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Archives - December 2004
Posted 12.31.04 �
"Ninety feet between the bases is the nearest
thing to perfection that man has yet achieved."
� Red Smith, sportswriter � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 12.30.04 �
"I don't think we can win every game � just
the next one." � Lou Holtz, champion college
football coach � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 12.29.04 �
"It was a lifetime of training for just 10
seconds." � Jesse Owens, Olympic gold medalist
track and field competitor � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 12.28.04 �
"This team has a chance of going all the way.
So did the Titanic." � Jim Murray, sportswriter � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 12.27.04 �
"A winner never whines." � Paul Brown,
champion professional football coach � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 12.26.04 �
"I can accept failure, but I can't accept not
trying." � Michael Jordan, champion professional
basketball player � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 12.25.04 �
"Sport develops not character, but
characters." � James A. Michener, Pulitzer
Prize-winning author � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 12.24.04 �
"The older I get, the better I used to be." �
Connie Hawkins, professional basketball player
and playground legend � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 12.23.04 �
"Sports agents have become a virus in
sports." � Mike Lupica, sportswriter � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 12.22.04 �
"When a guy comes into the ring, he's fair
game. You've got to take him out." � Goldberg,
champion professional wrestler � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 12.21.04 �
"I'm a good candidate for a knee
replacement." � Steve Williams, a.k.a. Stone
Cold Steve Austin, professional wrestler � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 12.20.04 �
"A tie is like kissing your sister." � Paul
"Bear" Bryant, Hall of Fame college football
coach � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 12.19.04 �
"This year we plan to run and shoot. Next
year we hope to run and score." � Billy Tubbs,
college basketball coach � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 12.18.04 �
"Every athlete is a role model, whether they want
to be or not. You have to recognize that
position." � Dale Earnhardt, champion race car
driver � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 12.17.04 �
"It doesn't matter how simple or fancy a pass is.
The only good pass is one that is caught by its
target." � Red Auerbach, Hall of Fame basketball
coach � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 12.16.04 �
"I guarantee it." � Joe Namath, Hall of Fame
football player, prior to his Jets' victory over
the Colts in Super Bowl III � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 12.15.04 �
"Keep your eye on the ball and hit them where
they ain't." � Wee Willie Keeler, professional
baseball player � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 12.14.04 �
"If your work is not fired with enthusiasm,
you will be fired with enthusiasm." � John
Mazur, professional football coach � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 12.13.04 �
"Baseball fans love numbers. They love to
swirl them around their mouths like Bordeaux
win." � Pat Conroy, writer, about statistics � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 12.12.04 �
"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 12.11.04 �
"Bob Knight was many things: brilliant,
driven, compassionate � but not patient." � John
Feinstein, writer � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 12.10.04 �
"Go up and write a column and a sidebar." �
Woody Paige, sportswriter, to a woman who said
she would do anything for $100 � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 12.09.04 �
"My dad was my biggest hero, but they haven't
made a poster of him yet." � Derek Jeter,
professional baseball player � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 12.08.04 �
"I haven't been able to slam-dunk the
basketball for the past five years. Or, for the
thirty-eight years before that, either." � Dave
Barry, writer � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 12.07.04 �
"Whenever Rock opened his kisser, the throng
became as silent as a tomb." � Harry Grayson,
sportswriter, on Hall of Fame and champion
football coach Knute Rockne � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 12.06.04 �
"A school without football is in danger of
deteriorating into a medieval study hall." �
Vince Lombardi, Hall of Fame football coach � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 12.05.04 �
"The foundation of getting people to do what you
want them to do is built on a relationship based
on trust. That is the critical element, the glue
that holds everything together." � Marty
Shottenheimer, professional football coach � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 12.04.04 �
"The only time I am really violent is on the
football field. I'm going to catch him and knock
his block off. It's as simple as that." � Alex
Karras, Hall of Fame football player � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 12.03.04 �
"A writer sick � good, I hope they gave the
[expletive deleted] rat poison." � Lou Gehrig,
Hall of Fame baseball player, upon being
informed that a sportswriter was ill � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 12.02.04 �
"You can only whip the mule so much before the
mule turns around and says I've had it." � Kurt
Rambis, professional basketball player and
coach, on motivation � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 12.01.04 �
"I told him, 'Don't buy the papers tomorrow.
You're not going to like what you read.' " �
Bill Parcells, professional football coach,
about quarterback Phil Simms after a bad game � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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