Sports & Teamwork: Sports Quotes

"I know I've got to just keep throwing the ball. That's what I do best"

Dan Marino, Athlete

"Rocky Marciano had such guts and heart. He was something special"

Robert Goulet, Musician

"And of course, coming from Massachusetts, Rocky Marciano was my favorite"

Robert Goulet, Musician

"Being around all the great names of the game at a young age because they were my heroes; the fact this meant so much to Canada. It was just an incredible thing to be a part of"

Marcel Dionne, Athlete

"We have always had great and loyal fans in Oakland"

Jim Otto, Athlete

"The NFL offensive blocking is played differently; they use their hands instead of their head and shoulders"

Jim Otto, Athlete

"The first game I played. We played against the Dallas Texans"

Jim Otto, Athlete

"To be honest with you, I never looked at soccer as a sacrifice"

Brandi Chastain, Athlete

"I think there are a lot of things that soccer does in the communities that transcend the soccer field"

Brandi Chastain, Athlete

"I think soccer is more respected now than it ever has been. You can see that in the numbers of young kids who are playing and the numbers of people who are coming to watch"

Brandi Chastain, Athlete

"Sooner or later the arm goes bad. It has to... Sooner or later you have to start pitching in pain"

Whitey Ford, Athlete

"David Ortiz is a genius. He's incredible to watch. Over and over, he hits home runs that are simply transcendent"

Juliana Hatfield, Musician

"I was the youngest of seven kids and I would not have been able to go to college without an athletic scholarship"

Scott Brooks, Coach

"I don't think about goals and records. Competition is what keeps me playing"

Lou Brock, Athlete

"I've been thinking about the record since I reached the fifty plateau. But you think about it and then you let it go because you can't waste many brain cells on hours thinking about it"

Mark McGwire, Athlete

"An angry player can't argue with the back of an umpire who is walking away"

Bill Klem, Athlete

"We had a pretty good lead, so why push it?"

David Wells, Athlete

"To pitch a perfect game wearing pinstripes at Yankee Stadium, it's unbelievable. Growing up a Yankee fan, to come out here and make history, it really is a dream come true"

David Wells, Athlete

"I try to play my game and that's being emotional because I'm that kind of guy"

Dan Marino, Athlete

"When handling the ball, I always would look for daylight, wherever there was daylight"

Julius Erving, Athlete

"Yes, we've seen it all before. And yes, those who do not study history are condemned to repeat it. But no, the sky is not falling - baseball is such a great game that neither the owners nor the players can kill it. After some necessary carnage, market forces will prevail"

John Thorn, Historian

"For many of us, sport has provided the continuity in our lives, the alternative family to the one we left behind. It gives us something to talk about, to preen about, to care about"

John Thorn, Historian

"Donning a glove for a backyard toss, or watching a ball game, or just reflecting upon our baseball days, we are players again, forever young"

John Thorn, Historian

"I've been a boxing fan ever since I was a kid"

Robert Goulet, Musician

"When I was in baseball and you went into the clubhouse, you didn't see ball players with curling irons"

Red Barber, Celebrity

"My swing is no uglier than Arnold Palmer's, and it's the same ugly swing every time"

Nancy Lopez, Athlete

"It's hard to pick out one particular wrestler"

Owen Hart, Entertainer

"I've been a Raider all my life"

Jim Otto, Athlete

"I also played in the 1967 Super Bowl against the Green Bay Packers"

Jim Otto, Athlete

"I'll win more games playing everyday in the outfield than I will pitching every fourth day"

George Herman, Journalist

"I love to play pool"

Dante Hall, Athlete

"A goal is a goal no matter which end it goes in. I'm pleased to get off the mark again"

Robbie Fowler, Athlete

"I notice that teams are now more interested in Japanese players than when I first went to Europe"

Hidetoshi Nakata, Athlete

"Now I'm doing more snowboarding, but I have to get back into surfing again"

Marc Newson, Designer

"Sometimes in football you have to score goals"

Thierry Henry, Athlete

"I may be French, but I'm playing for Arsenal"

Thierry Henry, Athlete

"But baseball bounced back in the next decade to reclaim its place as the national pastime: new heroes, spirited competition, and booming prosperity gave birth to dreams of expansion, both within the major leagues and around the world"

John Thorn, Historian

"I also developed an interest in sports, and played in informal games at a nearby school yard where the neighborhood children met to play touch football, baseball, basketball and occasionally, ice hockey"

Steven Chu, Scientist

"Whenever you have a tight situation and there's a close pitch, the umpire gets a squawk no matter how he calls it"

Red Barber, Celebrity

"It's good to go out and entertain these people, and you've got them on the edge of their seat, they're standing up. Then you know that you've done your job, you've entertained them. My way of entertaining them is going out and wrestling. Everyone's got their different ways"

Owen Hart, Entertainer

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