Sports & Teamwork: Sports Quotes

"Bjorn was a different breed, I threw my best material at him, but he would never smile, but that added to the charm when he played me and Mac. We were going nuts and losing our mind and he was sitting back like he was on a Sunday stroll"

Jimmy Connors, Athlete

"It was Jack's and Tom Watson's day yesterday. But today, it's another day"

Fuzzy Zoeller, Athlete

"I couldn't wait for the sun to come up the next morning so that I could get out on the course again"

Ben Hogan, Athlete

"Baseball's future? Bigger and bigger, better and better! No question about it, it's the greatest game there is!"

Ted Williams, Athlete

"Most exciting for me was to make the Pro Bowl in 14 of 15 years"

Merlin Olsen, Athlete

"It took me a while to realize that basketball wasn't football"

Merlin Olsen, Athlete

"I just wanted to be an athlete"

Merlin Olsen, Athlete

"Hitting is the most important part of the game. It is where the big money is, where much of the status is, and the fan interest"

Ted Williams, Athlete

"Well, I think any national championship is an extremely important championship to play in"

Greg Norman, Athlete

"On 18, you've got to drive it up a gnat's ass"

Greg Norman, Athlete

"I'm not interested at all in playing more than 12, 15 tournaments a year on an annual basis because like all the old guys out here on this Tour, we've played golf for nearly 30 years of our lives"

Greg Norman, Athlete

"You have to hit the fastball to play in the big leagues"

Ted Williams, Athlete

"Hopefully I can become the Babe Ruth of the World Wrestling Federation and be the champion at the same time"

Hulk Hogan, Celebrity

"Baseball gives every American boy a chance to excel, not just to be as good as someone else but to be better than someone else. This is the nature of man and the name of the game"

Ted Williams, Athlete

"Tennis was never work for me, tennis was fun. And the tougher the battle and the longer the match, the more fun I had"

Jimmy Connors, Athlete

"It's kind of exciting again. I'm doing everything right, right now. I'm driving the ball well and I'm hitting some pretty good irons and giving myself opportunities"

Fuzzy Zoeller, Athlete

"I hate golf to be tricked up. To me, it's a fun game"

Fuzzy Zoeller, Athlete

Ben Hogan, Athlete

"Nobody cared about swimming. You could draw a crowd for basketball"

Merlin Olsen, Athlete

"You have to remember that I played longer than anybody else on the main tour; I played until I was 40, and then played another six years or so on the seniors tour"

Jimmy Connors, Athlete

"You would think that Freddy Couples-Nick Price would be the team to beat, but I'll tell you in skins it's a matter of just hitting it at the right time"

Fuzzy Zoeller, Athlete

"The greatest thing about golf, there's no end to it unless you're dead. You just go from here to the Senior Tour"

Fuzzy Zoeller, Athlete

"I've found that you don't need to wear a necktie if you can hit"

Ted Williams, Athlete

"I think I can be competitive. Heck, anybody who can walk to the first tee here has a chance"

Fuzzy Zoeller, Athlete

"Golf is not a game of good shots. It's a game of bad shots"

Ben Hogan, Athlete

"I don't know anything about baseball"

Sean Connery, Actor

"Sports is like a war without the killing"

Ted Turner, Businessman

"Team doctors' jobs those days were to keep you on the field"

Merlin Olsen, Athlete

"I grew up in Chicago, so I've always been a Bears fan. Dad used to take me to Bears games and Cubs games. My brother used to ride me over to Lake Forest College on his Honda Supersport and we'd watch the Bears practice. I remember those guys out there as monsters - they were the biggest things I've ever seen!"

Kyle Chandler, Actor

"They invented the All-Star game for Willie Mays"

Ted Williams, Athlete

"If there was ever a man born to be a hitter, it was me"

Ted Williams, Athlete

"I probably played hurt a lot more times than I should have"

Merlin Olsen, Athlete

"I bet I made close to 20 tackles because nobody on either side knew what they were doing"

Merlin Olsen, Athlete

"After a few games, I knew I was going to be able to compete. The idea of being a star never crossed my mind"

Merlin Olsen, Athlete

"I don't see myself playing or adjusting my schedule for senior tournament golf"

Greg Norman, Athlete

"Being away for the weekends, and me being the international player that I have been for those 30 years, I've spent a lot more time flying around the world, playing different golf tournaments around the world"

Greg Norman, Athlete

"I think it's great the opportunity is given to all of us, really, to come out and play major championships after the real major championships have gone beyond us"

Greg Norman, Athlete

"You know, like I said, I'm not going to adjust my Senior Tour schedule"

Greg Norman, Athlete

"We need a hit, so here I go"

Joe DiMaggio, Athlete

"I found longer races boring. I found the mile just perfect"

Roger Bannister, Athlete

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