Posted 02.28.10 — "The way to make coaches think you're in shape in the spring is to get a tan." — Whitey Ford, baseball player, on Spring Training — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo Devito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations.]

Posted 02.27.10 — "If you're a gymnast, something is always hurting, but you still train. You just have to learn to live with discomfort." — Mary Lou Retton, Olympic gold medalist — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo Devito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations.]

Posted 02.26.10 — "I believe in rules. Sure I do. If there weren't any rules, how could you break them?" — Leo Durocher, baseball player and manager — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo Devito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations.]

Posted 02.25.10 — "It is impossible for anyone who does not live in New York to know what it truly is to hate the Yankees." — Murray Kempton, journalist and author, in Back at the Polo Grounds — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo Devito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations.]

Posted 02.24.10 — "I believe in leadership. And I definitely believe I am a leader. But I believe I lead by example." — Mike Piazza, baseball player — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo Devito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations.]

Posted 02.23.10 — "Society loves conformists. I'm not a conformist. I'm a big believer in individuality, in freedom." — Pam Postema, female umpire — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo Devito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations.]

Posted 02.22.10 — "First time I ever slept on my back. Had to, or that medal would have cut my chest." — Muhammad Ali, boxer, on winning an Olympic gold medal — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo Devito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations.]

Posted 02.21.10 — "That (home run) ball got out of here in a hurry. Anything going that fast better have a damn stewardess on it — don't you think?" — Kevin Costner, actor, in the movie Bull Durham — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo Devito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations.]

Posted 02.20.10 — "Observing team sports, teams of adult men, one sees how men are children in the most felicitous sense of the word." — Joyce Carol Oates, writer — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo Devito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations.]

Posted 02.19.10 — "Mickey was like Marilyn Monroe. He didn't have to be the greatest ballplayer. He had that charisma." — Hank Aaron, baseball player, on Mickey Mantle, baseball player — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo Devito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations.]

Posted 02.18.10 — "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 — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo Devito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations.]

Posted 02.17.10 — "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, actor, comedian and baseball fan — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo Devito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations.]

Posted 02.16.10 — "Bob Knight is unique. In another time, he would have been a superb general. ... He may well be the last of the coaching dictators." — Al McGuire, basketball coach and broadcaster, on basketball coach Bobby Knight — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo Devito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations.]

Posted 02.15.10 — "I was a very late draft choice of the Mittendorf Funeral Home Panthers. Our color was black." — George Will, author and baseball enthusiast, about his Little League draft — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo Devito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations.]

Posted 02.14.10 — "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, race car driver — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo Devito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations.]

Posted 02.13.10 — "When I read the sports pages these days, I think I'm reading the Wall Street Journal." — Dan Jansen, Olympic speed skater, referring to sports business dollars — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo Devito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations.]

Posted 02.12.10 — "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 Devito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations.]

Posted 02.11.10 — "I could sell drugs for a living because I'm a hustler. But why sell drugs and go to prison when I can sell tickets." — Cleveland Chris, scalper — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo Devito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations.]

Posted 02.10.10 — "What does it take to be a good referee? Beats the hell out of me. No one thinks any referee is good." — Richie Powers, basketball official — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo Devito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations.]

Posted 02.09.10 — "A quarterback doesn't come into his own until he can tell the coach to go to hell." — Johnny Unitas, professional football player — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo Devito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations.]

Posted 02.08.10 — "College football is an ugly business." — Mike Tomco, college football player — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo Devito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations.]

Posted 02.07.10 — "I've been called a racist, a drunk and a quitter. Other than that, I'm fine." — Kerry Collins, professional football player — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo Devito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations.]

Posted 02.06.10 — "Once my swing starts, I can't change or pull up. It's all or nothing." — Babe Ruth, baseball player — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo Devito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations.]

Posted 02.05.10 — "If one's reputation is a possession, then of all of my possessions, my reputation means the most to me." — Arthur Ashe, tennis icon, in Days of Grace — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo Devito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations.]

Posted 02.04.10 — "Nobody is hurt. Hurt is in the mind. If you can walk, you can run." — Vince Lombardi, football coach — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo Devito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations.]

Posted 02.03.10 — "A perfect pitcher is an impossible concept, as long as major league hitters remain capable of hitting perfect pitches." — Bob Gibson, Hall of Fame pitcher — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo Devito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations.]

Posted 02.02.10 — "I have the job I want. I am not looking for a job. What I'm looking for is a tall player that can play." — Mike Jarvis, college basketball coach — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo Devito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations.]

Posted 02.01.10 — "I'm going to graduate on time, no matter how long it takes." — Unnamed University of Pittsburgh basketball player — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo Devito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations.]

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