Posted 06.30.05 — "When he didn't remember our anniversary, I knew he was OK." — Lisa McCaffrey, wife of professional football player Ed McCaffrey, referring to her husband's concussion — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 06.29.05 — "Things are never quite a good as they seem. Things are never quite as bad as they seem. In between falls reality." — John Calipari, college and professional basketball coach — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 06.28.05 — "Coaching is teaching. Some coaches try to make what they do sound mysterious and complicated when it's not... to be a good coach, you have to be a good teacher." — John Madden, champion professional football coach, writer and award-winning broadcaster — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 06.27.05 — "Son, looks to me like you're spending too much time on one subject." — Shelby Metcalf, Texas A&M basketball coach, to a player who received four F's and one D — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 06.26.05 — "In pro football the college draft is what makes good teams great, as the youngsters imbue a team with their youth and enthusiasm, pushing the veterans to play harder, and sometimes pushing them out." — Peter Golenboch, sportswriter — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 06.25.05 — "You wolves been howling for blood all year. Maybe this'll shut you up." — John King, professional baseball player, as he threw fifty chunks of meat into the stands — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 06.24.05 — "Running on an artificial leg at full speed is like driving backward at 55 miles per hour, using only your rearview mirror to guide you." — Thomas Bourgeois, champion runner and below-the-knee amputee — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 06.23.05 — "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 DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 06.22.05 — "I'm not much of a golfer. I don't have any friends. And, all I like to do the day of a game is go home and be alone and worry about ways not to lose." — Paul 'Bear' Bryant, champion college football coach — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 06.21.05 — "College football would be more interesting if the faculty played instead of the students — there would be a great increase in broken arms, legs and necks." — H.L. Mencken, humorist and author — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 06.20.05 — "If I could make more money running a supermarket, I'd run a supermarket. My best thing is driving cars... It's a business, like any other business." — Richard Perry, racing legend — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 06.19.05 — "You'll know, because you'll be looking out of your ear hole." — Ronnie Barnes, NFL trainer and ECU alumnus, to player David Meggett, referring to what is known in the league as 'an official NFL hit' — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 06.18.05 — "I will not permit 30 men to travel 400 miles to agitate a bag of wind." — Andrew Dickson White, President of Cornell University, who would not allow his football team to travel to play Michigan — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 06.17.05 — "True motivation is not getting people to play to their potential. True motivating is getting people to play beyond their potential." — Rick Pitino, college and professional basketball coach — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 06.16.05 — "He's got the heart of a lion. He may be the type of player that comes around once in a thousand years." — Tom Watson, champion professional golfer, on Tiger Woods, champion professional golfer — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 06.15.05 — "Good to meet you. A writer, huh? What paper you with Ernie?" — Yogi Berra, Hall of Fame baseball player, to Ernest Hemingway, to whom he'd been introduced as an important writer — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 06.14.05 — "The ardent golfer would play Mount Everest if somebody put a flagstick on top." — Pete Dye, golf course designer — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 06.13.05 — "I believe there is winning and misery and even when we win I'm miserable." — Pat Riley, professional basketball coach — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 06.12.05 — "I never throwed an illegal pitch ... Just once in a while I used to toss one that ain't never been seen by this generation." — Satchel Paige, Hall of Fame baseball player — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 06.11.05 — "There is nothing harder to do in all of sports than hitting a home run." — Ted Williams, Hall of Fame baseball player — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 06.10.05 — "You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them." — Michael Jordan, champion professional basketball player — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 06.09.05 — "He went from warm to red hot. You could hear him laughing or shouting for five blocks." — Wellington Mara, Hall of Fame NFL team owner, on Vince Lombardi, Hall of Fame coach — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 06.08.05 — "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 — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 06.07.05 — "I don't think it's possible to be too intent on winning." — Woody Hayes, champion college football coach — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 06.06.05 — "Baseball is a crazy game. Anything can happen." — Fernando Tatis, professional baseball player — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 06.05.05 — "Keep your head up; act like a champion." — Paul "Bear" Bryant, Hall of Fame college football coach — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 06.04.05 — "My toughest fight was with my first wife." — Muhammad Ali, champion boxer — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 06.03.05 — "I was raised, but I never did grow up." — Pete Rose, professional baseball player — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 06.02.05 — "Playing in the U.S. Open is like tip-toeing through hell." — Jerry McGee, professional golfer — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 06.01.05 — "If their IQ's were lower, they would be geraniums." — Russ Francis, professional football player, on defensive linemen — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

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