Favorite Sports Quotes

[71buc]

“I want to be remembered as a ballplayer who gave all he had to give.”
Roberto Clemente

"Baseball is like church. Many attend but few understand."
Wes Westrum

[ParisianJohn]

In 1965 Casey Stengel was asked about his two 20 year-old Mets, Ed Kranepool and Greg Goossen. He said "In ten years, Kranepool has the chance to be a star in this league. In ten years Goossen has the chance to be 30 years old".

A reporter once asked Tug McGraw if he preferred grass or AstroTurf, to which the tugged replied, "I've never smoked AstroTurf".

[Michael Peich]

If the runner on first looked as though he were trying to steal second, Rich Ashburn would observe to his broadcasting partner, Harry Kalas,

"He's lookin' a little runnerish, Harry."

[stlcardsfan]

"And let that be a lesson to you all. Nobody beats Vitas Gerulaitis 17 times in a row."

– after beating Jimmy Connors at the January 1980 Masters. Gerulaitis had lost their previous 16 matches.

[EvilKing00]

Woodie hayes- ohio state coach.

Reporter "why did you go for 2 when you were up by 36 points?"

Woody " cause i couldnt go for 3"

[ElCabron]

Not that I'm a fan of the players, but here are three of my favorites:

* "Straight cash, homey." -Randy Moss

* "Laser show." -Dustin Pedroia

* "That's a clown question, bro." -Bryce Harper