SportByte� Archives - March 2007
Posted 03.31.07 �
"There is no room in baseball for a clown." �
Chuck Dressen, professional baseball manager, to
Bob Uecker, professional baseball player and,
later, Hall of Fame broadcaster �
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Posted 03.30.07 �
"A reporter asked me once if I'd ever seen
(Dallas Cowboys coach) Tom Landry laugh. 'No,' I
answered, 'I only played nine years.' " � Jerry
Glanville, professional football player and head
coach �
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Posted 03.29.07 �
"I made some mistakes
�
my immaturity is the one thing that sticks out
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but I've learned a lot. Sometimes that takes
time." � Kerry Collins, professional football
player �
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Posted 03.28.07 �
"If Howard Cosell was a sport, it would be Roller
Derby." � Jimmy Cannon, sportswriter �
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Posted 03.27.07 �
"I'm sick of people talking about money, money,
money all the time." � Shaquille O'Neal,
professional basketball player �
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Posted 03.26.07 �
"He's probably never been to Minnesota." �
Willie Mosconi, world champion pool player, on
infamous hustler 'Minnesota Fats' �
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Posted 03.25.07 �
"Golf is a good walk spoiled." � Mark Twain,
humorist and author �
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Posted 03.24.07 �
"He wants Texas back." � Tommy Lasorda,
Dodgers manager, on negotiations with
Mexican-born pitcher Fernando Valenzuela �
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Posted 03.23.07 �
"The ball sailed so high that when it came down it
was coated with ice." � Bill McGeehan,
sportswriter, on one of Babe Ruth's home runs �
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Posted 03.22.07 �
"Lifting a barbell ain't like eating no
watermelon." � Toad, U.S. Olympic weightlifter �
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Posted 03.21.07 �
"Baseball is what we were. Football is what
we have become." � Mary McGrory, journalist �
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Posted 03.20.07 �
"Fishing is a jerk at one end of the line
waiting for a jerk at the other end." � Mark
Twain, humorist and author �
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Posted 03.19.07 �
"You've taken my team away from me." � Tom
Landry, Hall of Fame professional football
coach, on the day he was fired �
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Posted 03.18.07 �
"There's a foot difference between a halo and
a noose." � Bobby Bowden, champion football
coach �
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Posted 03.17.07 �
"Whether in sports or politics, competition
in and of itself is good." � Bill Bradley, Hall
of Fame basketball player, U.S. Senator �
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Posted 03.16.07 �
"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 �
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Posted 03.15.07 �
"Heroes and cowards feel exactly the same
fear. Heroes just react to it differently." �
Cus D'Amato, Hall of Fame boxing trainer �
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Posted 03.14.07 �
"In this country, you either finish first or
last, there is no second place." � Buddy Werner,
writer �
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Posted 03.13.07 �
"Get more open
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I'm getting old." � Dan Marino, NFL quarterback,
to Lamar Thomas, NFL receiver �
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Posted 03.12.07 �
"Cheating is as much a part of the game as
scorecards and hot dogs." � Billy Martin,
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Posted 03.11.07 �
"When I come back, I want to be reincarnated
as a dolphin � or as an F-16." � Bo Jackson,
professional baseball and football player � [Get thousands of quotes
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Posted 03.10.07 �
"It was a lifetime of training for just 10
seconds." � Jesse Owens, Olympic track and field
gold medalist � [Get thousands of quotes
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Posted 03.09.07 �
"There have been only two geniuses in the
world. Willie Mays and William Shakespeare." �
Tallulah Bankhead, actress � [Get thousands of quotes
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Posted 03.08.07 �
"Sports is a lot of damn nonsense." � Harry
S. Truman, United States President � [Get thousands of quotes
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Posted 03.07.07 �
"[Joe] DiMaggio's [hitting] streak is the
most extraordinary thing that ever happened in
American sports." � Steven Jay Gould, writer � [Get thousands of quotes
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Posted 03.06.07 �
"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
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Posted 03.05.07 �
"If I ever need a brain transplant, I want one
from a sportswriter, because I'll know it's
never been used." � Joe Paterno, college
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Posted 03.04.07 �
"I'm going to write a book, How To Make A Small
Fortune In Baseball � you start with a large
fortune." � Ruly Carpenter, baseball owner � [Get thousands of quotes
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Posted 03.03.07 �
"You argue with an umpire because there's nothing
else you can do about it." � Leo Durocher,
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Posted 03.02.07 �
"We wuz robbed � we should have stood in
bed." � Joe Jacobs, boxing trainer, after his
fighter, Max Schmeling, lost to Jack Sharkey � [Get thousands of quotes
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Posted 03.01.07 �
"Football doesn't build character. It eliminates
the weak ones." � Darrell Royal, Hall of Fame
college football coach � [Get thousands of quotes
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