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Archives - July 2005
Posted 07.31.05 �
"Talent is God-given, be humble; fame is
man-given, be thankful; conceit is self-given,
be careful." � Anonymous, quoted often by
champion college basketball coach John Wooden � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 07.30.05 �
"Some days you want broccoli, other days Hostess
Ding Dongs. Don't ask why." � Scott Tinley,
champion triathlete � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 07.29.05 �
"Someday they're gonna write a blues song just for
fighters. It'll be for slow guitar, soft trumpet
and a bell." � Sonny Liston, champion boxer � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 07.28.05 �
"I ain't ever liked violence." � Sugar Ray
Robinson, champion boxer � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 07.27.05 �
"My toughest fight was with my first wife." �
Muhammad Ali, champion boxer � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 07.26.05 �
"I am not a victim. I am a survivor." � Lance
Armstrong, champion cyclist and cancer survivor � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 07.25.05 �
"Sports owners have always been scum. Players
have always been greedy. The average fan has
always been treated like crap." � Mike
Lupica, sportswriter � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 07.24.05 �
"Karas always has been ready on Sundays,
keyed up so intensely that he vomits just before
kickoff time." � Myron Cope, sportswriter,
on professional football player Alex Karas � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 07.23.05 �
"More than any other individual, (champion
boxer) Jack Dempsey created big-time sports in
America." � Roger Kahn, best-selling writer � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 07.22.05 �
"I broke into Hollywood the old-fashioned
way: I knew somebody." � Jim Brown, Hall of Fame
professional football player � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 07.21.05 �
"When I can't play tennis anymore, I'll die."
� Bill Tilden, champion tennis player, who
played the day before he died � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 07.20.05 �
"You play the way you practice." � Pop Warner,
Hall of Fame college football coach � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 07.19.05 �
"A saloon keeper from Beaver Falls,
Pennsylvania." � Red Smith, sportswriter,
describing Hall of Fame quarterback Joe Namath � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 07.18.05 �
"I miss football so much � heck, I even miss the
interceptions." � Archie Manning, broadcaster
and former professional football player � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 07.17.05 �
"If you really want to enjoy the game and
understand it, you've got to score it." � Warner
Fuselle, broadcaster, on baseball score cards � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 07.16.05 �
"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 07.15.05 �
"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 07.14.05 �
"If me and King Kong went into an alley, only one
of us would come out, and it wouldn't be the
monkey." � Lyle Alzado, professional football
player � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 07.13.05 �
"I don't know. I'm not in shape yet." � Yogi
Berra, Hall of Fame professional baseball
player, when asked during spring training what
his cap size was � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 07.12.05 �
"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 thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 07.11.05 �
"The hardest part of losing is knowing you
have failed those who are depending on you." �
Johnny Roach, professional football player � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 07.10.05 �
"Mickey was like Marilyn Monroe. He didn't have to
be the greatest ballplayer. He had that
charisma." � Hank Aaron, Hall of Fame baseball
player, about fellow Hall of Fame baseball
player Mickey Mantle � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 07.09.05 �
"Nobody trained like Joe Louis. He always wore
white knit trunks with a white tank top and
black boxing shoes with white socks. He was all
business." � Lou Duva, Hall of Fame Trainer � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 07.08.05 �
"I've seen him make chicken salad out of
chicken feathers many times." � John Brockington,
professional football player, about NFL running
back Walter Payton � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 07.07.05 �
"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
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Posted 07.06.05 �
"Luck is the residue of design." � Branch
Rickey, Hall of Fame baseball executive � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 07.05.05 �
"If you see a defense with dirt and mud on
their backs, they've had a bad day." � John
Madden, champion professional football coach � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 07.04.05 �
"This series is fixed. You can have it � I'm
going to the race track." � Champ Pickens,
promoter, about the 1919 World Series � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 07.03.05 �
"When I can't play tennis anymore, I'll die."
� Bill Tilden, champion tennis player, who
played the day before he died � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 07.02.05 �
"You don't build character without somebody
slapping you around." � Vince Lombardi, Hall of
Fame football coach � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 07.01.05 �
"My high comes from victory. Sports are my
drugs." � Jean-Claude Killy, Olympic gold
medalist skier � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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