Quotations - Sports Quotes and Sayings

Sports don't build character.... they reveal it.
--unknown
--John Wooden ?
--Heywood Hale Broun ?

Men forget everything; women remember everything. That's why men need instant replays in sports. They've already forgotten what happened.
--Rita Rudner

We're supposed to be perfect our first day on the job and then show constant improvement.
--Ed Vargo, major league baseball umpire

You teach me baseball and I'll teach you relativity...No we must not You will learn about relativity faster than I learn baseball.
--Albert Einstein

If you don't make a total commitment to whatever you're doing, then you start looking to bail out the first time the boat starts leaking. It's tough enough getting that boat to shore with everybody rowing, let alone when a guy stands up and starts putting his jacket on.
--Lou Holtz, College football coach

Football combines two of the worst things in American life. It is violence punctuated by committee meetings.
--George Will

All winning teams are goal-oriented. Teams like these win consistently because everyone connected with them concentrates on specific objectives. They go about their business with blinders on; nothing will distract them from achieving their aims.
--Lou Holtz, former Notre Dame football coach

The game of life is a lot like football. You have to tackle your problems, block your fears, and score your points when you get the opportunity
--Unknown

If winning isn't everything, why do they keep score?
--Vince Lombardi

Football is like life -- it requires perserverence, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority.
--Vince Lombardi