Sports & Teamwork: Sports Quotes

"I don't know if everybody is ready to hear a woman tell them so-and-so is going to run off left tackle. But you know what? They're going to hear it"

Lesley Visser

"But so far I have the feeling that the chances are there to repeat last year's season"

Roger Federer, Athlete

"So much depends on the performance, and here you are also tied up in the emotion the game evokes"

David Gower, Athlete

"People are talking of his susceptibility to the rising delivery, but let me tell you that when you are out of form, every ball looks like a hand grenade"

David Gower, Athlete

"From that day on, I ran from spot to spot"

Enos Slaughter, Athlete

"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'll take anyway to get into the Hall of Fame. If they want a batboy, I'll go in as a batboy"

Phil Rizzuto, Celebrity

"I was treated with a miracle drug, just like Lance Armstrong"

Billy Tauzin, Politician

"I've had just about everything punched. I've had things grabbed that just shouldn't be grapped!"

Tom Brady, Athlete

"You hear about how many fourth quarter comebacks that a guy has, and I think it means a guy screwed up in the first three quarters"

Peyton Manning, Athlete

"I'm the best Manning"

Peyton Manning, Athlete

"It has crossed my mind that I would like to run or help to run a pro women's tournament, although I really don't know much about organizing an event (it seems overwhelming, actually)"

Jennifer Wyatt, Athlete

"It wasn't like it is now. But for the types of teams we had, the fans were very good here. On some Thursday afternoon games, we'd get 25,000 fans. That was remarkable. This has always been a great Red Sox city"

Curt Gowdy, Celebrity

"Folks, this is perfect weather for today's game. Not a breath of air"

Curt Gowdy, Celebrity

"The prize money for first place was $2,800, but I didn't take it because I was still an amateur"

Tracy Austin, Athlete

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

Thomas Dooley, Athlete

"It was a fun ride. I've enjoyed my time on the ice and I've enjoyed more and more people getting interested in the game of hockey"

Ron Francis, Coach

"Lou Brock was a great base stealer, but today I am the greatest"

Rickey Henderson, Athlete

"I make appearance at local park and recreation agencies when the program starts, when they have the qualifying meets at the local levels. Then I try to go to the regional competitions, and of course I'm there in Hershey, Pa., in August for the North American final"

Rafer Johnson, Athlete

"Baseball is a game where a curve is an optical illusion, a screwball can be a pitch or a person, stealing is legal and you can spit anywhere you like except in the umpire's eye or on the ball"

James Patrick Murray, Journalist

"Everything in Formula 1 has been sterilised now, the whole thing is controlled too much"

Nigel Mansell, Athlete

"I have always been an outstanding football player, I have always had uncanny abilities, great arm strength, an immense ability to play the game from a quarterback standpoint. The problem was that I wasn't given the liberty to do certain things when I was young"

Michael Vick, Athlete

"This game is something Australians really look forward to"

Matthew Hayden, 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

"There is still nothing on the proverbial scoreboard"

John Motson, Celebrity

"The World Cup is a truly international event"

John Motson, Celebrity

"That shot might not have been as good as it might have been"

John Motson, Celebrity

"I didn't like how my NBA career ended because I wanted to go out on my own terms. But nobody tried to believe in me that I could go back and play. I can still play at 39"

Tim Hardaway, Athlete

"Athletes know kids look up to them, and it's important for athletes to be responsible"

Deion Sanders, Athlete

"I was not able to understand how it could be right to pay an actor, or a singer, or an instrumentalist for entertaining the public and wrong to pay a ball player for doing exactly the same thing"

Al Spalding, Athlete

"Pele was the most complete player I've ever seen"

Bobby Moore, Athlete

"Because we're sponsored by competing breweries, there is always competition. When we were both fighting for ninth or 10th place, nobody really cared except the two companies"

Larry Dixon, Writer

"I'm a racehorse fanatic rather than a football fanatic"

Steve McManaman, Athlete

"One thing I like about boxing is that I will not have to deal with the same kind of politics that I had to in skating. In boxing, it is not about your appearance, or how your costume looks, what color it is, or how much it costs"

Tonya Harding, Athlete

"Once people start making comparisons to a player of the past, they want you to be that player. I try to go out there and create my own image, my own style, my own type of game. Right now I can't even think of one guy I've been compared to"

Paul Pierce, Athlete

"I can't stay No. 1 for fifty years, you know. We'll see what happens"

Roger Federer, Athlete

"Punt returns will kill you quicker than a minnow can swim a dipper"

Darrell Royal, Coach

"I move around and play different golf courses. I just enjoy it"

Darrell Royal, Coach

"But I do have time to pencil in golf, and we've got four excellent courses"

Darrell Royal, Coach

"In a way, certain sections of the media always wanted to knock me because I had captained my country and been skipper at Old Trafford. It was all a bit odd really"

Bryan Robson, Athlete

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