SportByte� Archives - May 2007
Posted 05.31.07 �
"Football is the closest thing we have to the
Christians and the lions." � Dan Jenkins, author �
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Posted 05.30.07 �
"Looks black, lives white, and thinks green."
� Larry Holmes, world champion boxer, referring
to Don King, promoter �
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Posted 05.29.07 �
"They can't fire me because my family buys
too many tickets." � LaVell Edwards, college
football coach and one of 14 children �
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Posted 05.28.07 �
"When you unwrap a Reggie Bar, it tells you
how good it is." � Jim 'Catfish' Hunter, Hall of
Fame baseball player, on Reggie Jackson, Hall of
Fame baseball player �
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Posted 05.27.07 �
"Act quickly, but never in a hurry." � John
Wooden, champion college basketball coach �
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Posted 05.26.07 �
"A truly great player makes the worst player
on the team good." � Oscar Robertson, Hall of
Fame basketball player �
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Posted 05.25.07 �
"If you want to be a great hitter, don't go
to the movies. It ruins your eyes." � Rogers
Hornsby, Hall of Fame baseball player �
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Posted 05.24.07 �
"Athletic competition clearly defines the
unique power of our attitude." � Bart Starr,
Hall of Fame football player �
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Posted 05.23.07 �
"I'm not mean, just aggressive." � Harvey
Martin, professional football player �
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Posted 05.22.07 �
"Every time you win, you're reborn; when you
lose, you die a little." � George Allen,
professional football coach �
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Posted 05.21.07 �
"I'm not much of a golfer. I don't have any
friends. And, all I like to do the day of a game
is go home and be alone and worry about ways not
to lose." � Paul 'Bear' Bryant, champion college
football coach �
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Posted 05.20.07 �
"With the Red Sox, the past is always the
present. If it's not Babe Ruth's departure, it's
Bucky Dent's home run." � Dave Anderson,
columnist �
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Posted 05.19.07 �
"Winning is like shaving. You do it every
day, or you end up looking like a bum." � Jack
Kemp, professional football player, U.S.
congressman �
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Posted 05.18.07 �
"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 �
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Posted 05.17.07 �
"The [New York] Yankees are only interested
in one thing, and I don't know what it is." �
Luis Polonia, professional baseball player �
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Posted 05.16.07 �
"A boy who doesn't like contact shouldn't
play football, because he isn't going to
change." � Red Blaik, champion college football
coach �
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Posted 05.15.07 �
"Just a fad
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passing fancy." � Philip Wrigley, baseball team
owner, on games played after dark under the
lights �
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Posted 05.14.07 �
"If they took away our sticks and gave us
brooms, we'd still fight." � Phil Esposito,
professional hockey player �
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Posted 05.13.07 �
"Which game do I like better? I like baseball
better in the spring. I like football better in
the fall." � Bo Jackson, professional baseball
and football player �
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Posted 05.12.07 �
"You're out, and you're ugly, too." � Durwood
Merrill, umpire �
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Posted 05.11.07 �
"We're going to turn this team around 360
degrees." � Jason Kidd, professional basketball
player, upon learning he had been drafted by the
Dallas Mavericks �
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Posted 05.10.07 �
"He was sometimes unbearable, but he was
never dull." � Ed Linn, sportswriter, on Hall of
Fame baseball player Ted Williams �
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Posted 05.09.07 �
"I broke into Hollywood the old-fashioned
way: I knew somebody." � Jim Brown, Hall of Fame
football player �
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Posted 05.08.07 �
"Things are never quite as good as they seem.
Things are never quite as bad as they seem. In
between falls reality." � John Calipari, college
and professional basketball coach �
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Posted 05.07.07 �
"The ballplayer who loses his head, who can't
keep his cool, is worse than no ballplayer at
all." � Lou Gehrig, Hall of Fame baseball player �
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Posted 05.06.07 �
"Ain't no man can avoid being born average,
but ain't no man got to be common." � Satchel
Paige, Hall of Fame baseball player �
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Posted 05.05.07 �
"He went from warm to red hot. You could hear
him laughing or shouting for five blocks." �
Wellington Mara, Hall of Fame NFL team owner, on
Hall of Fame coach Vince Lombardi �
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Posted 05.04.07 �
"I don't think we can win every game
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just the next one." � Lou Holtz, champion
football coach �
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Posted 05.03.07 �
"You can only whip the mule so much before
the mule turns around and says I've had it." �
Kurt Rambis, NBA player and coach �
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Posted 05.02.07 �
"The residents of other cities who hate the
Yankees really only hate New York." � Leonard
Koppett, writer �
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Posted 05.01.07 �
"All right, no limping. If you have to limp,
don't scrimmage. If you want to scrimmage, don't
limp." � Red Blaik, champion college football
coach �
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