Funny Sports Quotes

It's just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up.

Muhammad Ali

Funny, Sports, Jobs

Twitter post from Aug 18, 2010

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Don't give up at half time. Concentrate on winning the second half.

Bear Bryant

Inspirational, Sports, Football

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Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.

John Wooden

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

"This Speech Was Given Before The #4Women4AllWomen Run" by Powdered Feet, womensrunning.competitor.com. January 25, 2017.

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Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records.

William Arthur Ward

Motivational, Sports, Determination

William Arthur Ward (1968). “Thoughts of a Christian Optimist: The Words of William Arthur Ward”

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The reason women don't play football is because 11 of them would never wear the same outfit in public.

Phyllis Diller

Football, Motivational Sports, Inspiration

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All hockey players are bilingual. They know English and profanity.

Gordie Howe

Sports, Hockey, Player

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I've never lost a game I just ran out of time.

Michael Jordan

Inspirational, Sports, Nba

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The three toughest fighters I ever fought were Sugar Ray Robinson, Sugar Ray Robinson and Sugar Ray Robinson. I fought Sugar so many times, I'm surprised I'm not diabetic.

Jake LaMotta

Funny, Fighting, Boxing

"Jake LaMotta - a life in pictures" by Daffydd Bynon, www.theguardian.com. September 20, 2017.

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I used to jog but the ice cubes kept falling out of my glass.

David Lee Roth

Funny, Life, Sports

"Roth Army" by Oliver Hurley, www.theguardian.com. August 27, 2004.

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Chemistry is a class you take in high school or college, where you figure out two plus two is 10, or something.

Dennis Rodman

Funny, Sports, School

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Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them-a desire, a dream, a vision.

Muhammad Ali

Inspirational, Motivational, Success

Twitter post from Feb 03, 2011

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You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.

Michael Jordan

Inspirational, Motivational, Happiness

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He dribbles a lot and the opposition don't like it - you can see it all over their faces

Ron Atkinson

Soccer, Football, Faces

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If you come to a fork in the road, take it.

Yogi Berra

Funny, Happiness, Baseball

Yogi: It Ain't Over (1989)

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A tie is like kissing your sister.

Duffy Daugherty

Softball, Sports, Football

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How you respond to the challenge in the second half will determine what you become after the game, whether you are a winner or a loser.

Lou Holtz

Motivational, Soccer, Sports

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You have to play this game like somebody just hit your mother with a two-by-four.

Dan Birdwell

Motivational, Soccer, Football

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A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be.

Wayne Gretzky

Sports, Athlete, Hockey

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I went to a fight the other night, and a hockey game broke out.

Rodney Dangerfield

Sports, Fighting, Hockey

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Hell, no! A tie is like kissing your sister!

Bear Bryant

Softball, Sports, Football

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You can sum up this sport in two words: You never know.

Lou Duva

Sports, Two, Knows

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You owe it to yourself to be the best you can possibly be - in baseball and in life.

Pete Rose

Motivational, Sports, Baseball

Pete Rose, Peter Golenbock (1985). “Pete Rose on hitting: how to hit better than anybody”, Perigee

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It's a funny thing, the more I practice the luckier I get.

Arnold Palmer

Funny, Sports, Golf

FaceBook post by Arnold Palmer from Oct 04, 2016

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Most football players are temperamental. That's 90 percent temper and 10 percent mental.

Doug Plank

Sports, Football, Player

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I look into eyes, shake their hand, pat their back, and wish them luck, but I am thinking, I am going to bury you.

Seve Ballesteros

Funny, Humorous, Eye

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