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Great Sporting Wisdom: Legendary Quotes from the World of Sport
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2018
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Touch Wood
No, I’m not superstitious. I’m afraid it would bring me bad luck.
Babe Ruth
Gratitude
I want to thank everybody who made this night necessary.
Yogi on ‘Yogi Berra Night’
Track Record
Rollie Fingers has 35 saves and has a better record than John the Baptist.
Lon Simmons, sportscaster
Plaudits
I couldn’t have done half of it [his triumphs] without the players.
Casey Stengel
Percentage Game
Ninety per cent of this game is half-mental.
Jim Wohlford, Milwaukee Brewers
Pretty Woman
A woman to me can be attractive, just by saying yes.
Babe Ruth attributed
Double Trouble
He slides into second with a stand-up double.
Jerry Coleman
Out-standing
A baseball team doesn’t run out of time, it runs out of outs.
Robert Gensemer, sportswriter
Sweet Memories
A great catch is just like watching girls go by – the last one you saw is always the prettiest.
Bob Gibson, St Louis Cardinals
Wage Packet
A homer a day will boost my pay.
Josh Gibson, famous Afro-American league baseball player
Labelling
In a way, an umpire is like a woman. He makes quick decisions, never reverses them and doesn’t think you’re safe when you’re out.
Umpire Larry Goetz
Race Relations
Baseball is very big with my people. It figures. It’s the only time we can get to shake a bat at a white man without starting a riot.
Dick Gregory, comedian
Mixed Blessing
Patience, that’s what an older pitcher has that a younger pitcher doesn’t … The only trouble is, when you’re old, other people sometimes tend to lose patience with you quicker.
Tommy John, New York Yankees
Room Mate
I don’t room with Babe Ruth, I room with his suitcase.
Ping Bodie, New York Yankees
Nothing But The Truth?
I’m not old, I was just born before a lot of other people.
Darrell Evans
Foreign Tongues
Hector Torrez, how can you communicate with Enzo Herrandez when he speaks Spanish and you speak Mexican?
Jerry Coleman
Victory and Loss
Somebody’s gotta win and somebody’s gotta lose – and I believe in letting the other guy lose.
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