[legend]

This is the appropriate place for this topic, as far as I can tell. If not, I apologize in advance!

Alex Alex Karras of the Detroit Lions- “I never graduated from Iowa. I was only there for two terms. Truman's and Eisenhower's"
Celtic legend Bill Russell, responding to a question about how he would have done against Kareem Abdul Jabbar-"Young man, you have the question backwards."
A reporter to Don Larsen, after his 1956 World Series perfect game- "Is that the best game you ever pitched?"
After enthusiastic fans threw oranges on the field after Arkansas clinched a spot in the Orange Bowl, coach Lou Holtz said-"I'm glad we're not going to the Gator Bowl."
Tennis pro Ille Nastase, on not reporting a stolen credit card to the police-"Whoever stole it is spending less than my wife."
New York restaurant owner Toots Shor, sitting with Dr. Victor Fleming, who discovered penicillin, seeing Giants Hall of Fame slugger Mel Ott walk through the door- "Excuse me, somebody important just came in."
Catcher Tim McCarver on Bob Gibson-"He's the luckiest pitcher I ever saw. Whenever he pitches, the other team doesn't score any runs."
Bucky Harris, giving advice to his woeful Senators team on how to hit Bob Feller-"Go up and hit what you see and if you can't see it, come on back."
Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach John McKay when a reporter asked what he thought of his team's execution-"I think that would be a good idea."
Joe McCarthy, Joe DiMaggio's Yankee manager, on if his star could bunt-"I will never find out."
Sports writing immortal Jimmy Cannon, when the lights dimmed during a baseball writer's dinner-"Thank God, they electrocuted the chef."
Baseball Hall of Famer Paul Waner-"They say money talks. The only thing it says to me is goodbye."
Announcer Bill Curtis, hearing the 1974 San Diego Chargers were being investigated for drug abuse-"The way they play, it must have been formaldehyde."
Baseball Hall of Famer Lou Brock-"When I was a kid, I used to imagine animals running under my bed. My dad solved the problem. He cut the legs off it."
Jimmy Cannon on Howard Cosell-"He changed his name from Cohen to Cosell , puts on a toupee and tells it like it is?"
Umpire Bill Klem to a rookie pitcher, who was arguing he threw a strike to Rogers Hornsby that was called a ball-"Young man, Mr. Hornsby will let you know when you throw a strike."
Notorious drinking baseball star Hack Wilson, after his manager tried to teach him a lesson by dropping a worm into a bottle of gin. What did he learn?- "If you drink, you won't have worms."
Sportswriter Bat Masterson-"Everybody in life gets the same amount of ice. The rich get it in the summer; the poor get it in the winter."
Yogi Berra was once asked how he liked school-"Closed."

[EmpireWF]

Ralph Kiner once said of stats...

"They're like bikini's, they show you a lot but not everything."

[ThePundit]

Here's some Mad Mike Milbury Quotes:

About Ziggy Palffy's agent Paul Kraus:
- "I think the agent is a moron and way in over his head."
-"It's too bad he lives in the city. He's depriving some small village of a pretty good idiot."
-"We hope that Ziggy will come to his senses. We have no hope Paul Kraus will."

Referring to Travis Green's blind hit on concussion-ridden Kenny Jonsson:
-"He's a gutless puke, that's what Travis is, that's why he doesn't wear a Islander uniform anymore. He got overpaid and that's my own fault."
-"Everyone knows that Travis doesn't exactly have the biggest cajones."

When asked what the worst-case scenario would be regarding the team's arena problems:
-"That I don't get paid on the 1st and 15th."

On Ulf Samuelsson:
-"Jerk that he is, he's always wearing that smirking grin that makes you want to punch him in the face."

When asked what he was going to do to shake things up after a bad home loss:
-"Me, I'm going to have about three vodkas."

On the signing of goon Eric Cairns:
-"The next time someone whacks Kenny Jonsson, I want someone other than Trevor Linden to drive his head into the boards."

[wedge]

LOL - I love the last quote from Milbury. That's epic.

[GigEmAgs]

Of course, Yogi Berra was a veritable fountain of quotes...I think the one I like best is the old "It ain't over til it's over." Might not make much sense on the face of it, but we all know exactly what he meant.

[Lefty Noob]

Somebody needs to break out some John McKay. Like when he was asked what he thought about the execution of his team, and he responded: "I'm in favor of it." Classic!

[ThePundit]

Frank Layden to his son, assistant coach Scott Layden when Scott was making his first trip as assisant coach to Boston Garden to have their lousy Jazz team play a well-oiled Celtic team.

