Favorite Sports Quotes

[mark evans]

Sorry if this one has been done before.

"Don't ever underestimate the heart of a champion."

Rudy T.

[I Only Smoke 4 the Cards]

"Hit 'me where they ain't."
- Willie Keeler


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[Tobacco&Gum]

Don't give up, don't ever give up.

- Jimmy V

[slidekellyslide]

"The name of the game is hit the ball, catch the ball and get the F*****g job done" Lee Elia.

NSFW

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KGcwE4FtGw

[Peter_Spaeth]

Trying to sneak a fastball by Hank Aaron was like trying to sneak a sunrise past a rooster. (forget who said it)

He could throw a lambchop past a wolf. (sportswriter about Lefty Grove)

The third one sounded low. (anonymous batter complaining after fanning against Walter Johnson)

He's so good blind people come to the park to hear him pitch. (Reggie Jackson on Tom Seaver)

[VoodooChild]

"Roberto Clemente could field the ball in New York and throw out a guy in Pennsylvania" - Vin Scully.

[sycks22]

"Dave's a killer" "Dave's a mess" Slap shot

"Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains" Crash Davis

[Writehooks]

"Forecheck, backcheck, paycheck."
- Hockey Hall of Famer Gil Perreault, when asked by a neophyte Buffalo sportswriter to name the three most important aspects of the game.

"Everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die."
& "He can run, but he can't hide."
- Joe Louis

"You're a white guy -- help me!"
- Heavyweight title challenger Randall "Tex" Cobb to referee Steve Crosson during the fifth round of the horrific beating Cobb took from world champion Larry Holmes in their 1982 title bout.

[Koufax32fan]

"I can see how he [Koufax] won twenty-five games. What I don't understand is how he lost five." - Yogi Berra

"There are two times in my life the hair on my arms has stood up: The first time I saw the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel and the first time I saw Sandy Koufax throw a fastball" - Al Campanis

"Trying to hit him [Koufax] was like trying to drink coffee with a fork." - Willie Stargell

[GoldenAge50s]

One of my all-time favorites that pertains not only to baseball, but to LIFE--

"Don't look back, somethin' may be gainin' on 'ya!"--Satchel Paige

[Pat R]

" Two thirds of the earth is covered by water the other third is covered by
Garry Maddox" (Ralph Kiner).

[Peter_Spaeth]

I caught fly balls. Willie Mays, summing up his career.

(*&^^ing Willie. Mantle, on being asked late in life who was better, he or Mays.

[Wite3]

Somewhere I once read that during a slow game in Seattle, Dave Niehaus was describing the action in the stands when he notices a young couple kissing after every pitch...Niehaus remarks, "Isn't that nice. He is kissing her on the strikes and she is kissing him on the balls."

"He is not a dog; a dog is loyal and runs after balls." Lasorda speaking about Daryl Strawberry.

"All last year we tried to teach him English, and the only word he learned was million." Another Lasorda speaking about Fernando Valenzuela.

"It's time for Dodger baseball!!" Vin Scully...the best.

[digdugdig]

Bill Russell as a analyst commentator for an NBA game, after 2 players went up for a rebound and one got nailed in the groin area...
"I think he took an elbow to the mid section, and that's puttin' kinda high".

[Duluth Eskimo]

"There is always some kid who may be seeing me for the first or last time, I owe him my best" Joe DiMaggio

Always been a favorite of mine.

[grainsley]

Harry Neale, coach of the Canucks:

We couldn't win at home, and we couldn't win on the road. My failure as a Coach was that I couldn't think of anywhere else to play.

[DeanH3]

[QUOTE=Peter_Spaeth;1239794]Trying to sneak a fastball by Hank Aaron was like trying to sneak a sunrise past a rooster. (forget who said it)

I believe it was Bob Feller.

I have to go with a Yogi-ism- It's deja vue all over again.

[alaskapaul3]

Shoeless Joe Jackson favorite

"What a hell of a league this is. I hit .387, .408, and .395 the last three years and I ain't won nothin' yet!"

[brookdodger55]

Unknown

If I could see it, I could hit it.

Mike

[brookdodger55]

Originally Posted by VoodooChild

"Roberto Clemente could field the ball in New York and throw out a guy in Pennsylvania" - Vin Scully.

Love that quote

[jerrys]

"Sometimes I still can't believe what I saw," said Harry Hooper, a Boston teammate of Ruth's. "This 19-year-old kid, crude, poorly educated, only lightly brushed by the social veneer we call civilization, gradually transformed into the idol of American youth and the symbol of baseball the world over - a man loved by more people and with an intensity of feeling that perhaps has never been equaled before or since."

[Howe’s Hunter]

"Lady, I'm not an athlete. I'm a professional baseball player."

John Kruk

[CowboysGuide]

When asked about his teams' execution after another poor game...

"I'm all for it!"

Jim McKay, Tampa Bay Buccaneers Head Coach

It's football but the OP says 'favorite sports quote'.

[Exhibitman]

When you grab hold of your figs and let the punches go, the crowds will flock--Danny Green

I look what I am; a hard bastard--Lenny "The Guv'nor" McLean

Float like a butterfly sting like a bee; I'm the one who did the job, ask him, you'll see--Joe Frazier

My style is impetuous, my defense is impregnable, and I'm just ferocious--Mike Tyson

Everyone has a plan until they've been hit-Joe Louis

The man who is really serious, with the urge to find out what truth is, has no style at all. He lives only in what is--Bruce Lee

Judge a man by how he treats someone who can do nothing for him--Nick Charles

Joe Louis is a credit to his race—the human race--Jimmy Cannon

Us Brits ain’t a bunch of pussies--Nigel Benn

[parkerj33]

There are three types of baseball players: those who make it happen, those who watch it happen, and those who wonder what the hell happened.
- Tommy Lasorda

[I Only Smoke 4 the Cards]

When I was in college one my professors was friends with Sandy Koufax. He met with out class and answered our questions. He was very nice and incredibly humble. Supposedly he does not keep any baseball mementos in his house.

