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Archives - August 2003
Posted 08.31.03 �
"We wuz robbed � we should have stood in bed..." �
Joe Jacobs, boxing trainer, after his fighter, Max
Schmeling, lost to Jack Sharkey � [Get
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Posted 08.30.03 �
"You argue with an umpire because there's nothing
else you can do about it..." � Leo Durocher,
professional baseball player and manager � [Get
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Posted 08.29.03 �
"I'm going to write a book, How To Make A
Small Fortune In Baseball � you start with a
large fortune..." � Ruly Carpenter, baseball owner � [Get
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Posted 08.28.03 �
"If I ever need a brain transplant, I want
one from a sportswriter, because I'll know it's
never been used..." � Joe Paterno, college
football coach � [Get
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Posted 08.27.03 �
"Confidence is a lot of this game or any
game. If you don't think you can win, you
won't..." � Jerry West, Hall of Fame basketball
player � [Get
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Posted 08.26.03 �
"DiMaggio's streak is the most extraordinary
thing that ever happened in American sports..." �
Steven Jay Gould, writer � [Get
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Posted 08.25.03 �
"Sports is a lot of damn nonsense..." � Harry S.
Truman, president of the United States � [Get
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Posted 08.24.03 �
"There have been only two geniuses in the
world. Willie Mays and William Shakespeare..." �
Tallulah Bankhead, actress � [Get
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Posted 08.23.03 �
"It was a lifetime of training for just 10
seconds..." � Jesse Owens, Olympic track and field
gold medalist � [Get
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Posted 08.22.03 �
"When I come back, I want to be re-incarnated
as a dolphin � or as an F-16..." � Bo Jackson,
professional baseball and football player � [Get
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Posted 08.21.03 �
"Cheating is as much a part of the game as
scorecards and hot dogs..." � Billy Martin,
professional baseball player and manager � [Get
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Posted 08.20.03 �
"Get more open � I'm getting old..." � Dan
Marino, NFL quarterback, to Lamar Thomas, NFL
receiver � [Get
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Posted 08.19.03 �
"In this country, you either finish first or last,
there is no second place..." � Buddy Werner,
writer � [Get
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Posted 08.18.03 �
"Heroes and cowards feel exactly the same
fear. Heroes just react to it differently..." �
Cus D'Amato, Hall of Fame boxing trainer � [Get
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Posted 08.17.03 �
"If you make plays and the team wins, the
fans will be fine. I don't worry about the
fans..." � Donavan McNabb, professional football
player � [Get
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Posted 08.16.03 �
"Whether in sports or politics, competition
in and of itself is good..." � Bill Bradley, Hall
of Fame basketball player and U.S. Senator � [Get
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Posted 08.15.03 �
"There's a foot difference between a halo and
a noose..." � Bobby Bowden, champion football
coach � [Get
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Posted 08.14.03 �
"You've taken my team away from me..." � Tom
Landry, Hall of Fame professional football coach,
on the day he was fired � [Get
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Posted 08.13.03 �
"Fishing is a jerk at one end of the line waiting
for a jerk at the other end..." � Mark Twain,
humorist and author � [Get
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Posted 08.12.03 �
"Baseball is what we were. Football is what we
have become..." � Mary McGrory, journalist � [Get
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Posted 08.11.03 �
"Lifting a barbell ain't like eating no
watermelon..." � Toad, U.S. Olympic weightlifter � [Get
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Posted 08.10.03 �
"The ball sailed so high that when it came down it
was coated with ice..." � Bill McGeehan,
sportswriter, on one of Babe Ruth's home runs � [Get
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Posted 08.09.03 �
"He wants Texas back..." � Tommy Lasorda,
Dodgers manager, on negotiations with Mexican-born
pitcher Fernando Valenzuela � [Get
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Posted 08.08.03 �
"Golf is a good walk spoiled..." � Mark Twain,
humorist and author � [Get
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Posted 08.07.03 �
"He's probably never been to Minnesota..." �
Willie Mosconi, world champion pool player,
commenting on infamous hustler 'Minnesota Fats' � [Get
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Posted 08.06.03 �
"I'm sick of people talking about money, money,
money all the time..." � Shaquille O'Neal,
professional basketball player � [Get
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Posted 08.05.03 �
"If Howard Cosell was a sport, it would be
Roller Derby..." � Jimmy Cannon, sportswriter � [Get
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Posted 08.04.03 �
"I made some mistakes � my immaturity is the
one thing that sticks out � but I've learned a
lot. Sometimes that takes time..." � Kerry
Collins, professional football player � [Get
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Posted 08.03.03 �
"A reporter asked me once if I'd ever seen
(legendary Cowboys coach) Tom Landry laugh. 'No,'
I answered, 'I only played nine years...' " �
Jerry Glanville, professional football player and
head coach � [Get
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Posted 08.02.03 �
"There is no room in baseball for a clown..."
� Chuck Dressen, baseball manager, to Bob Uecker,
player and later Hall of Fame broadcaster � [Get
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Posted 08.01.03 �
"Maybe it wasn't talent the Lord gave me. May
it was the passion..." � Wayne Gretzky, Hall of
Fame hockey player � [Get
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