Sports & Teamwork: Sports Quotes

"I love to see Favre playing his best football, and if his mind his right, he'll probably have a fine season"

Ron Jaworski, Athlete

"I enjoyed seven years at Wimbledon, and there were high and low points"

Kenny Cunningham, Athlete

"I love baseball, and the door remains open"

Rafael Palmeiro, Athlete

"But I think mainly, you know, just up in the East Coast, it's where it all originated. You know, Philadelphia. It goes back to the beginning. So, you know, fans have a lot of history, and they love their teams up here"

Rafael Palmeiro, Athlete

"I always hated to throw a guy out of a game, but sometimes it was necessary to keep order"

Cal Hubbard, Athlete

"Well, I wanted to play twenty years in the major leagues. I never made it twenty, though. I played nineteen"

Bert Campaneris, Athlete

"I've been in eleven no-hitters, you know"

Bert Campaneris, Athlete

"It seems like Satan has thrown the DH into our game"

Andy Van Slyke, Athlete

"I played against the Brazilians in '82, who were definitely the best team never to have won the World Cup"

Alan Hansen, Athlete

"Everything about the Olympics was first class, and women were treated as athletes and equals"

Elizabeth Robinson Schwartz, Writer

"Stepping up a gear during any race is not an easy thing to do"

Michael East, Athlete

"Deciding on when to kick is crucial and depends on how the race is unfolding"

Michael East, Athlete

"I just play because I love playing and I try and take as many wickets as I can"

Shane Warne, Athlete

"I played varsity on all of them for four years. I'm 5'9 and that's not that tall for a center, so I was a forward. I loved playing volleyball and basketball and track, I was good at, but it stressed me out"

Bridgette Wilson, Actress

"Yeah, I am a little bit, and I think it is a natural progression of the sport, of going upwards in technical ability and everything like that"

Brian Boitano, Athlete

"So to get to play for the Yankees was really exciting. Really exciting"

Bert Campaneris, Athlete

"If you're a basketball player, you've got to shoot"

Oscar Robertson, Athlete

"Big league defense is going to get outs most times"

Barry Zito, Athlete

"I didn't mind if they yelled at me, but when they came on the field, it was a different story"

Jimmy Piersall, Athlete

"If you're not a competitor, you've just got to go home"

Venus Williams, Athlete

"I'd like to imagine that in order to beat me, a person would have to play almost perfect tennis"

Venus Williams, Athlete

"Rooting is following, and I don't do that, but I'd like to see the Phillies win because I love Philadelphia"

Steve Carlton, Athlete

"What differences were there between Maradona and Platini?"

Michel Patini, Writer

"Even though they won't finish in the top four this season, they will still be of the contenders next season"

Alan Hansen, Athlete

"The only football players in my time were fellows who really loved to play football. They were not in it for the money. There wasn't much money there. They would have played football for nothing"

Red Grange, Athlete

"I haven't seen a new football play since I was in high school. You have just so many holes in a line and you have eleven men playing, and there's only so many ways you can go through those holes, and those ways have been used for forty, fifty years"

Red Grange, Athlete

"A professional player is smarter than a college man. He uses his noodle. He knows what to do and when to do it. He rarely goes up in the air, as is the case with most of our college players when they get in a tight place"

Red Grange, Athlete

"I knew nothing about the people who ran the game in those days"

Tommy Smith, Writer

"I still say one of the greatest moments in my whole NBA career was getting drafted"

Kevin Johnson, Athlete

"For me, football is just a game, not a drama"

Michel Patini, Writer

"At times like that it's difficult to remember what's at stake, that history is in the making. As a player you feel so cut off sometimes, it can be tough... Which is why it is an enormous advantage to play at home"

Michel Patini, Writer

"I try to never lose sight of what a special time it is to be a women's basketball player"

Sue Wicks, Athlete

"Having this interest here in the Redskins is the chief hobby of my life"

Jack K. Cooke, Businessman

"I think we have got the wood on South Africa, but that does not mean they are not a good team. They intimidate a lot of teams but we intimidate them. There is no disrespect for South Africa; they are a very good team"

Shane Warne, Athlete

"As I learn more and more about the six-year extension of the Collective Bargaining Agreement, it's obvious to me that NFL owners understood that they were going to get a new deal done at all costs"

Ron Jaworski, Athlete

"If I can join hands with FIFA and other continental bodies to promote football globally, then I can do more than that to raise African football to new heights"

Roger Milla, Athlete

"The wind at Candlestick tonight is blowing with great propensity"

Ron Fairly, Athlete

"The life of a boxer is about fighting for world titles"

Roberto Duran, Athlete

"Some of the old refs have favoritism toward some of the fighters that are currently fighting. There should be a changing of the guard with the refs, the same way there are with fighters"

Roberto Duran, Athlete

"Who do I think was the greatest? This might shock you: Elgin Baylor. He did so many great things. Nobody could guard him, playing in the forward spot. I'd love to see some of today's greats playing against Elgin. They couldn't guard him. Nobody could"

Oscar Robertson, Athlete

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