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Archives - April 2005
Posted 04.30.05
"Gibson pitches as though he's
double-parked." Vin Scully, broadcaster,
commenting on Hall of Fame pitcher and two-time
Cy Young Award winner Bob Gibson [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 04.29.05
"If a survey was taken, I think you'd find
more injuries happen to a quarterback while
standing in the pocket than by taking off with a
ball." Steve Grogan, professional football
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Posted 04.28.05
"Son, looks to me like you're spending too
much time on one subject." Shelby Metcalf,
college basketball coach, to a player who
received four F's and one D [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 04.27.05
"Yes, it is forever about the money. Sports
teaches you that eight days a week, making
virtues of greed and lust, littering its fields
with the currency of betrayal." Ian O'Connor,
sportswriter [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 04.26.05
"Sportsmanship should be the very mortar of
an athlete but never an entity in itself for
conscious display." Grantland Rice,
sportswriter [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 04.25.05
"When you unwrap a Reggie Bar, it tells you
how good it is." Jim 'Catfish' Hunter,
professional baseball player, alluding to Reggie
Jackson, professional baseball player [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 04.24.05
"Managing is like holding a dove in your hand.
Squeeze too hard and you kill it; not hard
enough and it flies away." Tommy Lasorda,
baseball manager [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 04.23.05
"Being a professional athlete is just being a
big kid." Larry Csonka, Hall of Fame football
player & broadcaster [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 04.22.05
"Just a fad passing fancy." Philip
Wrigley, baseball team owner, on games played
after dark under the lights [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 04.21.05
"All's I do is what I please and nobody stops
me." Gorgeous George, professional wrestler [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 04.20.05
"I look at a golf course as a huge waste of
pastureland." Karl Malone, professional
basketball player [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 04.19.05
"When it comes to football, God is prejudiced
toward big, fast kids." Chuck Mills,
professional football player [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 04.18.05
"Carrots may be good for my eyes, but they
won't straighten out the curve ball." Carl
Furillo, professional baseball player [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 04.17.05
"I like my boys agile, mobile, and hostile."
Alonzo 'Jake' Gaither, champion college football
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Posted 04.16.05
"I don't know. I'm not in shape yet." Yogi
Berra, Hall of Fame baseball player, when asked
during spring training about his cap size [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 04.15.05
"I got into this business because I got tired
of beating up people for free." Larry Holmes,
champion boxer [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 04.14.05
"Playing in the U.S. Open is like tip-toeing
through hell." Jerry McGee, professional
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Posted 04.13.05
"Born? Hell, Babe Ruth wasn't born. He fell
from a tree." Joe Dugan, professional baseball
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Posted 04.12.05
"Winning tends to heal uneasiness and promote
job security." Selena Roberts, sportswriter [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 04.11.05
"The more I practice, the luckier I get."
Gary Player, champion professional golfer [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 04.10.05
"There is no finish line." Nike advertisement [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 04.09.05
"For the real fan, sports are life and death."
Mike Littwin, sportswriter [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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