OT: Best Sports quote

[dvegas]

Tug McGraw, when asked if he preferred grass or AstroTurf:

“I don’t know, I’ve never smoked AstroTurf.”

 

[John]

"I can't really hear what Jeremy said because I've got my two Stanley Cup Rings plugging my ears. It's hard for me to understand what he says."

- Patrick Roy

 

[shizzle787]

I don't remember the exact quote, but somebody from Arkansas State (I think) had this doozy:

Guy A: "We can't afford a football team and a college."

Guy B: "Time to tear down the school then."

 

[Mister P]

“ Today, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth “
-Lou Gehrig

 

[Northbound]

All you need to do is look up Bob Green Montana Tech the end.

 

[BleedHuskyBlu]

Id like to thank the good lord for making me a yankee

 

[B1GEast]

“If you have everything under control, you’re not moving fast enough.” Mario Andretti

 

[Edward Sargent]

“If you ain’t first, your last” - Ricky Bobby

My father the railroad conductor had a version of this "If you aren't early your late"

 

[businesslawyer]

“There’s a reason why some species eat their young<“. The lovely and humane Robert Montgomery Knight when asked about a particularly poor game his son played for him while at IU.

 

[QuickDraw]

“It ain’t over till it’s over”

-Yogi Berra

Anything by Yogi is gold, I like this one.
The future ain’t what it used to be.

 

[Punkbo]

When asked if he had visited the Parthenon on a recent trip to Greece, Shaq replied “I can’t really remember the names of the clubs we went to”

 

[HuskyHawk]

Bill Belichick: “Mental toughness is doing the right thing for the team when it’s not the best thing for you.” “Do your job” is up there.

Funny: “I don’t Twitter, I don’t MyFace, I don’t Yearbook.” and “Twitter account, InstantFace, I don’t have any of that.”

 

[jayteeman]

Don't tell your problems to people: eighty percent don't care; and the other twenty percent are glad you have them. - Lou Holtz

 

[jayteeman]

"This is what happens when you ban us"

 

[Ricker]

Frank Layden is a legend.

Got to spend a couple hours with Frank Layden and his coaching tree at a hotel bar in Cooperstown NY. Surprising thing is that we were watching live on tv, a Utah Jazz playoff game and Layden was the Jazz President. He had been Calvin Murphy's coach at Niagra, and this was a scheduled reunion with about 6-8 of his old coaches. Gave me his card in the shape and design of a basketball with a note on the back for free admission if I got to Utah, which was effectively giving nothing, but much appreciated. That day I met him first at the hall of fame, then a local bar on the lake, then a third time at the hotel where he included myself and a couple others with his entourage. Very personable to us. Nice to have his name come up in this thread with other people fondly remembering him.

 

[Jaydumo20]

Got to spend a couple hours with Frank Layden and his coaching tree at a hotel bar in Cooperstown NY. Surprising thing is that we were watching live on tv, a Utah Jazz playoff game and Layden was the Jazz President. He had been Calvin Murphy's coach at Niagra, and this was a scheduled reunion with about 6-8 of his old coaches. Gave me his card in the shape and design of a basketball with a note on the back for free admission if I got to Utah, which was effectively giving nothing, but much appreciated. That day I met him first at the hall of fame, then a local bar on the lake, then a third time at the hotel where he included myself and a couple others with his entourage. Very personable to us. Nice to have his name come up in this thread with other people fondly remembering him.

I love to hear this. It also seems on par with how he was portrayed.

 

[Mr. French]

Yes, I was obsessed with that tape as a kid.

Honestly I can still to this day recite that entire video. "I'm Marv Albert ... and I'm Dick Clark!" Marv rolls his eyes ...

What an amazing call back, that's always been the only reason I knew who Frank Layden was, and I loved him ever since.

 

[imno1]

My father the railroad conductor had a version of this "If you aren't early your late"

One of my favorite coaches Tom Coughlin had this philosophy. I employee a lot of "kids" and they believe if you are scheduled for a certain time it means "around that time"

 

[RichZ]

Ali on Foreman....

"I've seen him shadow boxing and the shadow won."

 

[Rocktheworld]

JC had some great ones

“My best advice to you: shut up”

 

[nomar]

Don’t ever let good enough be good enough

Bill Parcells

From another HOF coach:

"If you aren't fired with enthusiasm, you will be fired with enthusiasm." -- Vince Lombardi

 

[ClifSpliffy]

'we got a lot of bad dudes in this room.'
-9/27/22.

at around 2:00

 

[Umami Zen]

Yogi--If people don't want to come to the ballpark--How are you going to stop them??

 

[Smokie]

Jim Valvano....after receiving a 1st technical in Acc game. After what he thought was another bad call he is ready to explode on sidelines.
Ref: Jim if you say anything I'm going to toss you.
Jim: frustrated to death ask " Well can I think something "
Ref: You can think anything you want.
Jim: I think you stink.
Tossed him

 

[twiceahusky]

“show me a good loser and I will show you a loser.”

“the next time you make it to the end zone, act like you've been there before”

- Vince Lombardi