Favorite Sports Quotes

by user ActiveSports

From Muhammad Ali to Yogi Berra, the sports world has no shortage of great quotes, both inspiring and funny. Here are two of my favorites:

“Friendships born on the field of athletic strife are the real gold of competition. Awards become corroded, friends gather no dust.” – Jesse Owens

"The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to take part, just as the most important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle. The essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well." – Olympic Creed

I like both quotes because they give perspective to the fact that while sports are an important part of life they are not the only important part.

What is your favorite sports quote?

JuTMSY4Legend

953 days ago

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"We're Talking About Playoffs"

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"Playoffs!" -Jim Mora

"She didn't feel like tackling today"

-Bill Parcells

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JuTMSY4Legend

953 days ago

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Seriously?

“For who? My teammates. For what? To win,”

-Aaron Rowand

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Manny StilesMajor Leaguer

953 days ago

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"For who? For what?" - Ricky Watters

Who rightfully questioned what the risk of making a catch for a loss and getting his clock cleaned vs pulling back and wussing out in the fourth quarter of a game that was clearly decided.

It just happened to be his first game in Philly.... oops!

He was right, but right isn't as good as blood, guts and nuts in the Illadelph.

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JuTMSY4Legend

953 days ago

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You are correct...Rowand said that after his infamous catch last year...mocking ricky "runnin'" Watters

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Manny StilesMajor Leaguer

953 days ago

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"I don't know, I never smoked any artificial grass" - Tug McGraw, when asked what it's like to play on artificial grass.

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KelsdadAll-Star

953 days ago

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"If horses don't eat it, I ain't playin' on it". Phillies player Richie Allen, a thoroughbred horse owner, when asked about the Phillies plans to have artificial turf on their new home stadium.

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Patrickburke1980All-American

953 days ago

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"It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone. You count on it, rely on it to buffer the passage of time, to keep the memory of sunshine and high skies alive, and then just when the days are all twilight, when you need it most, it goes .... And Summer is gone." - A. Bartlett Giamatti

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Clayton St. John Smythe Esq.Varsity

953 days ago

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“Devin Hester, you are ridiculous!” -WBBM-AM's Jeff Joniak after second kickoff return for a touchdown against the St. Louis Rams, December 11, 2006.

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Alex HolowczakHall of Famer

953 days ago

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See Murray Walker Quotes. And then see Murray Walker to vote for him! :)

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I LOVE ME SOME MEWaterboy

953 days ago

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"We're gonna turn this team around 360 degrees." -Jason Kidd

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JuTMSY4Legend

953 days ago

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Classic!

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KevinsecaurWaterboy

953 days ago

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"You play to win the game." -Herm Edwards "Both teams played hard. Both teams played hard, my man." -Rasheed Wallace

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I LOVE ME SOME MEWaterboy

952 days ago

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"I ain't trippin'." -Rasheed Wallace

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The sharkDraft Pick

952 days ago

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John McGraw to Mel Ott when he felt the slugger was drinking to much: "When I put a worm in a glass of whiskey, the worm dies. What does that tell you?"

Ott's reply: "That I'll never get worms from drinking whiskey."

CLASSIC!

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