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Sports Quotes


"If you don't win, you're going to be fired. If you do win, you've only put off the day you're going to be fired."


"The big and the fast beat the small and the fast. If you check out the NBA today, they're big and fast."


"How you played in yesterday's game is all that counts."


"Most other competitions are individual achievements, but the Olympic Games is something that belongs to everybody."


"People who think they know what they are talking about when they talk about baseball include the announcers and all of the sports press - no matter how much evidence you present them to the contrary they will continue to think that what they think is right."


"I regard sports first and foremost as entertainment, so dry documentary narration is not for me."


"For a while I was on the cover of every Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue, which was regarded as the pinnacle of success in America."


"I was a left hooker, and I loved hooking. I also really liked to jab and mix it up right away."


"The Olympic Games were created for the exhaltation of the individual athlete."


"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."


"Almost anyone who loves tennis and follows the men's tour on television has, over the last few years, had what might be termed Federer Moments. These are times, watching the young Swiss at play, when the jaw drops and eyes protrude and sounds are made that bring spouses in from other rooms to see if you're OK."


"I don't know anything that builds the will to win better than competitive sports."


"Bjorn was a different breed, I threw my best material at him, but he would never smile, but that added to the charm when he played me and Mac. We were going nuts and losing our mind and he was sitting back like he was on a Sunday stroll."


"There is no concrete way to play Jiu Jitsu, and this is why so many different types of people find joy in it."


"I have just come from a couple of raids, where we had a very lively time, and some of them had to pull their guns. I found it necessary to punch a few sports myself."


"There was a tremendous amount of disappointment in missing the World Cup finals in 1998, so they're getting excited about this one and I really think we could do well in the Far East."


"To my sick little pal. I will try to knock you another homer, maybe two today."


"They're still in the game, and they're trying to get back into it."


"I think Bob Costas is terrific. He's so knowledgeable. He can talk about any subject, not just sports."


"I mean Gorilla was really our first sort of goes at songwriting."


"When I did sports cartoons, I used to uh, go to fights."


"I think about the next season right away."
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