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SPORTS QUOTES
Quotes from Carlo Devito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations
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"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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"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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