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doubledragondoubledragon Posts: 23,269 ✭✭✭✭✭

Let's hear some great quotes in sports history!

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  • doubledragondoubledragon Posts: 23,269 ✭✭✭✭✭

    A classic.

  • doubledragondoubledragon Posts: 23,269 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I can see this thread is going to get deep. Deep I say!!

  • doubledragondoubledragon Posts: 23,269 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Oh mama!

  • doubledragondoubledragon Posts: 23,269 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Not too shabby.

  • doubledragondoubledragon Posts: 23,269 ✭✭✭✭✭

    😂😂

  • doubledragondoubledragon Posts: 23,269 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Good stuff.

  • hammer1hammer1 Posts: 3,874 ✭✭✭✭✭

  • doubledragondoubledragon Posts: 23,269 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited September 17, 2020 4:37PM

    😂😂

  • BrickBrick Posts: 4,980 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Show me a good loser.........and I'll show you a LOSER. Woody

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    Ralph

  • SanctionIISanctionII Posts: 12,090 ✭✭✭✭✭

    If you are not first, you are last.

    Ricky Bobbie

  • doubledragondoubledragon Posts: 23,269 ✭✭✭✭✭

  • doubledragondoubledragon Posts: 23,269 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I love a good quote. Love it. Eat it for breakfast.

  • doubledragondoubledragon Posts: 23,269 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Breakfast I say!!

  • countdouglascountdouglas Posts: 2,404 ✭✭✭✭✭

    .

  • jay0791jay0791 Posts: 3,525 ✭✭✭✭

    Willie Stargell on hitting. take a round ball and a round bat....and try hitting t square!!

    This thread is ripe for yogiisms is his a word and even spelled right

    Yogi on a local restaurant: nobody goes there anymore....it's to busy.

    when you come to a fork in the road....take it

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  • 1951WheatiesPremium1951WheatiesPremium Posts: 6,356 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Well, boys ... I haven't a thing to say. Played a great game...all of you. Great game.

    (He tries to smile.) I guess we just can't expect to win ‘em all. (Rockne pauses and says quietly). I'm going to tell you something I've kept to myself for years -- None of you ever knew George Gipp. It was long before your time. But you know what a tradition he is at Notre Dame...

    (There is gentle, faraway look in his eyes as he recalls the boy's words). And the last thing he said to me -- "Rock," he said - "sometime, when the team is up against it -- and the breaks are beating the boys -- tell them to go out there with all they got and win just one for the Gipper...

    (Knute's eyes become misty and his voice is unsteady as he finishes). I don't know where I'll be then, Rock", he said - "but I'll know about it - and I'll be happy."

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  • doubledragondoubledragon Posts: 23,269 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Another Lombardi classic.

  • doubledragondoubledragon Posts: 23,269 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Good one.

  • clarke442clarke442 Posts: 609 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Shoeless Joe Jackson:
    The first two were high and tight, so where do you think the next one's gonna be?

    Archie Graham:
    Well, either low and away, or in my ear.

    Shoeless Joe Jackson:
    He's not gonna wanna load the bases, so look for low and away.

    Archie Graham:
    Right.

    Shoeless Joe Jackson:
    But watch out for in your ear.

  • doubledragondoubledragon Posts: 23,269 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited September 18, 2020 8:29AM

    Holyfield.

  • doubledragondoubledragon Posts: 23,269 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Lombardi is lighting this thread up!

  • countdouglascountdouglas Posts: 2,404 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Crash said it first, but the movie ends with Nuke giving the quote to the reporter...
    .

  • doubledragondoubledragon Posts: 23,269 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Pretty good one.

  • doubledragondoubledragon Posts: 23,269 ✭✭✭✭✭

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  • perkdogperkdog Posts: 30,518 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Awesome thread Double D!!

  • doubledragondoubledragon Posts: 23,269 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @perkdog said:
    Awesome thread Double D!!

    Thanks perk, I'm gearing up for a big football weekend! I'm going to sit around and drink beer and watch football all weekend and it's going to be awesome buddy!

  • emeraldATVemeraldATV Posts: 4,542 ✭✭✭✭✭

    "There is no I in team"
    "But, there is a me in TEAM, and I'm up".
    "Be humble"

  • thisistheshowthisistheshow Posts: 9,386 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Larry Bird, after the Celtics lost Game 3 of the 1984 finals vs the Lakers.

    “We played like a bunch of sissies.

    If anyone has heard audio of this, let me know. I have read a few people claiming he actually said women, but every major source is sissies

  • keetskeets Posts: 25,351 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited September 19, 2020 12:02PM

    "Some people say we're lucky. I say luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity, so we work on our "luck" all week."

    Said by Paul Brown when the guy driving the Team bus to the stadium got lost: " I don't blame you, I blame the man that hired you."

    Another by Paul Brown: "Next time you make it to the end-zone act like you've been there before."

    I think it was Sam Huff when asked about how to stop Jim Brown at the goal line: "We've been studying film on that all week but he's been scoring from 40yds. out."

    Sam Rutigliano during the post-game after a Browns loss: "There are a billion people in China who don't care that we lost today."

  • hammer1hammer1 Posts: 3,874 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited September 20, 2020 7:17AM

    -hammer1> @thisistheshow said:

    Larry Bird, after the Celtics lost Game 3 of the 1984 finals vs the Lakers.

    “We played like a bunch of sissies.

    If anyone has heard audio of this, let me know. I have read a few people claiming he actually said women, but every major source is sissies

    My recall is he said sissies.

  • perkdogperkdog Posts: 30,518 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @doubledragon said:

    @perkdog said:
    Awesome thread Double D!!

    Thanks perk, I'm gearing up for a big football weekend! I'm going to sit around and drink beer and watch football all weekend and it's going to be awesome buddy!

