Sports & Teamwork: Sports Quotes

"And that just shows you how important the car is in Formula One Racing"

Murray Walker, Entertainer

"Certainly it is a different world for players nowadays. But it depends on the individual"

Franz Beckenbauer, Athlete

"Cricket makes no sense to me. I find it beautiful to watch and I like that they break for tea. That is very cool, but I don't understand. My friends from The Clash tried to explain it years and years ago, but I didn't understand what they were talking about"

Jim Jarmusch, Director

"The time given to athletic contests and the injuries incurred on the playing field are part of the price which the English-speaking race has paid for being world conquerors"

Henry Cabot Lodge, Politician

"I am sure that no man can derive more pleasure from money or power than I do from seeing a pair of basketball goals in some out of the way place"

James Naismith, Inventor

"We are the last remaining country to allow ourselves two breaks in the season. You just have to look at England, Italy and Spain, they play right through the season. We on the other hand take six weeks off in the winter until the end of January, and that is a luxury"

Franz Beckenbauer, Athlete

"The Olympic stadium may have been built only in the early 1970s but it was clear for a long time it had no future. For many reasons it is not good enough for modern football and today's fans"

Franz Beckenbauer, Athlete

"At the World Cup and even now at the Confederations Cup, our security provisions will ensure the greatest level of protection possible for all those participating - both inside and outside the stadiums"

Franz Beckenbauer, Athlete

"You argue with the umpire because there is nothing else you can do about it"

Leo Durocher, Athlete

"There are only five things you can do in baseball - run, throw, catch, hit and hit with power"

Leo Durocher, Athlete

"Some guys are admired for coming to play, as the saying goes. I prefer those who come to kill"

Leo Durocher, Athlete

"Nobody ever won a pennant without a star shortstop"

Leo Durocher, Athlete

"In the olden days, the umpire didn't have to take any courses in mind reading. The pitcher told you he was going to throw at you"

Leo Durocher, Athlete

"Give me some scratching, diving, hungry ballplayers who come to kill you!"

Leo Durocher, Athlete

"Buy a steak for a player on another club after the game, but don't even speak to him on the field. Get out there and beat them to death!"

Leo Durocher, Athlete

"As long as I've got a chance to beat you, I'm going to take it"

Leo Durocher, Athlete

"I want to be up front, racing"

Dale Earnhardt, Celebrity

"I started 20 years without missing a race, and ESPN started broadcasting on the air waves"

Dale Earnhardt, Celebrity

"I enjoy Saturday night racing"

Dale Earnhardt, Celebrity

"Finishing races is important, but racing is more important"

Dale Earnhardt, Celebrity

"What other people may find in poetry or art museums, I find in the flight of a good drive"

Arnold Palmer, Athlete

"I never rooted against an opponent, but I never rooted for him either"

Arnold Palmer, Athlete

"The atmosphere seems to change once the sun goes down and the race fans get to watch a good show"

Dale Earnhardt, Celebrity

"That's what we're striving for, making us a contender in every race"

Dale Earnhardt, Celebrity

"I don't give a score prediction, but I am a defensive guy, so I'll definitely be looking forward to a defensive game"

J. J. Watt, Athlete

"I'm a sportsman, not a businessman. I've always been interested in sports and I enjoy the challenges that come with it"

George Gillett, Businessman

"Olympism is the marriage of sport and culture"

Juan Antonio Samaranch, Celebrity

"Today I join the greatest players that played the game. It is a great feeling being here"

Eddie Murray, Athlete

"I'm now the hitting the instructor with the Cleveland Indians"

Eddie Murray, Athlete

"I was on the sideline with a knee injury, and when I came back, I wanted to play at the best level I could. And that's the case for a lot of players, they want the chance to play against the best competition"

Claudio Reyna, Athlete

"I think we have our sports within our own culture that are huge with baseball, football, basketball, and hockey. Those are the sports in America that we grow up with and soccer isn't really there yet"

Claudio Reyna, Athlete

"The base paths belonged to me, the runner. The rules gave me the right. I always went into a bag full speed, feet first. I had sharp spikes on my shoes. If the baseman stood where he had no business to be and got hurt, that was his fault"

Ty Cobb, Athlete

"I played Mary Joe Fernandez in the semifinals. She was winning the first set. Second set was very close. I started to play this aggressive game. I think I surprised them"

Gabriela Sabatini, Athlete

"I carried through well with my tennis. I got the respect by usage of the tennis racket"

Gabriela Sabatini, Athlete

"Baseball is a public trust. Players turn over, owners turn over and certain commissioners turn over. But baseball goes on"

Peter Ueberroth, Businessman

"He's going to be around a long, long time, if his body holds up. That's always a concern with a lot of players because of how much they play. A lot of guys can't handle it. But it looks like he can"

Jack Nicklaus, Athlete

"When I turned pro, Muhammad Ali was laying back, and I was able to fill up an area that was empty"

Sugar Ray Leonard, Athlete

"Except for Ali, fighters had never been marketable"

Sugar Ray Leonard, Athlete

"When I signed a contract, I was here to play 162 games"

Eddie Murray, Athlete

"I don't want to be Babe Ruth. He was a great ballplayer. I'm not trying to replace him. The record is there and damn right I want to break it, but that isn't replacing Babe Ruth"

Roger Maris, Athlete

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