Posted 08.31.03 — "We wuz robbed — we should have stood in bed..." — Joe Jacobs, boxing trainer, after his fighter, Max Schmeling, lost to Jack Sharkey — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 08.30.03 — "You argue with an umpire because there's nothing else you can do about it..." — Leo Durocher, professional baseball player and manager — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 08.29.03 — "I'm going to write a book, How To Make A Small Fortune In Baseball — you start with a large fortune..." — Ruly Carpenter, baseball owner — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 08.28.03 — "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 08.27.03 — "Confidence is a lot of this game or any game. If you don't think you can win, you won't..." — Jerry West, Hall of Fame basketball player — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 08.26.03 — "DiMaggio's streak is the most extraordinary thing that ever happened in American sports..." — Steven Jay Gould, writer — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 08.25.03 — "Sports is a lot of damn nonsense..." — Harry S. Truman, president of the United States — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 08.24.03 — "There have been only two geniuses in the world. Willie Mays and William Shakespeare..." — Tallulah Bankhead, actress — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 08.23.03 — "It was a lifetime of training for just 10 seconds..." — Jesse Owens, Olympic track and field gold medalist — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 08.22.03 — "When I come back, I want to be re-incarnated as a dolphin — or as an F-16..." — Bo Jackson, professional baseball and football player — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 08.21.03 — "Cheating is as much a part of the game as scorecards and hot dogs..." — Billy Martin, professional baseball player and manager — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 08.20.03 — "Get more open — I'm getting old..." — Dan Marino, NFL quarterback, to Lamar Thomas, NFL receiver — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 08.19.03 — "In this country, you either finish first or last, there is no second place..." — Buddy Werner, writer — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 08.18.03 — "Heroes and cowards feel exactly the same fear. Heroes just react to it differently..." — Cus D'Amato, Hall of Fame boxing trainer — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 08.17.03 — "If you make plays and the team wins, the fans will be fine. I don't worry about the fans..." — Donavan McNabb, professional football player — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 08.16.03 — "Whether in sports or politics, competition in and of itself is good..." — Bill Bradley, Hall of Fame basketball player and U.S. Senator — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 08.15.03 — "There's a foot difference between a halo and a noose..." — Bobby Bowden, champion football coach — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 08.14.03 — "You've taken my team away from me..." — Tom Landry, Hall of Fame professional football coach, on the day he was fired — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 08.13.03 — "Fishing is a jerk at one end of the line waiting for a jerk at the other end..." — Mark Twain, humorist and author — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 08.12.03 — "Baseball is what we were. Football is what we have become..." — Mary McGrory, journalist — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 08.11.03 — "Lifting a barbell ain't like eating no watermelon..." — Toad, U.S. Olympic weightlifter — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 08.10.03 — "The ball sailed so high that when it came down it was coated with ice..." — Bill McGeehan, sportswriter, on one of Babe Ruth's home runs — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 08.09.03 — "He wants Texas back..." — Tommy Lasorda, Dodgers manager, on negotiations with Mexican-born pitcher Fernando Valenzuela — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 08.08.03 — "Golf is a good walk spoiled..." — Mark Twain, humorist and author — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 08.07.03 — "He's probably never been to Minnesota..." — Willie Mosconi, world champion pool player, commenting on infamous hustler 'Minnesota Fats' — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 08.06.03 — "I'm sick of people talking about money, money, money all the time..." — Shaquille O'Neal, professional basketball player — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 08.05.03 — "If Howard Cosell was a sport, it would be Roller Derby..." — Jimmy Cannon, sportswriter — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 08.04.03 — "I made some mistakes — my immaturity is the one thing that sticks out — but I've learned a lot. Sometimes that takes time..." — Kerry Collins, professional football player — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 08.03.03 — "A reporter asked me once if I'd ever seen (legendary Cowboys coach) Tom Landry laugh. 'No,' I answered, 'I only played nine years...' " — Jerry Glanville, professional football player and head coach — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 08.02.03 — "There is no room in baseball for a clown..." — Chuck Dressen, baseball manager, to Bob Uecker, player and later Hall of Fame broadcaster — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

Posted 08.01.03 — "Maybe it wasn't talent the Lord gave me. May it was the passion..." — Wayne Gretzky, Hall of Fame hockey player — [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo DeVito's The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations...]

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