Sports Quotes
Quotes about our favorite pasttimes. No, they're not all by Yogi Berra! But do you know who said them?
"Photography is truth." -Jean Luc Godard
Quiz created by: Bill Graves
1. A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be.
(#) Gordy Howe
(#) Wayne Gretzky
(#) Joe Thornton
(#) Mario Lemieux
2. A lifetime of training for just ten seconds.
(#) Carl Lewis
(#) Howard Cosell
(#) Usain Bolt
(#) Jesse Owens
3. All hockey players are bilingual. They know English and profanity.
(#) Gordie Howe
(#) Jeremy Roenick
(#) Bobby Orr
(#) Claude Lemieux
4. Always keep an open mind and a compassionate heart.
(#) Phil Jackson
(#) Pat Riley
(#) John Wooden
(#) Larry Brown
5. As you walk down the fairway of life you must smell the roses, for you only get to play one round.
(#) Jack Nicklaus
(#) Tiger Woods
(#) Arnold Palmer
(#) Ben Hogan
6. Baseball is a public trust. Players turn over, owners turn over and certain commissioners turn over. But baseball goes on.
(#) George Steinbrenner
(#) Bud Selig
(#) Peter Ueberroth
(#) Tommy Lasorda
7. Baseball is almost the only orderly thing in a very unorderly world. If you get three strikes, even the best lawyer in the world can't get you off.
(#) Yogi Berra
(#) Connie Mack
(#) Bill Veeck
(#) Casey Stengel
8. Baseball is drama with an endless run and an ever-changing cast.
(#) Joe Dimaggio
(#) Joe Buck
(#) Joe Garagiola
(#) Cal Ripken Jr.
9. Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good performer.
(#) Babe Ruth
(#) Ted Williams
(#) Pete Rose
(#) Wade Boggs
10. Basketball is like war in that offensive weapons are developed first, and it always takes a while for the defense to catch up.
(#) Don Nelson
(#) Red Auerbach
(#) John Wooden
(#) Phil Jackson
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