SPORTS QUOTES
from Carlo Devito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations
"Jimmy Taylor, the great fullback of the Green Bay Packers, spent four years in college and emerged unscarred by education." — Dick Schaap, sportswriter, author and broadcaster
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"Leadership is getting people to do something they shouldn't be able to do." — Al Roberts, college football player
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"Any time your defense gives up more points than a basketball team, you're in trouble." — Lou Holtz, college and professional football coach
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"To so many players, practice is like a pause between their cell-phone conversations." — Mary Conlon, professional basketball player
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"This series is fixed. You can have it — I'm going to the race track." — Champ Pickens, event promoter, speaking about the 1919 World Series
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"I wouldn't throw at her, but I might brush her back." — Johnny Allen, professional baseball player, about professional baseball player Doc Cramer's contention that Allen would throw at his own mother
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"I was never a rah-rah guy. I was never one of those guys that went around and rah-rahed... Rah-rah don't get it done." — Sparky Anderson, professional baseball player and manager
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"Well, I don't think he'd enforce a rigorous curfew." — George Will, political journalist and baseball aficionado, commenting on what kind of baseball manager U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy would be
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"All the rookies call me Mr. Long, and I can't recognize any of the music they listen to." — Howie Long, professional football player and broadcaster
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"No excuse in the world counts for squat." — Mark Schubert, U.S. Olympic swimming coach
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"Fatigue makes cowards of us all." — Vince Lombardi, Hall of Fame football coach
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"Born? Hell, Babe Ruth wasn't born. He fell from a tree." — Joe Dugan, professional baseball player
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"Every athlete is a role model, whether they want to be or not. You have to recognize that position." — Dale Earnhardt, race car driver
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"Allus I do is what I please and nobody stops me." — Gorgeous George, professional wrestler
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"The minute you start talking about what you're going to do if you lose, you've lost." — George Schultz, U.S. Secretary of State
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"A quarterback doesn't come into his own until he can tell the coach to go to hell." — Johnny Unitas, professional football player
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"Every time you win, you're reborn; when you lose, you die a little." — George Allen, professional football coach
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"I hate to lose. Hate, hate, hate to lose." — George Steinbrenner, owner, New York Yankees
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"Be reasonable: Do it my way." — Sign on the desk of John Calipari, college and professional basketball coach
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"Sports is a lot of damn nonsense." — Harry S. Truman, U.S. President
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"Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm." — Publius Syrus, writer, first century B.C.
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from Carlo Devito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations
"Jimmy Taylor, the great fullback of the Green Bay Packers, spent four years in college and emerged unscarred by education." — Dick Schaap, sportswriter, author and broadcaster
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"Leadership is getting people to do something they shouldn't be able to do." — Al Roberts, college football player
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
"Any time your defense gives up more points than a basketball team, you're in trouble." — Lou Holtz, college and professional football coach
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"To so many players, practice is like a pause between their cell-phone conversations." — Mary Conlon, professional basketball player
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"This series is fixed. You can have it — I'm going to the race track." — Champ Pickens, event promoter, speaking about the 1919 World Series
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"I wouldn't throw at her, but I might brush her back." — Johnny Allen, professional baseball player, about professional baseball player Doc Cramer's contention that Allen would throw at his own mother
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"I was never a rah-rah guy. I was never one of those guys that went around and rah-rahed... Rah-rah don't get it done." — Sparky Anderson, professional baseball player and manager
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"Well, I don't think he'd enforce a rigorous curfew." — George Will, political journalist and baseball aficionado, commenting on what kind of baseball manager U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy would be
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"All the rookies call me Mr. Long, and I can't recognize any of the music they listen to." — Howie Long, professional football player and broadcaster
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"No excuse in the world counts for squat." — Mark Schubert, U.S. Olympic swimming coach
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"Fatigue makes cowards of us all." — Vince Lombardi, Hall of Fame football coach
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"Born? Hell, Babe Ruth wasn't born. He fell from a tree." — Joe Dugan, professional baseball player
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"Every athlete is a role model, whether they want to be or not. You have to recognize that position." — Dale Earnhardt, race car driver
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"Allus I do is what I please and nobody stops me." — Gorgeous George, professional wrestler
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"The minute you start talking about what you're going to do if you lose, you've lost." — George Schultz, U.S. Secretary of State
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"A quarterback doesn't come into his own until he can tell the coach to go to hell." — Johnny Unitas, professional football player
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"Every time you win, you're reborn; when you lose, you die a little." — George Allen, professional football coach
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"I hate to lose. Hate, hate, hate to lose." — George Steinbrenner, owner, New York Yankees
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"Be reasonable: Do it my way." — Sign on the desk of John Calipari, college and professional basketball coach
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"Sports is a lot of damn nonsense." — Harry S. Truman, U.S. President
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"Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm." — Publius Syrus, writer, first century B.C.
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