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Archives - August 2004
Posted 08.31.04 �
"Winning is like shaving. You do it every
day, or you end up looking like a bum." � Jack
Kemp, professional football player and U.S.
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Posted 08.30.04 �
"The box score always adds up � politics
never does." � James Reston, journalist and
author � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 08.29.04 �
"Good things happen to those who hustle." �
Chuck Noll, Hall of Fame professional football
coach � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 08.28.04 �
"No one can guard me one-on-one. I'm not
afraid of anyone in this league." � Allen
Iverson, professional basketball player � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 08.27.04 �
"The trouble with referees is that they just
don't care which side wins." � Tom Canterbury,
college basketball player � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 08.26.04 �
"I'm not allowed to comment on lousy officiating."
� Jim Fink, NFL team executive � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 08.25.04 �
"The only players I hurt with my words are
ones with inflated opinions of their ability." �
Bill Parcells, NFL head coach � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 08.24.04 �
"The will to win is grossly overstated. The
will to prepare is far more important." � Bobby
Knight, Hall of Fame college basketball coach � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 08.23.04 �
"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 thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 08.22.04 �
"There's a lot of people in this sport that
live through their kids. We'll never do that." �
Jack Lipinski, father of Olympic gold medalist
figure skater Tara Lipinski � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 08.21.04 �
"I could beat on other kids and steal their
lunch money and buy myself something to eat. But
I couldn't steal a father. I couldn't steal a
father's hug when I needed one." � Bo Jackson,
professional baseball and football player � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 08.20.04 �
"There are two kinds of football coaches. The
kind that have just been fired and the kind that
are going to get fired." � Bum Phillips,
professional football coach � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 08.19.04 �
"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
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Posted 08.18.04 �
"All right, no limping. If you have to limp,
don't scrimmage. If you want to scrimmage, don't
limp." � Red Blaik, Hall of Fame college
football coach � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 08.17.04 �
"My college playbook was like a Dr. Seuss
book. With the 49ers, it's like a cookbook." �
Terrell Owens, professional football player � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 08.16.04 �
"Luck means a lot in football. Not having a
quarterback is bad luck." � Don Shula, Hall of
Fame football coach � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 08.15.04 �
"The player who loses his head, who can't
keep his cool, is worse than no ballplayer at
all." � Lou Gehrig, Hall of Fame baseball player � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 08.14.04 �
"When he didn't remember our anniversary, I
knew he was OK." � Lisa McCaffrey, wife of
professional football player Ed McCaffrey,
referring to her husband's concussion � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 08.13.04 �
"The prevalent nature of the professional
football player is that of soldier of fortune.
He's trained and willing to bust people up." �
Jim Brown, Hall of Fame football player � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 08.12.04 �
"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
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Posted 08.11.04 �
"The (New York) Yankees are only interested in one
thing, and I don't know what it is." � Luis
Polonia, professional baseball player � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 08.10.04 �
"Lifting a barbell ain't like eating no
watermelon." � Toad, U.S. Olympic weightlifter � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 08.09.04 �
"Individual commitment to a group effort,
gentlemen, that's what makes a team work, a
company work, a society work, a civilization
work." � Vince Lombardi, Hall of Fame football
coach � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 08.08.04 �
"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
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Posted 08.07.04 �
"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 thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 08.06.04 �
"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
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Posted 08.05.04 �
"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
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Posted 08.04.04 �
"I'm not much of a golfer. I don't have any
friends. And, all I like to do the day of a game
is go home and be alone and worry about ways not
to lose." � Paul 'Bear' Bryant, Hall of Fame
college football coach � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 08.03.04 �
"Football is the closest thing we have to the
Christians and the lions." � Dan Jenkins,
best-selling author � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 08.02.04 �
"You'll know, because you'll be looking out
of your ear hole." � Ronnie Barnes, NFL trainer
and East Carolina grad, to player David Meggett,
referring to what is known in the league as 'an
official NFL hit' � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 08.01.04 �
"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
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