Remember, it doesn't matter whether you win or lose; what matters is whether I win or lose. -Darrin Weinberg
The trouble with referees is that they know the rules, but they do not know the game. -Bill Shankly
There are only two seasons - winter and baseball. -Bill Veeck
Baseball is like church. Many attend; few understand. -Leo Durocher
A baseball park is the one place where a man's wife doesn't mind his getting excited over somebody else's curves. -Brendan Francis
Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good performer. -Ted Williams
Things could be worse. Suppose your errors were counted and published every day, like those of a baseball player. -Unknown
Why does everybody stand up and sing "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" when they're already there? -Larry Anderson
A successful coach needs a patient wife, loyal dog, and great quarterback - and not necessarily in that order. -Bud Grant
If my mother put on a helmet and shoulder pads and a uniform that wasn't the same as the one I was wearing, I'd run over her if she was in my way. And I love my mother. -Bo Jackson
Success is not forever and failure isn't fatal. -Don Shula
We will be perfect in every aspect of the game. You drop a pass, you run a mile. You miss a blocking assignment, you run a mile. You fumble the football and I will break my foot off in your John Brown hind parts...and then you will run a mile. Perfection. Let's get to work. -Denzel Washington in Remember the Titans
Motivation is simple. You eliminate those who are not motivated. -Lou Holtz
Winning isn't everything, but it beats anything that comes in second. -Paul "Bear" Bryant
Football isn't a contact sport, it's a collision sport. Dancing is a contact sport. -Duffy Daugherty
I haven't been able to slam-dunk the basketball for the past five years. Or, for the thirty-eight years before that, either. -Dave Barry
Many athletes have tremendous God-given gifts, but they don't focus on the development of those gifts. Who are these individuals? You've never heard of them - and you never will. It's true in sports and it's true everywhere in life. Hard work is the difference. Very hard work. -John Wooden
The trouble with officials is they just don't care who wins. -Tommy Canterbury
On his Washington State college team - Fans never fall asleep at our games because they're afraid they might get hit with a pass. -George Raveling
It took me seventeen years to get three thousand hits in baseball. I did it in one afternoon on the golf course. -Hank Aaron
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