Sports Quotes

Sports Quotes

September 4, 2010


Horses and jockeys mature earlier than people-which is why horses are admitted to race tracks at the age of two, and jockeys before they are old enough to shave.
- Dick Beddoes


Hustle is another word for survival.
- Whitey Reiner


I always turn to the sports pages first, which record people's accomplishments. The front page has nothing but man's failures.
- Chief Justice Earl Warren


I am boxing. The big money and all the popularity of this sport is because of me.
- Muhammad Ali


I consider myself one of the best players baseball has had. I won't say the best, because there have been some great ones.
- Henry Aaron


I don't care where you are, but the fans only remember your last time at bat.
- Mike Ditka


I don't want to be Babe Ruth. He was a great ballplayer. I'm not trying to replace him. The record is there and damn right I want to break it, but that isn't replacing Babe Ruth.
- Roger Maris


I give the same halftime speech over and over. It works best when my players are better than the other coach's players.
- Chuck Mills


I had pro offers from the Detroit Lions and Green Bay Packers, who were pretty hard up for linemen in those days. If I had gone into professional football the name Jerry Ford might have been a household word today.
- Gerald Ford


I have never willingly chased a ball.
- Robert Morley