sports quotes

The world of sports has produced some great sports quotes.  A setting that seems to bring out the best in some, and the worst in others, athletic competitions are highly competitive and elicit compelling sports quotes.

"Baseball is what we were, and football is what we have become"
Mary McGrory quotes
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"Relax? How can anybody relax and play golf? You have to grip the club, don't you?"
Ben Hogan quotes (American golfer. 1912-1997)
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Often, sports quotes record the unfortunate reactions of die-hard enthusiasts, who come to regret their ill-chosen words.  Regrettably for them,  sports quotes are often chronicled for posterity and are not easily forgotten.

"Any ballplayers that played for me on either the Cardinals or the Yankees could come to me if he were in need and I would give him a helping hand. I made only two exceptions, Carl Mays and Joe Bush. If they were in a gutter, I'd kick them."
Miller Huggins quotes
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"Golf has more rules than any other game because golf has more cheaters than any other game"
Bruce Lansky quotes (American Author)
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But not all sports quotes are spoken by people on the inside.  Many great sports quotes come from critics who question the nature of sports.  Sports quotes are as varied as they are notable, and sports quotes are keen observations of our national pastimes.

"The addiction to sports, therefore, in a peculiar degree marks an arrested development in man's moral nature"
Thorstein Veblen quotes (American economist, 1857-1929)
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"It was an ideal day for football - too cold for the spectators and too cold for the players"
Red Smith quotes (American sports columnist, one of the United States most popular sportswriters. Pulitzer Prize in 1976.1905-1982)
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