Posted 12.31.07 — "Losing is the great American sin." — Jerome Holtzman, writer — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 12.30.07 — "The prevalent nature of the professional football player is that of soldier of fortune. He's trained and willing to bust people up." — Jim Brown, professional football player — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 12.29.07 — "I don't need to hit a home run anymore. I only have to hit a single. I do everything for the team. I just want to win." — Sammy Sosa, professional baseball player — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 12.28.07 — "Take away the hot dog and all its attendant comestibles, such as peanuts, popcorn, Cracker Jacks and egg salad sandwiches, and you'd have a different country." — Wells Twombly, sportswriter — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 12.27.07 — "Coaches have to watch for what they don't want to see and listen to what they don't want to hear." — John Madden, champion professional football coach and Emmy-winning broadcaster — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 12.26.07 — "Men are clinging to football on a level we aren't even aware of. For centuries, we ruled everything, and now, in the last ten minutes, there are all these incursions by women. It's our Alamo." — Tony Kornheiser, writer — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 12.25.07 — "You can play very well and lose, or play very badly and win. Things can happen. And you know what? That's just the way it goes." — Carl Eller, professional football player — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 12.24.07 — "It relieves the manager of all responsibility except to post the lineup card on the dugout wall and make sure everybody gets to the airport on time." — Red Smith, sportswriter, on the designated hitter rule — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 12.23.07 — "You can be sold, traded or released at will. You are carried on the books as a depreciable capital asset and exist like a piece of chattel." — Rick Sortun, professional football player — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 12.22.07 — "My father always told me in the midst of adversity, in the midst of a struggle, 'It builds character. Stay strong, be positive, look ahead, don't look back.' " — Bruce Smith, professional football player — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 12.21.07 — "The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will." — Vince Lombardi, professional football coach — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 12.20.07 — "Mickey Mantle just was everything. At my bar mitzvah I had an Oklahoma accent. And I think I once told my parents, 'Play me or trade me.' — Billy Crystal, comedian — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 12.19.07 — "I'll moider da bum." — Tony Galento, heavyweight boxer, when asked what he thought of William Shakespeare — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 12.18.07 — "Listen, I'm a leader. If anyone gives me trouble in a huddle — I don't care who they are – I'm going to sting them." — Terry Bradshaw, professional football player — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 12.17.07 — "One sign of a hero is if you feel enhanced simply when talking about him – recounting his feats, recalling a time when your own little life was touched by his." — Roger Rosenblatt, sportswriter — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 12.16.07 — "Football is unique and good. Where else in life do you see dedication and teamwork and spirit? People enjoy it because it is reassuring to them to see good things." — Woody Hayes, college football coach — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 12.15.07 — "There is no room in baseball for a clown." — Chuck Dressen, professional baseball manager, to Bob Uecker, professional baseball player and broadcaster — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 12.14.07 — "Willie Mays was my boyhood hero, but not because he was a great baseball player. Because he had a big house." — O.J. Simpson, professional football player — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 12.13.07 — "There were days when Mickey Mantle was so good that we kids would bet that even God would want his autograph." — Bob Costas, broadcaster — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 12.12.07 — "There is nothing harder to do in all of sports than hitting a home run." — Ted Williams, professional baseball player — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 12.11.07 — "I swing big, with everything I've got. I hit big or I miss big. I like to live as big as I can." — Babe Ruth, professional baseball player — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 12.10.07 — "Don't try to perform beyond your abilities — but never perform below them." — Frank Robinson, professional baseball player and manager — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 12.09.07 — "Great stars that knew their days in fame's bright sun. I heard them trampling to oblivion." — Grantland Rice, sportswriter, on the fleeting nature of fame — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 12.08.07 — "The most difficult aspect of dealing with sportswriters is their assumption of moral superiority. They insist on advising everyone." — Glenn Seaburg, college chancellor — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 12.07.07 — "He treats us like men. He lets us wear earrings." — Torrin Polk, college football player, on his coach, John Jenkins — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 12.06.07 — "I'm just a ball player with one ambition, and that is to give all I've got to help my club win. I've never played any other way." — Joe DiMaggio, professional baseball player — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 12.05.07 — "I'd walk through hell in a gasoline suit to keep playing baseball." — Pete Rose, professional baseball player and manager — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 12.04.07 — "It took me 17 years to get 3,000 hits in baseball. I did it in one afternoon on the golf course." — Hank Aaron, professional baseball player — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 12.03.07 — "He talks OK up there with a bat in his hands. A college education don't do you no good up there." — Casey Stengel, professional baseball manager, on Yogi Berra, professional baseball player — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 12.02.07 — "Just once I'd like to see a picture of one of these guys with the caption 'He's a dog' underneath it. Ate up $8,000 worth of groceries in four years and can't play worth a lick." — Abe Lemons, college basketball coach, on recruiting — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 12.01.07 — "The hardest part of any slump is looking up at the scoreboard and seeing your stats in huge numbers." — Jason Giambi, professional baseball player — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

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