"I knew I would start about 30 games a year. I figured that I would have good enough stuff half the time that I should win. The rest of the time I would not be at my best but I knew if I could just win 1/3 of those games I could be a 20 game winner." - Sandy Koufax

Let me be clear that he said this with total humility.

[I Only Smoke 4 the Cards]

Originally Posted by CowboysGuide

When asked about his teams' execution after another poor game...

"I'm all for it!"

Jim McKay, Tampa Bay Buccaneers Head Coach

It's football but the OP says 'favorite sports quote'.

Reminds me of a quote by a British politician (I cannot remember who) from an interview. The interview was about a controversy surrounding infant baptism.

Reporter: Do you believe in infant baptism?

Politician: Believe in it? I've seen it.

Reporter: .......

[ALR-bishop]

" Ruth made a grave mistake when he gave up pitching. Working once a week he might have lasted a long time and become a great star"...Tris Speaker

[Peter_Spaeth]

A couple more attributed to Joe Louis:

He can run, but he can't hide.

Not this guy, and not tonight -- asked if he thought he would ever lose.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Attributed to Pete Rose == I'd walk through hell in a gasoline suit to play baseball.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Perhaps my favorite of all -- said of Ty Cobb -- he would have climbed a mountain to punch an echo.

[I Only Smoke 4 the Cards]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Perhaps my favorite of all -- said of Ty Cobb -- he would have climbed a mountain to punch an echo.

Hahaha that one is pretty good. Totally sounds like Cobb.

[bigtrain]

"If I'd played my career hitting singles like Pete (Rose), I'd wear a dress." - Mickey Mantle

[I Only Smoke 4 the Cards]

"If I were playing third base and my mother were rounding third with the run that was going to beat us, I'd trip her. Oh, I'd pick her up and brush her off and say, 'Sorry, Mom,' but nobody beats me." - Leo Durocher

[Peter_Spaeth]

Reporter to Early Wynn: Early, you're so mean you would throw at your grandmother.

Early: only if she was crowding the plate.

Reporter to Sal Maglie: why did you throw at him on consecutive pitches?

Maglie: to let him know I meant it the first time.

[Peter_Spaeth]

A great quote, way ahead of its time perhaps, attributed to Bob Gibson by Tim McCarver:

McCarver to Gibson in the locker room after a game: Bob, there's a colored guy waiting to see you.

Gibson: Oh really? What color is he?

[Tim Fritz]

Playoffs!?! Don't talk about playoffs! Are you kidding me? Playoffs?!? I'm just hoping we can win another game!

[I Only Smoke 4 the Cards]

"Practice? Are we talking about practice?" - Allen Iverson

"They are who we thought they were." - Dennis Green

[ullmandds]

I gave 120% out there today!

[iwantitiwinit]

"Bob, stop upper-cutting"

My Dad 1968

[CowboysGuide]

Originally Posted by I Only Smoke 4 the Cards

Reminds me of a quote by a British politician (I cannot remember who) from an interview. The interview was about a controversy surrounding infant baptism.

Reporter: Do you believe in infant baptism?

Politician: Believe in it? I've seen it.

Reporter: .......

CORRECTION: It's John McKay, not Jim. Duh!

[sebie43]

"My style is impetuous, my defense is impregnable and I'm just ferocious, I want to eat his heart"- Mike Tyson


Sebie

[I Only Smoke 4 the Cards]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Attributed to Pete Rose == I'd walk through hell in a gasoline suit to play baseball.

One of my favorites

I don't know if this is the whole quote or who gets credit but I remember this
for the Braves pitching staff "Spahn, Sain and pray for rain"

[Cardboard Junkie]

Yogi's advice to a rookie batter...."Swing at the strikes."

[Peter_Spaeth]

Rod Dedeaux, USC pitching coach, to Bill Lee -- Throw strikes, tiger.

[ullmandds]

Originally Posted by sebie43

"My style is impetuous, my defense is impregnable and I'm just ferocious, I want to eat his heart"- Mike Tyson


Sebie

I wonder who helped Iron Mike come up with that one back then!

[I Only Smoke 4 the Cards]

Originally Posted by sebie43

"My style is impetuous, my defense is impregnable and I'm just ferocious, I want to eat his heart"- Mike Tyson


Sebie

I think Iron Mike ended that by saying "I want to eat his children."

[oldjudge]

One of the funniest guys ever to play professional sports was Alex Karras. Here are two of his quotes:

On Tom Dempsey's then NFL record 63 yard field goal to beat the Lions: "We laughed for about 62 yards"

On golf: "My best score ever was 103. But I've only been playing fifteen years."

[Harliduck]

Loved reading this thread...awesome.

Here are some of my favorites -

Rogers Hornsby
People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring.

Bob Lemon
The two most important things in life are good friends and a strong bullpen.

Reggie Jackson
Fans don't boo nobodies.

George Brett
If a tie is like kissing your sister, losing is like kissing you grandmother with her teeth out.

Jackie Robinson
Life is not a spectator sport. If you're going to spend your whole life in the grandstand just watching what goes on, in my opinion you're wasting your life.

Jason Kidd
We’re going to turn this team around 360 degrees.

Charles Shackleford
Left hand, right hand, it doesn’t matter. I’m amphibious.