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Archives - November 2004
Posted 11.30.04
"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
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Posted 11.29.04
"There is only a half step difference between the
champions and those who finish on the bottom.
And much of that half step is mental." Tom
Landry, Hall of Fame football coach [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 11.28.04
"We ought to pay attention to the world of
professional sports. What happens at the elite
levels makes its way into our culture." Lucy
Danziger, magazine editor [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 11.27.04
"Well, I don't think he'd enforce a rigorous
curfew." George Will, political columnist and
baseball aficionado, to Roy Firestone, TV host,
on what kind of manager Senator Ted Kennedy
would be [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 11.26.04
"If one's reputation is a possession, then of all
my possessions, my reputation means the most to
me." Arthur Ashe, champion tennis player, in
his book Days of Grace [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 11.25.04
"Sports has expanded the boundaries of bad
behavior and violence." Robert Lipsyte, writer [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 11.24.04
"You can win and still not succeed, still not
achieve what you should. And you can lose
without really failing at all." Bobby Knight,
Hall of Fame college basketball coach [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 11.23.04
"It's good for them. It embarrasses a little, but
relieves them a lot. Makes them part of the
group." Vince Lombardi, Hall of Fame coach,
about rookie hazing in pro football [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 11.22.04
"Football is not a game, but a religion, a
metaphysical island of fundamental truth in a
highly verbalized, disguised society, a
throwback of 30,000 generations of
anthropological time." Dr. Arnold Mandell,
sports psychologist [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 11.21.04
"Man is a ball tossed onto the field of
existence, driven hither and thither by the
chaugan stick of destiny, wielded by the hand of
Providence." Persian proverb [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 11.20.04
"Concentration is the ability to think about
absolutely nothing when it is absolutely
necessary." Ray Knight, professional baseball
player and manager [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 11.19.04
"I am a kicker, but I'm tough. On kickoffs,
I'll barrel through there and knock those
runners right on my fanny." Errol Mann,
professional football player [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 11.18.04
"Try to exercise, eat better, try to do some fun
things with my wife." Tom Davis, college
basketball coach, on what he was going to do
after being fired [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 11.17.04
"Due to its ingredients... courage, mental
and physical condition, spirit and its terrific
body contact which tends to sort the men from
the boys... football remains one of the great
games of all time." Grantland Rice,
sportswriter [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 11.16.04
"My father always told me, in the midst of
adversity, in the midst of a struggle, 'It
builds character. Stay strong, be positive, look
ahead, don't look back.' " Bruce Smith,
All-Pro professional football player [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 11.15.04
"I'd rather get Gatorade poured on me than
bust my butt selling it." Bill Parcells,
champion professional football coach, commenting
on his disdain for endorsements [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 11.14.04
"Gentlemen, you are about to play football for
Yale. Never again in your lives will you do
anything so important." Tad Jones, college
football coach [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 11.13.04
"What you had was a 39-year-old male,
6-foot-5, in excess of 300 pounds, a healthy
individual, took one shot of heroin and
basically dropped dead as a result." Bruce
Glassrock, Plano, TX, police chief, on the death
of All-Pro football player Mark Tuinei [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 11.12.04
"The more you lose, the more positive you have to
become. When you're winning, you can ride them
harder because their self-esteem is high. If you
are losing and you try to be tough, you're
asking for dissension." Rick Pitino, college
and professional coach [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 11.11.04
"My job is to win football games. I've got to
put people in the stadium, make money for the
university, keep the alumni happy, and give the
school a winning reputation. If I don't win, I'm
gone." Frank Kush, college football coach [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 11.10.04
"A life is not important, but for the impact
it has on others' lives." Jackie Robinson,
Hall of Fame baseball player [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 11.09.04
"The Battle of Waterloo was won on the
playing fields of Eton." Duke of Wellington,
British general and Prime Minister [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 11.08.04
"A champion is one who gets up when he can't
see." Jack Dempsey, champion boxer [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 11.07.04
"I learned that if you want to make it bad enough,
no matter how bad it is, you can make it."
Gale Sayers, Hall of Fame football player [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 11.06.04
"Could I be a coach and lose? To me, that's
like asking if a guy can be a good doctor even
though his patients keep dying." Red Auerbach,
Hall of Fame basketball coach and executive [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 11.05.04
"Let's be honest. The proper definition of an
amateur today is one who accepts cash, not
checks." Jack Kelly, Jr., Sports Illustrated
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Posted 11.04.04
"Age is like a bulldozer. It's gonna push you
out of the way once you stop moving." Archie
Moore, champion boxer [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 11.03.04
"In a universal sense, football is so
insignificant, it's ridiculous." Pat Hayden,
professional football player [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 11.02.04
"I want to be remembered for making rich
people richer." Hughes Norton, sports
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Posted 11.01.04
"Teamwork is the essence of life." Pat Riley,
professional basketball player and coach [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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