SportByte Archives - April 2007
Posted 04.30.07
"He who is not courageous enough to take
risks will accomplish nothing in life."
Muhammad Ali, boxer
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Posted 04.29.07
"The minute you start talking about what
you're going to do if you lose, you've lost."
George Schultz, U.S. Secretary of State
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Posted 04.28.07
"Usually for linemen the only recognition you
get is from your mother and your wife." Korey
Stringer, defensive lineman
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Posted 04.27.07
"Winning is like shaving. You do it every
day, or you end up looking like a bum." Jack
Kemp, NFL quarterback and U.S. congressman
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Posted 04.26.07
"The taste of defeat has a richness of
experience all its own." Bill Bradley, Hall of
Fame basketball player and U.S. senator
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Posted 04.25.07
"Adversity
teaches a man about himself." Alonzo Mourning,
All-Star professional basketball player
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Posted 04.24.07
"The
hardest part of losing is knowing you have
failed those who are depending on you." Johnny
Roach, professional football player
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Posted 04.23.07
"When
it comes to football, God is prejudiced toward
big, fast kids." Chuck Mills, professional
football player
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Posted 04.22.07
"There
are two kinds of coaches. The kind that have
just been fired and the kind that are going to
get fired." Bum Phillips, professional
football coach
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Posted 04.21.07
"Managing
is getting paid for home runs that somebody else
hits." Casey Stengel, Hall of Fame baseball
manager
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Posted 04.20.07
"A
storm never blows in when the action is slow."
Randy Voorhes, fisherman and writer
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Posted 04.19.07
"The
man who can drive himself further once the
effort gets painful is the man who will win."
Roger Bannister, first runner to break the
four-minute mile barrier
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Posted 04.18.07
"Good
things happen to those who hustle." Chuck
Knoll, professional football coach
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Posted 04.17.07
"Bob
Knight was many things: brilliant, driven,
compassionate but not patient." John
Feinstein, writer, about the champion college
basketball coach
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Posted 04.16.07
"Ninety
percent of the game is half mental." Yogi
Berra, Hall of Fame baseball player and manager
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Posted 04.15.07
"All
right, no limping. If you have to limp, don't
scrimmage. If you want to scrimmage, don't
limp." Red Blaik, Hall of Fame college
football coach
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Posted 04.14.07
"When
he didn't remember our anniversary, I knew he
was OK." Lisa McCaffrey, wife of professional
football player Ed McCaffrey, referring to her
husband's concussion
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Posted 04.13.07
"It
was a storm precisely like this one that saved
England from the Spanish Armada." Ted Turner,
yachtsman and baseball team owner, referring to the
storm that struck a 1979 English Channel yacht
race
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Posted 04.12.07
"Good
stockbrokers are a dime a dozen, but good
shortstops are hard to find." Charles O.
Finley, baseball team owner
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Posted 04.11.07
"Carrots
may be good for my eyes, but they won't
straighten out the curve ball." Carl Furillo,
professional baseball player
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Posted 04.10.07
"Teamwork
is the essence of life." Pat Riley,
professional basketball player and coach
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Posted 04.09.07
"You'll
know, because you'll be looking out of your ear
hole." Ronnie Barnes, NFL trainer and East
Carolina alumnus, to player David Meggett,
explaining what is known in the league as 'an
official NFL hit'
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Posted 04.08.07
"I
do believe that my best hits border on felonious
assault." Jack Tatum, professional football
player
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Posted 04.07.07
"When
they say it's not about money, it's always about
money." George Young, football team executive
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Posted 04.06.07
"When you
win, nothing hurts." Joe Namath, Hall of Fame
football player, on pain
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Posted 04.05.07
"I eat what I
eat and I weigh what I weigh." George Foreman,
champion boxer
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Posted 04.04.07
"Try
to exercise, eat better, try to do some fun
things with my wife." Tom Davis, college
basketball coach, on his plans after being fired
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Posted 04.03.07
"Life
really wouldn't be worth livin' if you didn't
have a high school team to support." Bob
Rutherford, realtor and fan
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Posted 04.02.07
"Every pitcher has to be a little in love
with death." Bill Lee, professional baseball
player
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Posted 04.01.07
"Maybe it wasn't talent the Lord gave me. May it
was the passion." Wayne Gretzky, Hall of Fame
hockey player
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