167 quotes found
“Boxing day will never be the same now that Muhammed Ali is gone.”
“He never bothered listening to sports; the bored him, every one of them.”
“Somebody once asked me if I ever went up to the plate trying to hit a home run. I said "sure, every time".”
“Harvard coach Bill Reid would later credit Teddy Roosevelt with saving football. But words in a rule book are one thing. Someone had to show the nation a new way to play the game. The Carlisle Indi...”
“Every name looks fashionable when it's etched in silver. (Stanley Cup)”
“I never smile when I have a bat in my hands. That's when you've got to be serious. When I get out on the field, nothing's a joke to me. I don't feel like I should walk around with a smile on my face.”
“Winners have a tendency to be forgiven in this town.”
“I love that aspect of sports where you can see what kind of work, how much work, an athlete's been doing by how her body is carved.”
“He's probably the only player who doesn't play for 10 months and, if he scores a hat trick in his first game back, no one would be surprised.”
“I sometimes turn on the radio and I find very often that what I'm listening to is a discussion of sports. These are telephone conversations. People call in and have long and intricate discussions, ...”
“Middle Tennessee? Really? My bracket is more busted than Screech's face during puberty.”
“When you're a sportswriter, you learn how to use your imagination and to flex your literary muscle, because it's the same game played over and over again. There's nothing unique or marvelous. It's ...”
“Baseball is drama with an endless run and an ever-changing cast.”
“Gods, I love sports. All the excitement of real news, only it doesn't matter so you don't have to worry about it.”
“Worse than getting kicked out of your slot to go on to a winning season is to lead during a losing one. Nobody wants to be king of the losers.”
“Theres a reason why the Super Bowl is watched way more than the NBA Finals and World Series.”
“My dad bought the team when I was little. I've been around guys like you my whole life. I'm over the whole 'jock-and-awe' thing.”
“The upset is in the mind of the favorite.”
“If you just play really hard, he says, nothing else matters.”
“Sport, properly directed, develops character, makes a person courageous, a generous loser, and a gracious victor; it refines the senses, gives intellectual penetration, and steels the will to endur...”
