living because I'm a hustler. But why sell drugs and go to prison when I can sell tickets..." � Cleveland Chris, scalper � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 05.17.03 � "Nobody in football should be called a genius. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein..." � Joe Theisman, football commentator and former football player � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 05.16.03 � "What does it take to be a good referee? Beats the hell out of me. No one thinks any referee is good..." � Richie Powers, basketball official � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 05.15.03 � "A quarterback doesn't come into his own until he can tell the coach to go to hell..." � Johnny Unitas, Hall of Fame football player [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 05.14.03 � "College football is an ugly business..." � Mike Tomco, college football player [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 05.13.03 � "I've been called a racist, a drunk and a quitter. Other than that, I'm fine..." � Kerry Collins, professional football player [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 05.12.03 � "Once my swing starts, I can't change or pull up. It's all or nothing..." � Babe Ruth, Hall of Fame baseball player [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 05.11.03 � "If one's reputation is a possession, then of all of my possessions, my reputation means the most to me..." � Arthur Ashe, tennis icon, in Days of Grace [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 05.10.03 � "Nobody is hurt. Hurt is in the mind. If you can walk, you can run..." � Vince Lombardi, Hall of Fame football coach, commenting on injuries [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 05.09.03 � "A perfect pitcher is an impossible concept, as long as major league hitters remain capable of hitting perfect pitches..." � Bob Gibson, Hall of Fame pitcher [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 05.08.03 � "Going to bed with a woman never hurt a ballplayer. It's staying up all night looking for them that does you in..." � Casey Stengel, Hall of Fame baseball player and manager [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 05.07.03 � "Pro football is like nuclear warfare. There are no winners, only survivors..." � Frank Gifford, professional football player and broadcaster [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 05.06.03 � "I have the job I want. I am not looking for a job. What I'm looking for is a tall player that can play..." � Mike Jarvis, college basketball coach [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 05.05.03 � "When you're as great as I am, it's hard to be humble..." � Muhammad Ali, champion boxer [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 05.04.03 � "I'm going to graduate on time no matter how long it takes..." � Unnamed senior basketball player, University of Pittsburgh [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 05.03.03 � "SportByte�: "Born? Hell, Babe Ruth wasn't born. He fell from a tree..." � Joe Dugan, professional baseball player [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 05.02.03 � "SportByte�: "I look at a golf course as a huge waste of pastureland..." � Karl Malone, professional basketball player [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 05.01.03 � "If you want to be a great hitter, don't go to the movies. It ruins your eyes..." � Rogers Hornsby, Hall of Fame baseball player [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

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