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SportByte™ Archives — May 2009

 

 

 

 

 
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Posted 05.31.09 — "Life in basketball has a lot of suffering in it." — Pat Riley, professional basketball player and coach — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo Devito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations.]


Posted 05.30.09 — "The mind is the limit. As long as the mind can envision the fact that you can do something, you can do it — as long as you believe 100 percent. — Arnold Schwarzenegger, actor, politician and bodybuilder — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo Devito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations.]


Posted 05.29.09 — "It's a lot easier hitting a quarterback than a little white ball. "— Bubba Smith, professional football player, on why he prefers football to golf — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo Devito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations.]


Posted 05.28.09 — "Nobody in football should be called a genius. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein." — Joe Theismann, professional football player and broadcaster — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo Devito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations.]


Posted 05.27.09 — "How many successful people have you ever heard say, 'I just make it up as I go along?' I can't think of one." — Mike Ditka, professional football player and coach — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo Devito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations.]


Posted 05.26.09 — "Men are clinging to football on a level we aren't even aware of. For centuries, we ruled everything, and now, in the last ten minutes, there are all these incursions by women. It's our Alamo." — Tony Kornheiser, writer and broadcaster — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo Devito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations.]


Posted 05.25.09 — "At 3, 4, 5 and even 6 years, the childish nature will require sports; now is the time to get rid of self-will in him, punishing him, but not so as to disgrace him." — Plato, philosopher — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo Devito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations.]


Posted 05.24.09 — "I guess I don't talk much, but I think a man can set an example for his team by his actions on the field." — Harmon Killebrew, professional baseball player — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo Devito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations.]


Posted 05.23.09 — "In the quest for the winning edge, the advantage over one's opponent, many athletes have opted to dig deeper into their pharmaceutical grab bag." — Fredrick C. Hatfield, writer — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo Devito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations.]


Posted 05.22.09 — "Let's face it, women are more interesting than football." — Roy Blount, Jr., writer and humorist — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo Devito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations.]


Posted 05.21.09 — "You have to strap it on and go get them." — Roger Clemens, professional baseball player — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo Devito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations.]


Posted 05.20.09 — "The most beautiful thing in the world is a ball park filled with people." — Bill Veeck, professional baseball team owner and racetrack operator — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo Devito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations.]


Posted 05.19.09 — "If you're losing sleep and you have a knot in your stomach, that means you're probably doing your job." — Bill Walsh, college and professional football coach — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo Devito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations.]


Posted 05.18.09 — "Never go to bed a loser." — George Halas, professional football team owner and coach — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo Devito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations.]


Posted 05.17.09 — "The bigger they come, the harder they fall." — Bob Fitzsimmons, boxer — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo Devito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations.]


Posted 05.16.09 — "Exercise is king. Nutrition is queen. Put the two of them together and you have a kingdom." — Jack Lalanne, fitness guru — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo Devito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations.]


Posted 05.15.09 — "I don't want to be the best black golfer ever. I want to be the best golfer ever." — Tiger Woods, professional golfer — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo Devito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations.]


Posted 05.14.09 — "When you're 10, 11, and 12, the most important lesson you can have in sports is to have fun." — Grant Hill, professional basketball player — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo Devito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations.]


Posted 05.13.09 — "The Russians are no more professional than the Americans, who give their athletes free college educations." — Avery Brundage, International Olympic Committee president — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo Devito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations.]


Posted 05.12.09 — "I'm going to become a ventriloquist. I'll get a little football player and put him up on my knee." — Dan Dierdorf, professional football player, through clinched teeth after his jaw had been broken — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo Devito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations.]


Posted 05.11.09 — "Four set! ... uh, red, right ... uh, 22 ... Ah ... son-of-a-#####, time out." — Don Meredith, professional football player, during a televised game as the quarterback of the Dallas Cowboys — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo Devito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations.]


Posted 05.10.09 — "Look like a winner and act like a champ all the time. If you win, be gracious. Keep your head on." — James Francis 'Jumbo' Elliott, track and field coach — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo Devito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations.]


Posted 05.09.09 — "I never let my social life interfere with my athletic training. I set my standards early so that I would never get wrapped up in that manner." — Mark Spitz, Olympic gold medalist swimmer — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo Devito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations.]


Posted 05.08.09 — "We couldn't make a basket, we couldn't rebound, and we didn't play defense. You might say we put it all together." — Bill Fitch, professional basketball coach — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo Devito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations.]


Posted 05.07.09 — "You have to suck it up, do what you have to do for the team to win." — Patrick Ewing, professional basketball player — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo Devito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations.]


Posted 05.06.09 — "The only reason I played golf was so I could afford to hunt and fish." — Sam Snead, professional golfer — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo Devito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations.]


Posted 05.05.09 — "Good luck is what is left over after intelligence and effort have combined at their best." — Branch Rickey, professional baseball executive — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo Devito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations.]


Posted 05.04.09 — "Some days you want broccoli, other days Hostess Ding Dongs. Don't ask why." — Scott Tinley, champion triathlete — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo Devito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations.]


Posted 05.03.09 — "One of the advantages bowling has over golf is that you seldom lose a bowling ball." — Don Carter, professional bowler — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo Devito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations.]


Posted 05.02.09 — "You hit home runs not by chance, but by preparation." — Roger Maris, professional baseball player — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo Devito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations.]


Posted 05.01.09 — "I've built the greatest tribute ever paid to athlete's foot!" — Jack Kent Cooke, owner, referring to the Los Angeles Forum — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo Devito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations.]


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