Posted 12.30.08 — "Mickey was like Marilyn Monroe. He didn't have to be the greatest ballplayer. He had that charisma." — Hank Aaron, about fellow professional baseball player Mickey Mantle — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo Devito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations.]

Posted 12.29.08 — "The hardest part of losing is knowing you have failed those who are depending on you." — Johnny Roach, professional football player — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo Devito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations.]

Posted 12.28.08 — "Confidence is a lot of this game or any game. If you don't think you can win, you won't." — Jerry West, professional basketball player — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo Devito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations.]

Posted 12.27.08 — "I don't know. I'm not in shape yet." — Yogi Berra, professional baseball player, when asked during spring training about his cap size — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo Devito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations.]

Posted 12.26.08 — "If me and King Kong went into an alley, only one of us would come out, and it wouldn't be the monkey." — Lyle Alzado, professional football player — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo Devito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations.]

Posted 12.25.08 — "Concentration is the ability to think about absolutely nothing when it is absolutely necessary. — Ray Knight, professional baseball player and manager — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo Devito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations.]

Posted 12.24.08 — "Individual commitment to a group effort, gentlemen, that's what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work." — Vince Lombardi, football coach — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo Devito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations.]

Posted 12.23.08 — "If you really want to enjoy the game and understand it, you've got to score it." — Warner Fuselle, broadcaster, on baseball score cards — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo Devito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations.]

Posted 12.22.08 — "I miss football so much — heck, I even miss the interceptions." — Archie Manning, broadcaster and former quarterback — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo Devito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations.]

Posted 12.21.08 — "A saloon keeper from Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania." — Red Smith, sportswriter, describing professional football player Joe Namath — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo Devito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations.]

Posted 12.20.08 — "You play the way you practice." — Pop Warner, college football coach — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo Devito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations.]

Posted 12.19.08 — "When I can't play tennis anymore, I'll die." — Bill Tilden, professional tennis player, who played the day before he died — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo Devito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations.]

Posted 12.18.08 — "I broke into Hollywood the old-fashioned way: I knew somebody." — Jim Brown, professional football player — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo Devito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations.]

Posted 12.17.08 — "More than any other individual, (boxer) Jack Dempsey created big-time sports in America." — Roger Kahn, writer — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo Devito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations.]

Posted 12.16.08 — "Karas always has been ready on Sundays, keyed up so intensely that he vomits just before kickoff time." — Myron Cope, sportswriter, on professional football player Alex Karas — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo Devito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations.]

Posted 12.15.08 — "Sports owners have always been scum. Players have always been greedy. The average fan has always been treated like crap." — Mike Lupica, sportswriter — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo Devito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations.]

Posted 12.14.08 — "I am not a victim. I am a survivor." — Lance Armstrong, cyclist and cancer survivor — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo Devito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations.]

Posted 12.13.08 — "I ain't ever liked violence." — Sugar Ray Robinson, professional boxer — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo Devito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations.]

Posted 12.12.08 — "Someday they're gonna write a blues song just for fighters. It'll be for slow guitar, soft trumpet and a bell." — Sonny Liston, professional boxer — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo Devito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations.]

Posted 12.11.08 — "Some days you want broccoli, other days Hostess Ding Dongs. Don't ask why." — Scott Tinley, champion triathlete — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo Devito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations.]

Posted 12.10.08 — "Talent is God-given, be humble; fame is man-given, be thankful; conceit is self-given, be careful." — Anonymous, quoted often by college basketball coach John Wooden — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo Devito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations.]

Posted 12.09.08 — "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.]

Posted 12.08.08 — "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 12.07.08 — "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 12.06.08 — "My toughest fight was with my first wife." — Muhammad Ali, professional boxer — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo Devito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations.]

Posted 12.05.08 — "Keep your head up; act like a champion." — Paul "Bear" Bryant, college football coach — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo Devito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations.]

Posted 12.04.08 — "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 12.03.08 — "I don't think it's possible to be too intent on winning." — Woody Hayes, college football coach — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo Devito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations.]

Posted 12.02.08 — "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 12.01.08 — "He went from warm to red hot. You could hear him laughing or shouting for five blocks." — Wellington Mara, NFL team owner, on Vince Lombardi, NFL coach — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo Devito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations.]

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