SportByte� Archives - October 2006
Posted 10.31.06 �
"I'm not allowed to comment on lousy officiating."
� Jim Finks, New Orleans Saints general manager � [Get thousands of quotes
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Posted 10.30.06 �
"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
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Posted 10.29.06 �
"A saloon keeper from Beaver Falls,
Pennsylvania." � Red Smith, sportswriter,
describing Hall of Fame quarterback Joe Namath � [Get thousands of quotes
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Posted 10.28.06 �
"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
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Posted 10.27.06 �
"I believe there is winning and misery and
even when we win I'm miserable." � Pat Riley,
professional basketball coach � [Get thousands of quotes
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Posted 10.26.06 �
"Football is the closest thing we have to the
Christians and the lions." � Dan Jenkins,
best-selling author � [Get thousands of quotes
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Posted 10.25.06 �
"Basketball is the MTV of sports." � Sara
Levinson, National Football League executive � [Get thousands of quotes
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Posted 10.24.06 �
"The more I practice, the luckier I get." �
Gary Player, champion professional golfer � [Get thousands of quotes
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Posted 10.23.06 �
"In a universal sense, football is so
insignificant, it's ridiculous." � Pat Hayden,
professional football player � [Get thousands of quotes
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Posted 10.22.06 �
"If their IQ's were lower, they would be
geraniums." � Russ Francis, professional
football player, commenting on defensive linemen � [Get thousands of quotes
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Posted 10.21.06 �
"Owning the Yankees is like owning the Mona
Lisa." � George Steinbrenner, New York Yankees
owner � [Get thousands of quotes
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Posted 10.20.06 �
"The man who complains about the way the ball
bounces is likely to be the one who dropped it."
� Lou Holtz, champion college football coach � [Get thousands of quotes
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Posted 10.19.06 �
"If I had my life to live over again, I'd
have ended up a sportswriter." � Richard M.
Nixon, 37th president of the United States � [Get thousands of quotes
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Posted 10.18.06 �
"Ninety percent of the game is half mental." �
Yogi Berra, Hall of Fame baseball player and
manager � [Get thousands of quotes
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Posted 10.17.06 �
"I might have had a tough break, but I have
an awful lot to live for." � Lou Gehrig, Hall of
Fame baseball player, who was stricken with the
disease ALS � [Get thousands of quotes
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Posted 10.16.06 �
"Gibson pitches as though he's
double-parked." � Vin Scully, broadcaster, on
Hall of Fame pitcher Bob Gibson � [Get thousands of quotes
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Posted 10.15.06 �
"Games lubricate the body and the mind." �
Benjamin Franklin, United States patriot,
founding father and inventor � [Get thousands of quotes
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Posted 10.14.06 �
"Cheating is as much a part of the game as
scorecards and hot dogs." � Billy Martin,
professional baseball player and manager � [Get thousands of quotes
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Posted 10.13.06 �
"Nothing can be said of him that he didn't
say better of someone else." � Sportswriter Red
Smith, commenting on legendary sportswriter
Grantland Rice � [Get thousands of quotes
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Posted 10.12.06 �
"You don't build character without somebody
slapping you around." � Vince Lombardi, Hall of
Fame football coach � [Get thousands of quotes
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Posted 10.11.06 �
"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
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Posted 10.10.06 �
"I copied my swing after (Shoeless) Joe
Jackson's. His is the perfectest." � Hall of
Fame baseball player Babe Ruth � [Get thousands of quotes
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Posted 10.09.06 �
"Be reasonable: Do it my way." � Sign on the
desk of John Calipari, college and professional
basketball coach � [Get thousands of quotes
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Posted 10.08.06 �
"I hate to lose. Hate, hate, hate to lose." �
George Steinbrenner, owner, New York Yankees � [Get thousands of quotes
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Posted 10.07.06 �
"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
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Posted 10.06.06 �
"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 baseball
manager, commenting on then-young catcher Yogi
Berra � [Get thousands of quotes
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Posted 10.05.06 �
"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
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Posted 10.04.06 �
"The guy is not a real person, he's a
rattlesnake." � Peter Vecsey, sportswriter,
about college and professional basketball coach Rick Pitino � [Get thousands of quotes
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Posted 10.03.06 �
"Emotion only stays with you a short period.
What you want is a sustained effort of
performance." � John Chaney, college basketball
coach � [Get thousands of quotes
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Posted 10.02.06 �
"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
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Posted 10.01.06 �
"I'll moider da bum." � Tony Galento, heavyweight
boxer, when asked what he thought of William
Shakespeare � [Get thousands of quotes
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