    Love it!!! That’s what it’s all about buddy, NFL, Food, Beers and chilling out

  • electrodeelectrode Posts: 212 ✭✭✭

    A reporter asked Toe Blake the famous coach of the Montreal Canadiens "who do you think will win the game tonight " Blake responded " predicting is for gypsies"

  • BuckHunter68BuckHunter68 Posts: 406 ✭✭✭

    "You've gotta be a man to play this game...but you've gotta have lots of little boy in you, too."

    --Roy Campanella

    "You've gotta be a man to play this game...but you'd better have a lot of little boy in you, too"--Roy Campanella

  • s4nys4ny Posts: 1,568 ✭✭✭

    Maybe it was Bum Phillips coaching for the Cowboys. Bob Hayes had recently won the olympics 40 yd dash, setting a new world record. Bob Hayes, the world's fastest human, could not run a mile. Some reporter asked the coach about that and he said "if it is first and a mile, we won't throw it to him!"

  • galaxy27galaxy27 Posts: 7,731 ✭✭✭✭✭

    bat boy: "get a hit, crash"

    crash davis: "shut up"

    you'll never be able to outrun a bad diet

  • DarinDarin Posts: 6,966 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The Super Bowl

    Mahomes to OC Eric Bienemy- "Do we have time to run wasp" (meaning time in the pocket to get the pass off)

    Bienemy- "you like wasp?" In his headset- "he likes wasp"

    Thereby setting the stage for the comeback win.

  • BLUEJAYWAYBLUEJAYWAY Posts: 8,942 ✭✭✭✭✭

    "You play to win the game":Herm Edwards. Or for some of us: you play to cover the point spread.

    Successful transactions:Tookybandit. "Everyone is equal, some are more equal than others".
  • BLUEJAYWAYBLUEJAYWAY Posts: 8,942 ✭✭✭✭✭

    "Turn out the lights, the party's over" a refrain from Don Meredith during Monday Night Football games.

    Successful transactions:Tookybandit. "Everyone is equal, some are more equal than others".
  • emeraldATVemeraldATV Posts: 4,542 ✭✭✭✭✭

    A coach of mine when you know your in the dog house.
    "Matza balls and irsh stew"

  • AC000000AC000000 Posts: 257 ✭✭✭

    “It’s a beautiful day for a ball game. Let’s play two!” - Ernie Banks
    “I took it personal.” - Michael Jordan
    “From here on in, I rag nobody.” - Henry Wiggen
    “We’re going to win the game Sunday. I guarantee it”. - Joe Namath
    “THE BAND IS OUT ON THE FIELD!” - Joe Starkey
    “What the hell’s going on out here!” - Vince Lombardi
    “There’s no crying in Baseball!” - Jimmy Dugan

  • VikingDudeVikingDude Posts: 1,339 ✭✭✭

    "Cold is a state of mind" - Bud Grant

  • Alfonz24Alfonz24 Posts: 3,099 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Funny John McKay Quotes
    When asked about his team’s execution: “I’m in favor of it.”

    We didn’t tackle well today but we made up for it by not blocking.

    Intensity is a lot of guys that run fast.

    We’ve broken down the expansion teams and they’ve averaged winning 2.7 games their first year, which to me is rather difficult. I figured out the 2, but the .7 has got me wondering what the hell is going on.

    Emotion is highly overrated in football. My wife Corky is emotional as hell but can’t play football worth a damn.

    On his team’s blocking strategy: “Hold when you’re at home and don’t hold when you’re on the road.”

    Kickers are like horse manure. They’re all over the place.

    If you have everyone back from a team that lost ten games, the experience isn’t too important.

    #LetsGoSwitzerlandThe Man Who Does Not Read Has No Advantage Over the Man Who Cannot Read. The biggest obstacle to progress is a habit of “buying what we want and begging for what we need.”You get the Freedom you fight for and get the Oppression you deserve.
  • Alfonz24Alfonz24 Posts: 3,099 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Bum Phillips , I heard Warren Moon can throw the ball through a car wash and it won’t get wet.

    #LetsGoSwitzerlandThe Man Who Does Not Read Has No Advantage Over the Man Who Cannot Read. The biggest obstacle to progress is a habit of “buying what we want and begging for what we need.”You get the Freedom you fight for and get the Oppression you deserve.
  • LandrysFedoraLandrysFedora Posts: 2,063 ✭✭✭✭✭

  • spacehaydukespacehayduke Posts: 5,715 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Who said "Ball don't lie"?

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  • HydrantHydrant Posts: 7,773 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November 9, 2022 6:53AM

    @spacehayduke said:
    Who said "Ball don't lie"?

    I think it was Morgana...."The Baseball Kisser"......I could be wrong......
    Young Morgana....


    Later Version ......

    ⚾💋

  • SanctionIISanctionII Posts: 12,090 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Ricky Bobby:

    If you are not first, you are last.

  • electrodeelectrode Posts: 212 ✭✭✭

    A hockey coach once said after a draw "a tie is like kissing your sister"

  • Alfonz24Alfonz24 Posts: 3,099 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November 18, 2022 7:28AM

    “Holy moly, that’s like lookin’ up Yasmine Bleeth’s skirt!” – Ricky Bobby

    “Well let me just quote the late-great Colonel Sanders, who said”…” I’m too drunk to taste this chicken.” – Ricky Bobby

    “Here’s the deal. I’m the best there is. Plain and simple. I wake up in the morning and I piss excellence.” – Ricky Bobby

    #LetsGoSwitzerlandThe Man Who Does Not Read Has No Advantage Over the Man Who Cannot Read. The biggest obstacle to progress is a habit of “buying what we want and begging for what we need.”You get the Freedom you fight for and get the Oppression you deserve.
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