" Look at that parquet floor, look at all the Championship banners....there's Larry Bird, Mchale, and hey- there's Red Auerbach sitting in the stands, exciting isn't it?....Now sit down, we're about to get our butts whacked!"

[Gotham Dark Knight]

Originally Posted by wedge

LOL - I love the last quote from Milbury. That's epic.

I'm with you Wedge...okay does this one count?...remember the movie Signs?... Merrill Hess (Joaquin Phoenix) says, "It just seemed wrong not to swing away"...thought you'd like that one Wedge...

[ThePundit]

Okay - Lefty- You ask - you get: John McKay quotes:

"We didn't tackle well today but we made up for it by not blocking."

"Kickers are like horse manure. They're all over the place."

On this significance of experience-- "If you have everyone back from a team that lost 10 games, experience isn't too important."

"If a contest had 97 prizes, the 98th would be a trip to Green Bay."

"Statistics and records are baseball talk. They keep records like most times sliding into second base on a Tuesday."

"The only problem with doing the impossible is that everybody expects you to duplicate the impossible."

[Gotham Dark Knight]

Originally Posted by ThePundit

John McKay quotes:

They keep records like most times sliding into second base on a Tuesday."

Aaaah, there is a quote I can appreciate...the record is 72 by Rod Carew 1971...just kidding

[Wizard of Os]

Cheers, everyone. Here's my offering:


"I'm the greatest. I just haven't played yet."

--(who else but) Ali, when ask by a reporter how his golf game was.

And this old chestnut bears repeating, the zen wisdom of the .400 hitter:


"[i] hit it where they ain't."

--Wee Willie Keller, when asked by a reporter how he achieving such success at the plate

I should ask all of you quoteheads if you've read Ball Four by Jim Bouton. No? Read it. Yes? Read it again. This tome is a compendium of brilliant quotes and essential antidotes against a compelling true-life story. Plus, it features that most obscure of all defunct teams, the Seattle Pilots. In the book includes the most valuable of all pitching tips ever: How do you pitch to Harmon Killebrew? Underground. Everyone else, just smoke 'em inside.

Apparently, the book inspired a game among 'heads called "Who Said That?" wherein someone would quote Ball Four for the other players to name.

Just read it.

Seriously, any other Ball Four enthusiasts out there?

And one quote from Bouton to finish, surely one of the greatest...the oft-quoted last line of the book:

"You see, you spend a good piece of your life gripping a baseball and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around all the time."

[GigEmAgs]

Reminds me of Tom Selleck's quote in the movie Mr. Baseball: "Last season, I led this team in ninth-inning doubles in the month of August!"

Uh -- yeah.

[Gotham Dark Knight]

Originally Posted by Wizard of Os

[i]I should ask all of you quoteheads if you've read Ball Four by Jim Bouton. No? Read it. Yes? Read it again. This tome is a compendium of brilliant quotes and essential antidotes against a compelling true-life story. Plus, it features that most obscure of all defunct teams, the Seattle Pilots. In the book includes the most valuable of all pitching tips ever: How do you pitch to Harmon Killebrew? Underground. Everyone else, just smoke 'em inside.

Apparently, the book inspired a game among 'heads called "Who Said That?" wherein someone would quote Ball Four for the other players to name.

Wiz are you sure it was the silver screen you reviewed?...seems like you dabbled in them there books?

Hey about this one from Terry Bradshaw's Hall of Fame Speech:

"What I'd give to put my hands under Mike Webster's butt one last time"...

We know what Terry meant, he just didn't have your command of the English language Wiz?...don't you agree? ...It's all good Wiz my man, I like your style...give us some more... reviews...heck, make your own Forum...I can see it now: Sports Movies and Book Reviews by the Great Wiz of Os...hey man I would visit..enough said.

[Nitch]

"This is definently me last time to retire", says Micheal jordan

Soon before jioning the wizards

[Nitch]

Originally Posted by Gotham Dark Knight

Wiz are you sure it was the silver screen you reviewed?...seems like you dabbled in them there books?

Hey about this one from Terry Bradshaw's Hall of Fame Speech:

"What I'd give to put my hands under Mike Webster's butt one last time"...

We know what Terry meant, he just didn't have your command of the English language Wiz?...don't you agree? ...It's all good Wiz my man, I like your style...give us some more... reviews...heck, make your own Forum...I can see it now: Sports Movies and Book Reviews by the Great Wiz of Os...hey man I would visit..enough said.

Yeah that would be pretty sweet I'd sign the petiton