Sports Quotes

  • With the money I'm making, I should be playing two positions.
    ~ Pete Rose, 1977
  • The trouble with referees is that they just don't care which side wins.
    ~ Tom Canterbury
  • The fewer rules a coach has, the fewer rules there are for players to break.
    ~ John Madden
  • Don't look back. Something might be gaining on you.
    ~ Satchel Paige
  • Show me a guy who's afraid to look bad, and I'll show you a guy you can beat every time.
    ~ Lou Brock
  • When you win, say nothing. When you lose, say less.
    ~ Paul Brown
  • Each one of us has a fire in our heart for something. It's our goal in life to find it and to keep it fit.
    ~ Mary Lou Retton
  • If you're not just a little bit nervous before a match, you probably don't have the expectations of yourself that you should have.
    ~ Hale Irwin
  • Before I get in the ring, I'd have already won or lost it out on the road. The real part is won or lost somewhere far away from witnesses-behind the lines, in the gym and out there on the road long before I dance under those lights.
    ~ Muhammad Ali
  • I always turn to the sports section first. The sports page records people's accomplishments; the front page has nothing but man's failures.
    ~ Earl Warren
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