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SPORTS QUOTES
from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations
"My job is to win football games. I've got to put people in the stadium, make money for the university, keep the alumni happy, and give the school a winning reputation. If I don't win, I'm gone." — Frank Kush, college football coach
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"What you had was a 39-year-old male, 6-foot-5, in excess of 300 pounds, a healthy individual, took one shot of heroin and basically dropped dead as a result." — Bruce Glassrock, Plano, TX, police chief, on the death of professional football player Mark Tuinei
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"I'd rather get Gatorade poured on me than bust my butt selling it." — Bill Parcells, professional football coach, on his disdain for endorsements
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"I'd rather get Gatorade poured on me than bust my butt selling it." — Bill Parcells, professional football coach, on his disdain for endorsements
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"Try to exercise, eat better, try to do some fun things with my wife." — Tom Davis, college basketball coach, on what he was going to do after being fired
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"I am a kicker, but I'm tough. On kickoffs, I'll barrel through there and knock those runners right on my fanny." — Errol Mann, professional football player
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"Football is not a game, but a religion, a metaphysical island of fundamental truth in a highly verbalized, disguised society, a throwback of 30,000 generations of anthropological time." — Dr. Arnold Mandell, sports psychologist
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"There is only a half step difference between the champions and those who finish on the bottom. And much of that half step is mental." — Tom Landry, professional football coach
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"I am a kicker, but I'm tough. On kickoffs, I'll barrel through there and knock those runners right on my fanny." — Errol Mann, professional football player
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"Football is not a game, but a religion, a metaphysical island of fundamental truth in a highly verbalized, disguised society, a throwback of 30,000 generations of anthropological time." — Dr. Arnold Mandell, sports psychologist
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"There is only a half step difference between the champions and those who finish on the bottom. And much of that half step is mental." — Tom Landry, professional football coach
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"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
"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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"Just a fad — passing fancy." — Philip Wrigley, baseball team owner, on playing games at night under the lights
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"Whenever Rock opened his kisser, the throng became as silent as a tomb." — Harry Grayson, sportswriter, on college football coach Knute Rockne
"Just a fad — passing fancy." — Philip Wrigley, baseball team owner, on playing games at night under the lights
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"Whenever Rock opened his kisser, the throng became as silent as a tomb." — Harry Grayson, sportswriter, on college football coach Knute Rockne
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"Winning is like shaving. You do it every day, or you end up looking like a bum." — Jack Kemp, professional football player and U.S. congressman
"Winning is like shaving. You do it every day, or you end up looking like a bum." — Jack Kemp, professional football player and U.S. congressman
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"No, we ain't gonna play that. We're gonna kick their butts." — Lee Roy Jordan, professional football player, waving off a defense called in from the sidelines
"No, we ain't gonna play that. We're gonna kick their butts." — Lee Roy Jordan, professional football player, waving off a defense called in from the sidelines
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