Some people are born on third base and go through life thinking they hit a triple. Barry Switzer on sports
Nobody's a natural. You work hard to get good and then work to get better. It's hard to stay on top. Paul Coffey on sports
The triple is the most exciting play in baseball. Home runs win a lot of games, but I never understood why fans are so obsessed with them. Hank Aaron on sports
The only way to prove that you're a good sport is to lose. Ernie Banks on sports
Most ball games are lost, not won. Casey Stengel on sports
Boxing has become America's tragic theater. Joyce Carol Oates on sports
Golf appeals to the idiot in us and the child. Just how childlike golf players become is proven by their frequent inability to count past five. John Updike on sports
The only thing a golfer needs is more daylight. Ben Hogan on sports
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. Bill Veeck on sports
The two most important things in life are good friends and a strong bullpen. Bob Lemon on sports
I don't know why people question the academic training of an athlete. Fifty percent of the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their classes. Al McGuire on sports
Sometimes in football you have to score goals. Thierry Henry on sports
Play is the only way the highest intelligence of humankind can unfold. Joseph Chilton Pearce on sports
Reverse every natural instinct and do the opposite of what you are inclined to do, and you will probably come very close to having a perfect golf swing. Ben Hogan on sports
If I weren't earning $3 million a year to dunk a basketball, most people on the street would run in the other direction if they saw me coming. Charles Barkley on sports
Gray skies are just clouds passing over. Frank Gifford on sports
If a tie is like kissing your sister, losing is like kissing you grandmother with her teeth out. George Brett on sports
Trying to sneak a fastball past Hank Aaron is like trying to sneak the sunrise past a rooster. Joe Adcock on sports