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Posted 12.30.08 � "Mickey
was like Marilyn Monroe. He didn't have to be
the greatest ballplayer. He had that charisma."
� Hank Aaron, about fellow professional baseball
player Mickey Mantle �
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Posted 12.29.08 � "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 12.28.08 � "Confidence
is a lot of this game or any game. If you don't
think you can win, you won't." � Jerry West,
professional basketball player �
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Posted 12.27.08 � "I
don't know. I'm not in shape yet." � Yogi Berra,
professional baseball player, when asked during
spring training about his cap size �
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Posted 12.26.08 � "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 �
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Posted 12.25.08 � "Concentration
is the ability to think about absolutely nothing
when it is absolutely necessary. � Ray Knight,
professional baseball player and manager �
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Posted 12.24.08 � "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, football coach �
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Posted 12.23.08 � "If you
really want to enjoy the game and understand it,
you've got to score it." � Warner Fuselle,
broadcaster, on baseball score cards �
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Posted 12.22.08 � "I miss
football so much � heck, I even miss the
interceptions." � Archie Manning, broadcaster
and former quarterback �
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Posted 12.21.08 � "A
saloon keeper from Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania."
� Red Smith, sportswriter, describing
professional football player Joe Namath �
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Posted 12.20.08 � "You
play the way you practice." � Pop Warner,
college football coach �
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Posted 12.19.08 � "When I
can't play tennis anymore, I'll die." � Bill
Tilden, professional tennis player, who played
the day before he died �
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Posted 12.18.08 � "I
broke into Hollywood the old-fashioned way: I
knew somebody." � Jim Brown, professional
football player �
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Posted 12.17.08 � "More
than any other individual, (boxer) Jack Dempsey
created big-time sports in America." � Roger
Kahn, writer �
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Posted 12.16.08 � "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 �
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Posted 12.15.08 � "Sports
owners have always been scum. Players have
always been greedy. The average fan has always
been treated like crap." � Mike Lupica,
sportswriter �
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Posted 12.14.08 � "I am
not a victim. I am a survivor." � Lance
Armstrong, cyclist and cancer survivor �
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Posted 12.13.08 � "I
ain't ever liked violence." � Sugar Ray
Robinson, professional boxer �
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Posted 12.12.08 � "Someday
they're gonna write a blues song just for
fighters. It'll be for slow guitar, soft trumpet
and a bell." � Sonny Liston, professional boxer �
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Posted 12.11.08 � "Some
days you want broccoli, other days Hostess Ding
Dongs. Don't ask why." � Scott Tinley, champion
triathlete �
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Posted 12.10.08 � "Talent
is God-given, be humble; fame is man-given, be
thankful; conceit is self-given, be careful." �
Anonymous, quoted often by college basketball
coach John Wooden �
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Posted 12.09.08 � "If
their IQ's were lower, they would be geraniums."
� Russ Francis, professional football player, on
defensive linemen �
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Posted 12.08.08 � "Playing
in the U.S. Open is like tip-toeing through
hell." � Jerry McGee, professional golfer �
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Posted 12.07.08 � "I was
raised, but I never did grow up." � Pete Rose,
professional baseball player �
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Posted 12.06.08 � "My
toughest fight was with my first wife." �
Muhammad Ali, professional boxer �
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Posted 12.05.08 � "Keep
your head up; act like a champion." � Paul
"Bear" Bryant, college football coach �
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Posted 12.04.08 � "Baseball
is a crazy game. Anything can happen." �
Fernando Tatis, professional baseball player �
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Posted 12.03.08 � "I
don't think it's possible to be too intent on
winning." � Woody Hayes, college football coach �
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Posted 12.02.08 � "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 football coach �
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Posted 12.01.08 � "He
went from warm to red hot. You could hear him
laughing or shouting for five blocks." �
Wellington Mara, NFL team owner, on Vince
Lombardi, NFL coach �
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