Sports & Teamwork: Sports Quotes

"With the Giants, I broadcast the debut of Hall of Famer Willie Mays"

Ernie Harwell, Celebrity

"Where the ball went was up to heaven. Sometimes I threw the ball clean up into the stands"

Bob Feller, Athlete

"Sympathy is something that shouldn't be bestowed upon the Yankees. Apparently it angers them"

Bob Feller, Athlete

"The most beautiful thing in the world is a ballpark filled with people"

Bill Veeck, Businessman

"I thought I had to show all my stuff, and I almost tore the boards of the grandstand with my fastball"

Cy Young, Athlete

"It's easier when you play. You get your emotion out. You scream. You yell. You do whatever you want. You play. But it's tough to sit"

Goran Ivanisevic, Athlete

"I think that's why I like baseball. There's something great about it - you're young, the pitcher's young and he's got this great arm, and he doesn't really realize anything about strategy"

Bruce McCulloch, Actor

"I have discovered in 20 years of moving around a ballpark, that the knowledge of the game is usually in inverse proportion to the price of the seats"

Bill Veeck, Businessman

"A pitcher's got to be good and he's got to be lucky to get a no hit game"

Cy Young, Athlete

"I just thought that it was magical having to glide across the ice"

Debi Thomas, Athlete

"As a citizen of the great city of Chicago, I find it impossible to root against the White Sox. The White Sox organization has been much more consistent, in my lifetime at least, at putting a winning ballclub on the field"

Billy Corgan, Musician

"It's not as if there's a noise problem, because they use the same circuits as Formula One"

Barry Sheene, Celebrity

"I know bugger all about golf"

Charlotte Church, Musician

"I thought: This is not racing, it's a suicide mission"

Barry Sheene, Celebrity

"The game is the ultimate significance to me because it is so important to a lot of people. It has left a mark on our culture to be voted as one of the best to ever play"

Barry Sanders, Athlete

"Very few cities in the NHL have the history or the following of the Detroit Red Wings"

Steve Yzerman, Athlete

"It's been a great honor for me to be a player for the Detroit Red Wings, to play for an Original Six franchise. I know I'm far from perfect, but I learned a lot"

Steve Yzerman, Athlete

"I'm very confident my health isn't going to allow me to be a good player, especially in the spring"

Steve Yzerman, Athlete

"I don't know if I've ever had a memorable body check. It's not really part of my game"

Steve Yzerman, Athlete

"As a kid in British Columbia, going back a long way, I learned to skate"

Steve Yzerman, Athlete

"Jackie Robinson is a true legend"

Sidney Poitier, Actor

"It's a difficult job to do, but that is why we do it. Only so many people can do it. But it, it enables you to... for a brief period of time to kind of get away. You have to go back and deal with, but it's a good escape"

Brett Favre, Athlete

"The reason people like to watch ball games is because they don't really know exactly what's going to happen from moment to moment. That's why you watch the entire thing"

Isaac Mizrahi, Designer

"When the King is checked, or any valuable Piece in danger from the attack of an enemy, you are said to interpose a man when you play it between the attacked and attacking Piece"

Howard Staunton, Celebrity

"You tend to think that there is a big gap between F1 and everything else. F1 is where all the fantastic drivers are, so you just don't know how good you are until you get there"

Jean Alesi, Celebrity

"You never really know how quick you are before you reach F1"

Jean Alesi, Celebrity

"When you are in a good position, you are sure to drive well and to be very concentrated in each corner"

Jean Alesi, Celebrity

"When you're on the ice, you have very little time, you see very little, and everything happens really quick"

Steve Yzerman, Athlete

"We have two tables on our airplane that are set up with the games"

Steve Yzerman, Athlete

"Sports is the only entertainment where, no matter how many times you go back, you never know the ending"

Neil Simon, Playwright

"In Castling, the King must be moved first, or before the Rook is quitted. If the Rook be quitted before the King is touched, the opposing player may demand that the move of the Rook shall stand without the Castling being completed"

Howard Staunton, Celebrity

"If either player abandon the game by quitting the table in anger, or in an otherwise offensive manner; or by momentarily resigning the game; or refuses to abide by the decision of the Umpire, the game must be scored against him"

Howard Staunton, Celebrity

"For touching an adversary's man, when it cannot be captured, the offender must move his King"

Howard Staunton, Celebrity

"For playing a man to a square to which it cannot be legally moved, the adversary, at his option, may require him to move the man legally, or to move the King"

Howard Staunton, Celebrity

"It wasn't all frustration. I've had a lot of good times with Ferrari as well"

Jean Alesi, Celebrity

"I'm not sure they understand everything about racing cars. I am not sure that this is wise?"

Jean Alesi, Celebrity

"I decided to do the maximum to hold onto the lead for as long as possible. That is why I pushed so hard from the beginning. I was at 100 percent concentration!"

Jean Alesi, Celebrity

"Although it's only the beginning of the championship, I am very surprised at my capability"

Jean Alesi, Celebrity

"I played English football - soccer - instead of American football, because we couldn't afford the equipment"

Wally Schirra, Astronaut

"A lot of people tell me you can do everything, but it’s not true. Without the bike, I would not be here for sure, but it’s still important to have fun"

Peter Sagan, Athlete

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