OT: Best Sports quote

[Doctor Hoop]

How can this thread get this far without at least one from Bum Phillips?

”He may not be in a class all by himself, but it don't take long to call the roll”

or maybe

“I don't mind people thinking I'm stupid, but I don't want to give them any proof.”

 

[nycscooby]

How can this thread get this far without at least one from Bum Phillips?

”He may not be in a class all by himself, but it don't take long to call the roll”

or maybe

“I don't mind people thinking I'm stupid, but I don't want to give them any proof.”

I think his wife traveled with him to away games and when he was asked why, he responded that she was too ugly to kiss goodbye. Don’t know if that actually happened but imagine saying that about your wife…

 

[Jaydumo20]

I think his wife traveled with him to away games and when he was asked why, he responded that she was too ugly to kiss goodbye. Don’t know if that actually happened but imagine saying that about your wife…

Yeah, but I think Bum was telling it straight. Look at the mug on Wade

 

[BigTenFan]

“The greatest motivator in the world is your ass on the bench. Ass meets bench, bench retains ass, ass transmits signals to the brain, brain transmits signals to the body, body gets ass off bench and plays better. It's a hell of a sequence.” - Bobby Knight

My Favorite Knight quote:

The key is not the 'will to win'...everybody has that. It is the will to prepare to win that is important."

Coach Knight was all about preparation and held tight to the notion that practice is just as important as the game.

 

[Monte]

Yogi Berra, when he was playing in the shadows in left field at Yankee Stadium: "It gets dark early out there."

 

[Waquoit]

How can this thread get this far without at least one from Bum Phillips?

I liked "He can take his'n and beat your'n and take your'n and beat his'n."

 

[StllH8L8ner]

“Straight cash homey”

“When you’re rich, you don’t write checks”

 

[QDOG5]

"If it's the ultimate game, how come they're playing it again next year?" Duane Thomas

 

[Squeeze]

 

[MexicoHusky]

“Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.”

-Mike Tyson


Perfect for every game plan in every sport.

"Ill eat your baby" was pretty OK as well

 

[MexicoHusky]

When Bob Kinght was asked if he ever had a player as heavy as Barkley. Knight responded, "not for long"

 

[beerfan]

"Everybody wants to be the man, until they're the man" -- Jim Calhoun

 

[Husky25]

How can this thread get this far without at least one from Bum Phillips?

”He may not be in a class all by himself, but it don't take long to call the roll”

or maybe

“I don't mind people thinking I'm stupid, but I don't want to give them any proof.”

For anyone on Twitter, Super70sSports is a fun follow.

 

[Chin Diesel]

"Everybody wants to be the man, until they're the man" -- Jim Calhoun

When you talk about being the man, there's only person everyone thinks of.

Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!

 

[AZHuskiePop]

How can this thread get this far without at least one from Bum Phillips?

”He may not be in a class all by himself, but it don't take long to call the roll”
or maybe
“I don't mind people thinking I'm stupid, but I don't want to give them any proof.”

I like his “ I want it put on my gravestone he played the Pittsburgh Steelers ( 1970’s) 6 times in two years “

 

[Waquoit]

When you talk about being the man, there's only person everyone thinks of.

Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!

Meet and greet for the Nature Boy tomorrow!

 

[Doctor Hoop]

I liked "He can take his'n and beat your'n and take your'n and beat his'n."

Said about Don Shula, I believe

 

[navery12]

I was gonna post the Mookie one until I learned it was fake

 

[Squeeze]

I was gonna post the Mookie one until I learned it was fake

noooooooo. I've been had.

 

[MexicoHusky]

Keith Hernandez to Jesse Orosco.

"if you throw another fastball we're gonna fight"

 

[T-Squared]

Cedric Maxwell, when asked why he voted Republican while most black people voted Democratic:

“Most of the brothers don’t make the kind of scratch I do.”

 

[dennismenace]

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

A couple more:

"When you get to the fork in the road, take it".

On explaining the sun problem in left field in Yankee stadium in October:

"It gets late early out there"

 

[dennismenace]

Best quotes by Bear Bryant (too many to pick from)

55 Motivational Bear Bryant Quotes For Success In Life

www.overallmotivation.com

 

[boba]

An NBA beat reporter told me the Barkley story over a couple beers. No clue where it truly originated but it would suck if he poached it.

The Steinbrenner quote is plagiarized from the SAC motto too. It’s attributed to the loony LeMay.

 

[Waquoit]

Derek Bell of the Pirates was asked about the competition for his right field position. He said, "What competition?... If it is [a competition], then I'm going into 'Operation Shutdown'".