Some of the Greatest Sports Quotations

[Rick-a-Roo]

From the Inbox:

“Coach Tom Landry is such a perfectionist that if he was married to Raquel
Welch, he would expect her to cook.”
Don Meredith, Dallas Cowboys quarterback

"Last year we couldn't win at home and we were losing on the road. My
failure as a coach was that I couldn't think of anyplace else to play”
Harry Neale, professional hockey coach

"Blind people come to the ballpark just to listen to him pitch."
Reggie Jackson commenting on Tom Seaver

"I'm working as hard as I can to get my life and my cash to run out at the
same time. If I can just die after lunch Tuesday, everything will be perfect."
Doug Sanders, professional golfer

"All the fat guys watch me and say to their wives, 'See, there's a fat guy
doing okay. Bring me another beer.'"
Mickey Lolich, Detroit Tigers pitcher

"When it's third and ten, you can have the milk drinkers; I'll take the
whiskey drinkers every time."
Max McGee, Green Bay Packers receiver

"I found out that it's not good to talk about my troubles. Eighty percent of
the people who hear them don't care and the other twenty percent are glad
I'm having them."
Tommy LaSorda , L A Dodgers manager

"My knees look like they lost a knife fight with a midget."
E.J. Holub, Kansas City Chiefs linebacker regarding his 12 knee operations

"When they operated, I told them to add in a Koufax fastball. They did, but
unfortunately it was Mrs. Koufax's."
Tommy John, N.Y. Yankees, recalling his 1974 arm surgery

"I don't know. I only played there for nine years."
Walt Garrison, Dallas Cowboys fullback when asked if Tom Landry ever smiles.

"We were tipping off our plays. Whenever we broke from the huddle, three
backs were laughing and one was pale as a ghost.”
John Breen, Houston Oilers

"The film looks suspiciously like the game itself."
Bum Phillips, New Orleans Saints, after viewing a lopsided loss to the
Atlanta Falcons.

When I'm on the road, my greatest ambition is to get a standing boo."
Al Hrabosky, major league relief pitcher

"I have discovered in 20 years of moving around the ball park that the
knowledge of the game is usually in inverse proportion to the price of the
seats."
Bill Veeck, Chicago White Sox owner.

“Because if it didn't work out, I didn't want to blow the whole day."
Paul Horning, Green Bay Packers running back on why his marriage
ceremony was before noon.

"I have a lifetime contract. That means I can't be fired during the third
quarter if we're ahead and moving the ball."
Lou Holtz , Arkansas football coach

"I won't know until my barber tells me on Monday."
Knute Rockne, when asked why Notre Dame had lost a game

"I tell him, "Attaway to hit, George."
Jim Frey, K.C. Royals manager when asked what advice he gives George
Brett on hitting.

"I learned a long time ago that 'minor surgery' is when they do the
operation on someone else, not you."
Bill Walton, Portland Trial Blazers

"Our biggest concern this season will be diaper rash."
George MacIntyre, Vanderbilt football coach surveying the team roster
that included 26 freshmen and 25 sophomores.

"The only difference between me and General Custer is that I have to watch
the films on Sunday."
Rick Venturi, Northwestern football coach

[cerberus]

I'm not complaining, but I can't believe there's nothing in there from Yogi.
cerberus

[dhr]

Coach John McKay, 1st coach for the Tampa Bay Bucs, was a terrible NFL coach, but had some really funny quips:

Following a Tampa Bay Buccaneers loss in their early seasons, McKay was asked what he thought of his team's "execution." He replied, "I'm all for it."

After the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' first unofficial game, he responded to a question, "Well, we didn't block, but we made up for it by not tackling."

Standing on the sidelines during a game, McKay said, "Can't stop a pass, or a run...otherwise we're in great shape."

After the Buccaneers won their first regular season game against the New Orleans Saints during the 1977 season 33–14, McKay mused, "Three or four plane crashes and we're in the playoffs."

[Bookworm]

Heres a Yogi quote ------ Slump? I ain’t in no slump… I just ain’t hitting.

Dave

[Merc]

Reporter : You make more money than the President

Babe Ruth : Well , I had a better year than he did..


MERC

[Merc]

Little League baseball is a very good thing because
it keeps the parents off the streets
.*— Yogi Berra


MERC

[Merc]

“I gave (pitcher) Mike Cuellar more chances than I gave my first wife.
—Earl Weaver, Baltimore Orioles manager


MERC

[Merc]

I hit 'em where day ain't
- Wee Willie Keeler


MERC

[Stalky]

Originally Posted by Merc

Little League baseball is a very good thing because
it keeps the parents off the streets
.*— Yogi Berra


MERC

^^^^^

[Carne Frio]

“90% of the game is half mental.”
Yogi

[Eightball]

Golf commentator David Feherty describing VJ Singh's prodigious practice regime.
"VJ hits more balls than Elton John's chin."

[THE DUDE]

"I want them kids to be like me, I want them to copulate me" - Daryl Strawberry.

[10 Bears]

"It's Deja Vu all over again."
--- Yogi Berra