Thursday, June 12, 2008
FUNNY SPORTS QUOTES \ Source: tomlebon.com
by Brian Clough
" I gave my players a version of the same message at ten-to-three every Saturday: 'I would shoot my granny right now for three points this afternoon.' They knew how important it was to give everything in the cause of victory. Every time. That's why my granny enjoyed more lives than my cat.
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"If I had an argument with a player we would sit down for twenty minutes, talk about it and then decide I was right!
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"They say Rome wasn't built in a day, but I wasn't on that particular job"
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"It only takes a minute to score a goal"
FUNNY SPORTS QUOTES \ Source: tangoll.com.hk
From the World of Sports
It's a partial sellout. - Skip Caray, Atlanta Braves baseball team announcer
It is not how good you are when you play good. It is how good you are when you play bad. And we played pretty good, even though we played bad. Imagine if we had played good. - Litterial Green, a player on the University of Georgia basketball team, after his team beat the Georgia Technical Institute team 66-65
A typical fan is a guy who sits on the 40-yard line, criticizes the coaches and the players and has all the answers. Then he leaves the stadium and can't find his car. - Dennis Erickson, University of Miami football coach
After that eulogy, the least I could do is drop dead. - Joe Paterno, Penn St football coach, after a glowing introduction from Dick Vermeil, a former National Football League coach
I am the best promoter in the world. And I say that humbly. - Don King, boxing promoter
Pair off in groups of threes. Line up alphabetically by height. Run a little more than full speed out there. When I was indicted into Florida's Sports Hall of Fame, they gave me a standing observation. I'm the football coach around here, and don't you remember it. - Bill Peterson, football coach of Florida State University and later the Houston Oilers.
Do I think it is going to rain? What do you think I am, a geologist? - Bill Peterson
Have I seen JFK? You referring to the movie or the airport? - Roger McDowell, Los Angeles Dodgers baseball player
He'll be tougher than a 50 cent steak. - Lee Trevino, pro golfer, on Ray Floyd's debut on the Senior Pro Golf Tour
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