Sports & Teamwork: Sports Quotes

Wilt Chamberlain, Athlete

"When I played pro football, I never set out to hurt anyone deliberately - unless it was, you know, important, like a league game or something"

Dick Butkus, Athlete

"The Olympics remain the most compelling search for excellence that exists in sport, and maybe in life itself"

Dawn Fraser, Athlete

"The Cubs are gonna shine in sixty-nine"

Ernie Banks, Athlete

"Sport can bring communities together and can release a lot of pent-up emotions"

Ian Botham, Athlete

"The sport I love has taken me around the world and shown me many things"

Bonnie Blair, Athlete

"There were no competitions on television. The first skating competition I ever remember seeing on television was the 1968 Olympics when Peggy Fleming won"

Dorothy Hamill, Athlete

"Hitting is timing. Pitching is upsetting timing"

Warren Spahn, Athlete

"Baseball is dull only to dull minds"

Red Barber, Celebrity

"The only real game - I think - in the world is baseball"

George Herman, Journalist

"The perception is that baseball's players' union is protecting players to use steroids and other illegal performance-enhancing drugs"

Jim Bunning, Politician

"What you have to remember is that baseball isn't a week or a month, but a season - and a season is a long time"

Chuck Tanner, Athlete

"The best umpired game is the game in which the fans cannot recall the umpires who worked it"

Bill Klem, Athlete

"Billie and I did wonders for women's tennis. They owe me a piece of their checks"

Bobby Riggs, Athlete

"There is no defense against a perfect pass. I can throw the perfect pass"

Dan Marino, Athlete

"I know Koufax' weakness. He can't hit"

Whitey Ford, Athlete

"Baseball is more than a game to me, it's a religion"

Bill Klem, Athlete

"That's what you work all season for, to get into the playoff games, and you don't want to blow it"

Ray Nitschke, Athlete

"There ain't much to being a ballplayer, if you're a ballplayer"

Honus Wagner, Athlete

"We had an opportunity to clinch a playoff berth, and I think if that's not enough motivation, I don't think you should be playing this game"

Tina Thompson

"There was tremendous emotion. Every shift was so emotional"

Marcel Dionne, Athlete

"I'm not just a model who plays volleyball, or a volleyball player who supports herself modeling. I'm a female athlete personality"

Gabrielle Reece, Athlete

"It was another day to go to work, and try to play and play well"

Ray Nitschke, Athlete

"We have three tremendous tight ends in Christianson, Casper, and Chester"

Jim Otto, Athlete

"Sports is like rock 'n' roll. Both are dominant cultural forces, both speak an international language, and both are all about emotions"

Phil Knight, Businessman

"I was a part of Backyard Soccer, and I hear that I score a lot of goals in it"

Brandi Chastain, Athlete

"In 1962 I was named Minor League Player of the Year. It was my second season in the bigs"

Bob Uecker, Athlete

"In football you always get judged on your last game. Whoever you are, or how amazing you are, it's the last game that everyone has seen"

Thierry Henry, Athlete

"I never threw the spitter, well maybe once or twice when I really needed to get a guy out real bad"

Whitey Ford, Athlete

"One of my favorite things to do is play golf at Braemar Country Club. It's quiet and not overly crowded. The people are nice, and there's wildlife all around the course. As far as my game itself, I can go from a 10 handicap to a 30, depending on the day"

Scott Baio, Actor

"My top three were Jim Brown, Wilt Chamberlain and Bo Jackson"

Dick Schaap, Journalist

"My strength was that I am more balanced and calmer than most other riders"

Miguel Indurain, Athlete

"I love tackling, love it. It's better than sex"

Paul Ince, Athlete

"I'm a different person off the court than I am on the court, where I'm very competitive, a perfectionist, and I can be hard on myself sometimes. Off the court, nothing really bothers me. I'm easy-going"

Mary Pierce, Athlete

"I really loved what the guys were doing more than anything, how high they jumped, how effortless it was"

Peggy Fleming, Athlete

"I grew up in Baltimore. And yes, I am a big sports fan, especially when it comes to my local teams"

Josh Charles, Actor

"Snowboarding! I love it! Some of the best places to snowboard are Telluride and Park Cities, Utah"

Bridget Hall, Model

"The economics of baseball are the big problem. The big clubs make a lot of money and the little clubs don't"

Fay Vincent, Lawyer

"It is amazing how the public steadfastly refuse to attend the third day of a match, when so often the last day produces the best and most exciting cricket"

Frank Woolley, Athlete

"No, I've never played baseball in my life"

Jay Hernandez, Actor

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