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Posted 07.31.04 � "The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win." � Roger Bannister, first athlete to run the mile in under four minutes � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 07.30.04 � "My sister's expecting a baby, and I don't know if I'm going to be an aunt or an uncle." � Chuck Nevitt, then an N.C. State basketball player, explaining to his coach why he appeared nervous at practice � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 07.29.04 � "He treats us like men. He lets us wear earrings." � Former University of Houston receiver Torrin Polk on his coach, John Jenkins � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 07.28.04 � "When I began playing the game, baseball was about as gentlemanly as a kick in the crotch." � Ty Cobb, Hall of Fame baseball player � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 07.27.04 � "A boy who doesn't like contact shouldn't play football, because he isn't going to change." � Red Blaik, Hall of Fame college football coach � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 07.26.04 � "Football is the quintessential American sport: lots of violence punctuated by committee meetings." � George Will, political analyst and baseball aficionado � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 07.25.04 � "Good to meet you. A writer, huh? What paper you with Ernie?" � Yogi Berra, Hall of Fame baseball player, to Ernest Hemingway, to whom he'd been introduced as an important writer � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 07.24.04 � "We avoided guys who could play the piano." � Paul Brown, Hall of Fame coach and team owner, noting one of the principles he followed in making NFL draft selections � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 07.23.04 � "Games lubricate the body and the mind." � Benjamin Franklin, United States patriot, Founding Father and inventor � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 07.22.04 � "Everything in a game happens by chance, so what you're doing is trying to make your own breaks." � Nate Allen, professional football player, commenting on luck � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

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Posted 07.19.04 � "He talks OK up there with a bat in his hands. A college education don't do you no good up there." � Casey Stengel, Hall of Fame manager, commenting on Yogi Berra � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 07.18.04 � "Statistics always remind me of the fellow who drowned in a river whose average depth was only three feet." � Woody Hayes, Hall of Fame college football coach � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 07.17.04 � "Half the time the scouts have their heads down making notes and don't even see which way the ball is hit." � Tom Greenwade, legendary professional baseball scout � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 07.16.04 � "Talent is God-given, be humble; fame is man-given, be thankful; conceit is self-given, be careful." � Anonymous, (quoted often by champion basketball coach John Wooden � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 07.15.04 � "It's not the fact that men love football that makes modern woman want to scream ... It's the assumption that she is incapable of loving it, too." � Sally Jenkins, writer � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 07.14.04 � "Baby, no one sends in plays for Francis." � Fran Tarkenton, Hall of Fame professional quarterback, when asked who called his team's plays � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 07.13.04 � "When you come right down to it, the baseball owners are really little boys with big wallets." � Harold Parrott, writer � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 07.12.04 � "I like to throw the ball. To me, the pro game is throwing. I may be wrong, but putting the ball in the air is the way to win." � Y.A. Tittle, Hall of Fame quarterback � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 07.11.04 � "Is it normal to wake up in the morning in a cold sweat because you can't wait to beat another human's guts out?" � Joe Kapp, professional football player � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 07.10.04 � "You don't build character without somebody slapping you around." � Vince Lombardi, Hall of Fame professional football coach � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 07.09.04 � "Football players, like prostitutes, are in the business of ruining their bodies for the pleasure of strangers." � Merle Kessler, writer � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 07.08.04 � "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, Hall of Fame college football coach � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 07.07.04 � "Have you ever seen a Fellini movie? My life is like a Fellini movie." � George Karl, professional basketball coach � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 07.06.04 � "Recruiting is like shaving. Do it every day or you will look like a bum." � Anonymous � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 07.05.04 � "If I ever need a brain transplant, I want one from a sportswriter, because I'll know it's never been used." � Joe Paterno, champion college football coach � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 07.04.04 � "I believe in rules. Sure I do. If there weren't any rules, how could you break them?" � Leo Durocher, professional baseball player and Hall of Fame manager � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 07.03.04 � "Which game do I like better? I like baseball better in the spring. I like football better in the fall." � Bo Jackson, professional baseball and football player � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 07.02.04 � "The federal government in all its majesty is worried that sports broadcasters do sinister things, like rooting for the home team." � George Will, writer and part owner of the Chicago Cubs � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 07.01.04 � "Whitey (Ford) and Mick (Mickey Mantle) both made the Hall of Fame and I didn't. I wasn't a bad influence on them, they were a bad influence on me." � Billy Martin, professional baseball player and manager � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]