Greatest Sports Quotes

bigboydan · 03-06-2006, 01:29 AM

heres one of my favorites.

Ralph Kiner once said of stats...

They're like bikini's, they show you a lot but not everything.

Giants · 03-06-2006, 01:39 AM

I will look more into theese but so far all I have is the famous quote from I forget who but he was a baseball player when he said

``lets play two``

bigboydan · 03-06-2006, 02:39 AM

Ernie Banks said that quote bud.

imgv94 · 03-06-2006, 02:41 AM

It ain't over til it's over.

-Yogi Berra

onlòóker · 03-06-2006, 02:43 AM

I'll be back....

oh wait, that was a movie.

Mason · 03-06-2006, 12:44 PM

"90% of this game is 50% mental" Yogi Berra

Mudcat · 03-06-2006, 12:50 PM

There are a ton of Yogi Berra-isms. There is probably a big long list on a website somewhere. There is even a Yogi Berra-ism on the subject of Yogi Berra-isms:

"You know all those things I said? I never said 'em."

Mudcat · 03-06-2006, 12:53 PM

When Casey Stengel was managing the Mets in their early years of record setting ineptitude, he would struggle to find anything positive to say.

"We've got this kid, Greg Goosen. He's 19 and in ten years he's got a chance to be 29."

Willie Bee · 03-06-2006, 01:07 PM

Dizzy Dean had some good ones.

"The doctors x-rayed my head and found nothing." --- After being hit in the head by a throw in the 1934 World Series.

"I've just been informed that the fat lady is the Queen of Holland." --- When broadcasting a game Dean noticed there was a big commotion down in the box seats with everyone standing up. Dean started out telling the radio audience, "There's a commotion down in the stands below me and I don't know what it's all about but it seems to have something to do with a fat lady walking out." Someone else in the booth whispered in Dizzy's ear that the lady was the Dutch queen and everyone was standing in respect as she left the stadium.

Mason · 03-06-2006, 01:08 PM

"If I'd a known I was going to live this long I'd a taken better care of myself." Mickey Mantle

Mason · 03-06-2006, 01:10 PM

When Earl Campbell came out of retirement to play for Bum Phillips and the Saints he was the only player on the team who didn't finish the one mile run in training camp.

When asked what Phillips was going to do with a satrting RB who couldn't run a mile he said ........."I reckon if it's 4th and a mile I won't give it to Earl."

Mudcat · 03-06-2006, 01:17 PM

The younger people here may not realize what a perennial disaster the Tampa Bay Bucs used to be. In the midst of yet another losing streak, head coach John McKay was asked how he felt about his offense's execution.

"I'm in favor of it."