Sports & Teamwork: Sports Quotes

"Baseball was the darling of all sports back then"

Marion Motley, Athlete

"Well, we've made huge strides since the 1990 World Cup, USA '94, and obviously since '98. Unfortunately, those strides only register with the public once every four years"

Lamar Hunt, Entertainer

"The stadiums are like none I've ever seen. I think there must have been some strong competition nationally between Korea and Japan to make the best facilities, because they are very well designed"

Lamar Hunt, Entertainer

"At times they don't like you to kick them and they feel you're not allowed to kick them"

Alan Shearer, Athlete

"I want to thank all the fans for their support over the years. Keep supporting the Knicks, we're moving in the right direction here and we will be exciting to watch and competing against the best in the NBA. Come back to the Garden for those exciting games"

John Starks, Athlete

"Not the first half you might have expected, even though the score might suggest that it was"

John Motson, Celebrity

"Basketball, in America, is like a culture. It is like a foreigner learning a new language. It is difficult to learn foreign languages and it will also be difficult for me to learn the culture for basketball here"

Yao Ming, Athlete

"Currently, I bowl regional tournaments out of the PBA Southern Region"

Joe Tex, Musician

"You know, I played football, I was offensive tackle in college"

Ruben Studdard, Musician

"When you start off a new tournament, you want to do well"

Amelie Mauresmo, Athlete

"It's a weird scene. You win a few baseball games and all of a sudden you're surrounded by reporters and TV men with cameras asking you about Vietnam and race relations"

Vida Blue, Athlete

"I keep telling myself, don't get cocky. Give your services to the press and the media, be nice to the kids, throw a baseball into the stands once in a while"

Vida Blue, Athlete

"My major league debut came at old Busch Stadium on Grand Avenue in St. Louis against the Pittsburgh Pirates"

Steve Carlton, Athlete

"My job is to score goals"

Peter Bondra, Athlete

"I think the tour is doing a better job of showing off the personalities of the players with their website, which is filled with tidbits of what the players are up to"

Jennifer Wyatt, Athlete

"Obviously, the more pucks you get to the net, the more the percentages go up"

Greg Moore, Celebrity

"In football, time and space are the same thing"

Graham Taylor, Coach

"I love soccer. That's all I ever watch. I'll watch it all day if I can. But I'm too bloody old to play now"

Geezer Butler, Musician

"As one of nine men, DiMaggio is the best player that ever lived"

Connie Mack, Businessman

"Both Chelsea and Manchester United will be challenging for the Premiership title next season"

Roy Evans, Athlete

"The game has kept faith with the public, maintaining its old admission price for nearly thirty years while other forms of entertainment have doubled and tripled in price. And it will probably never change"

Connie Mack, Businessman

"As a kid growing up in the little city of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, I dreamed of one day playing in the NHL, but never did I expect it to be as much fun as it turned out to be"

Ron Francis, Coach

"If I get two strikes, I'll go to a pitch, maybe that will help induce that a little bit"

Roger Clemens, Athlete

"Even though I play a professional sport now, I love college baseball"

Roger Clemens, Athlete

"I get a kick out of watching a team defense me. A player moves two steps in one direction and I hit it two steps the other way. It goes right by his glove, and I laugh"

Rod Carew, Athlete

"When it was time for a player to go, he went"

Cal Hubbard, Athlete

"As much as I love boxing, I hate it. And as much as I hate it, I love it"

Budd Schulberg, Writer

"Say this for big league baseball - it is beyond any question the greatest conversation piece ever invented in America"

Bruce Catton, Historian

"I loved the opportunity to play for the Yankees, too"

Bert Campaneris, Athlete

"They wanted me to play third like Brooks, so I did play like Brooks - Mel Brooks"

Andy Van Slyke, Athlete

"In '82, Brazil showed that you can't win the World Cup without a solid defense"

Alan Hansen, Athlete

"He's sharp, he can score and he doesn't worry about missing"

Alan Hansen, Athlete

"Switching to the outfield was the best break I ever got"

Al Kaline, Athlete

"This golf course, you miss a shot a little bit off-line, it's going to bite you"

Mike Weir, Athlete

"The beauty of golf: you're in charge out here"

Mike Weir, Athlete

"I played in Joe Louis in a playoff game. I played there when the roof caved in for half a season. The facility is great for basketball because it goes straight up, so you feel like the fans are on top of you"

Bill Laimbeer, Coach

"Everybody likes Brazil, and we want the Brazilians to come out"

Alan Hansen, Athlete

"I'm just trying to play my best and have fun"

Miguel Cabrera, Athlete

"CART is one of the safest racing series in the world"

Michael Andretti, Athlete

"A vote for Japan is a vote for the future of rugby. We will do our best to make rugby a global sport"

Yoshiro Mori, Politician

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