Sports & Teamwork: Sports Quotes

"The human element should be the two players on the court, not the officials. The best officials are the ones you never notice. The nature of the game made officials too noticeable a part"

Gene Scott, Clergyman

"It goes way, way back when we were under Sweden's rule. We always think they are better than us. We played against them so often for so many years. Every country has one opponent they want to beat and for us, it's Sweden"

Saku Koivu, Athlete

"I'm not afraid to swing the bat. If they elect to pitch to me, I'm going to swing. I'm not as picky as Mr. Sheffield. I'll swing at something over my head"

Bobby Bonilla, Athlete

"One of my first jobs was at the Boston Globe. I worked in the sports department six months a year. When I was ready to graduate, the sports editor gave me a job as a schoolboy sports writer"

Will McDonough, Writer

"What we are missing over here is the life of soccer"

Thomas Dooley, Athlete

"I liked playing in Chicago, and I gave them everything I had, but I knew in my heart I was a Red Wing"

Ted Lindsay, Athlete

"I had the idea that I should beat up every player I tangled with and nothing ever convinced me it wasn't a good idea"

Ted Lindsay, Athlete

"Safin, in his way, is very talented. It is a joy to watch them play; it is tennis of a very high quality"

Richard Krajicek, Athlete

"Maybe one other match better, but if you look at the tournament as a whole, I played very high quality tennis for seven matches and raised my game when I needed to"

Richard Krajicek, Athlete

"I'm a golfer - not an athlete"

Lee Westwood, Athlete

"I have never taken any substance to enhance my performance"

Kelli White, Athlete

"I can't do it every day. They're not going to give me much to hit right now. They're pitching me real well. If I get there, fine"

Sammy Sosa, Athlete

"Don't compare me to Babe Ruth. God gave me the opportunity and the ability to be here at the right time, at the right moment, just like he gave Babe Ruth when he was playing. I just hope I can keep doing what I've been doing - keep taking care of business"

Sammy Sosa, Athlete

"I want to be back every year. If I don't go, I want it to be because someone else just was having a great season. I want it to at least be a close call"

Reggie Lewis, Athlete

"The dumber you are on court, the better you're going to play"

Jim Courier, Athlete

"I would like to see it go back to the wood racquets, to see the touch put back in tennis"

Jana Novotna, Athlete

"I started when I was 8 years old, which is obviously nowadays pretty late, but I guess in my generation it was all right. I had plenty of other interests and I didn't do only tennis"

Jana Novotna, Athlete

"I went on and was still able to play some good hockey"

Paul Coffey, Athlete

"No one hit home runs the way Babe did. They were something special. They were like homing pigeons. The ball would leave the bat, pause briefly, suddenly gain its bearings, then take off for the stands"

Lefty Gomez, Athlete

"I just love the feeling from the fans, and when I'm walking on deck, I can hear people screaming and wishing you the best. That puts you into the game more than anything"

David Ortiz, Athlete

"It's been tough for me being away from the game"

Saku Koivu, Athlete

"You don't even have to win a championship every year to draw the fans. You just have to show you're really trying"

Tom Hicks, Businessman

"With just about every player in Australia, his whole goal and ambition is to play for Australia. That's why they're playing first class cricket. It's just a different attitude"

Shane Warne, Athlete

"The Houston Astrodome was kind of a tough field"

Franco Harris, Athlete

"Maybe these kids are just too young and too dumb to know about the first 13. Maybe they can't comprehend that the Braves have only won one World Series in those 13 years"

Tim Hudson

"You never know who will win, and I think that is the great thing about this league (as a player) because it gives you a lot of hope that this could be your year"

Michael Strahan, Athlete

"I'm a competitor"

Donovan Bailey, Athlete

"If he'd just crowded me down to the side of the asphalt, I'd have been OK. But when he ran me completely off the racetrack, I lost it"

Cale Yarborough, Celebrity

"I think money in general hurts all sports"

Will McDonough, Writer

"With me serving as the president, we filed a $3-million lawsuit against the league and its member clubs in an attempt to win increased pension benefits and a larger share of television revenue"

Ted Lindsay, Athlete

"I've always like roadracing, but you know how it is in a family when you're young. They thought it was a little too dangerous, so I started with Trials riding"

Sete Gibernau, Athlete

"People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring"

Rogers Hornsby, Athlete

"Baseball is almost the only orderly thing in a very unorderly world. If you get three strikes, even the best lawyer in the world can't get you off"

Bill Veeck, Businessman

"I think around the league, I'm getting more respect. And that's great"

Reggie Lewis, Athlete

"I used to get 15-20 bunt hits a season. Now, I'm down to five or six. Infielders still play me in, but I'm always looking if the opportunity is there"

Steve Finley, Athlete

"The only reason I went to college was to play basketball. I injured my knee and couldn't play"

Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Actor

"A boxing match is like a cowboy movie. There's got to be good guys and there's got to be bad guys. And that's what people pay for - to see the bad guys get beat"

Sonny Liston, Athlete

"But my passion is racing cars. It's what I like to do in my off time"

Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Actor

"If you don't throw it, they can't hit it"

Lefty Gomez, Athlete

"Kung fu and soccer are the two things that I was most interested in as a child"

Stephen Chow, Actor

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