Sports & Teamwork: Sports Quotes

"As we all know... golf is a puzzle without an answer"

Gary Player, Athlete

"Striking out batters was easy"

George Herman, Journalist

"I've never heard a crowd boo a homer, but I've heard plenty of boos after a strikeout"

George Herman, Journalist

"I could ask the Phillies to keep me on to add to my statistics, but my love for the game won't let me do that"

Mike Schmidt, Athlete

"I sort of missed one big thing, to touch first base. I hope I didn't act foolish, but this is history"

Mark McGwire, Athlete

"I was passionate. I found something that I loved. I could be all alone in a big old skating rink and nobody could get near me and I didn't have to talk to anybody because of my shyness. It was great. I was in my fantasy world"

Dorothy Hamill, Athlete

"My two favorite things about being a pro player are Sunday afternoons being able to excite many fans, and the money because I get to treat my family and friends and myself to nice things"

Dante Hall, Athlete

"I love all sports"

Dante Hall, Athlete

"Athletic competition clearly defines the unique power of our attitude"

Bart Starr, Athlete

"I'm over it. You strive to win a Super Bowl and you do everything you can to get there. But being in the Hall of Fame, you never play for that honor. It's incredible"

Dan Fouts, Athlete

"Ali had a break that was an inch and a half long, and you keep getting hit as hard and as much as I hit Ali, the pain would take over and you would pass out"

Ken Norton, Athlete

"Twenty games is the magic figure for pitchers - .300 is the magic figures for batters. It pays off in salary and reputation. And those are the two things that keep a ballplayer in business"

Warren Spahn, Athlete

"I like the ball in a big game. I'm not afraid to take it"

David Wells, Athlete

"I throw better than anybody in college and I can throw with anybody in the pros. There, that's what I think"

Dan Marino, Athlete

"It's inevitable now, because everyone is a superstar, even if they're just an average player, and maybe that was part of the process set in motion when I signed that contract in 1994"

Robbie Fowler, Athlete

"Lambeau was always special, and so was Milwaukee"

Ray Nitschke, Athlete

"I lust love to play football"

Ray Nitschke, Athlete

"Joe Louis was one of my first heroes"

Robert Goulet, Musician

"I don't watch a lot of featherweight fights, yet some of those fights are the best fights ever"

Robert Goulet, Musician

"The pressure makes me more intent about each shot. Pressure on the last few holes makes me play better"

Nancy Lopez, Athlete

"The baseball held was my fantasy of what life offered"

Lou Brock, Athlete

"He hits it long. His shoulders are impressively quick through the ball. That's where he's getting his power from. He's young and has great elasticity"

Nick Faldo, Athlete

"I'm a martial arts buff, so anything martial arts"

Noah Hathaway, Actor

"Everyone wants to beat us. So you can never take a single game lightly"

Jim Otto, Athlete

"Eighteen holes of match play will teach you more about your foe than 18 years of dealing with him across a desk"

Grantland Rice, Journalist

"These girls play tennis first and foremost, the fact that many of them are very glamorous is a major bonus for any promoter"

John Lindsay, Politician

"I think it puts baseball back on the map as a sport. It's America's pastime and just look at everyone coming out to the ballpark. It has been an exciting year"

Mark McGwire, Athlete

"They read their sports pages, know their statistics and either root like hell or boo our butts off. I love it. Give me vocal fans, pro or con, over the tourist types who show up in Houston or Montreal and just sit there"

Mike Schmidt, Athlete

"There are one-hundred fifty-four games in a season, and you can find one-hundred fifty-four reasons why your team should have won every one of them"

Bill Klem, Athlete

"Fans tend to get too excited by streaks of either kind and I think the press does too. There should be a happy medium"

Walt Alston, Athlete

"Few learn golf in a lifetime"

Grantland Rice, Journalist

"To its great credit, Wimbledon has been a leader in bringing about change and improvement in the sport"

Fred Perry, Athlete

"I've been a Dolphin for 17 years, and I'll be a Dolphin for the rest of my life. That will never change"

Dan Marino, Athlete

"It's nice to feel the fans are behind you. You shouldn't concern yourself with things like that - but it does matter"

Dan Marino, Athlete

"I wish that every player could feel what I've felt in visiting ballparks. The receptions I've received, it's blown me away. It's absolutely remarkable"

Mark McGwire, Athlete

"Durability is part of what makes a great athlete"

Bill Russell, Athlete

"First of all, it was such an honor to be chosen. You had to be voted in by players and coaches that time. But having it in Hawai'i was a brilliant idea"

Dan Fouts, Athlete

"I've never seen anything like it since. Some of the Canada Cups came close, but by then a lot of European players came and played in our league, so we were more familiar with them"

Marcel Dionne, Athlete

"I have to say that when I was young, when any politician was talking, I wasn't even interested. Maybe they were saying some nice stuff, but then if you put Michael Jordan on TV, I was interested!"

Thierry Henry, Athlete

"I think the officials and NFL owners are playing to the type of game that people want to see"

Jim Otto, Athlete

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