100 Amazing Sports Quotes
As a form of entertainment, sports is a laughably unfair rival for its chief competitors: movies, television, video games, or any activity that only works with an audience.
Sports, from pee-wee to the pros, features all its rivals' best elements―passion, drama, emotional ties, amazing stories and characters you love and/or hate―and uses your sense of pride to crank the volume to 11 (out of 10, just so we're clear).
One aspect of the sports-fan experience that exemplifies all of these qualities is the people behind the competition—the human element.
There's a reason sideline interviews, postgame pressers and Super Bowl media day get almost as much attention as the game play. Sometimes the most headline-grabbing stories play out in front of a mic rather than on the field.
On Not Having a Damn Clue
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—MLB free-agent pitcher Kip Wells, then with the Pittsburgh Pirates
On His Golden Years Being Spent Reining in His Wife's Spending
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—Former PGA Pro Chi Chi Rodriguez
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On Interspecies Racing
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Full quote: “I don’t think he really understands how fast horses are. Just because he’s my teammate, I’ve got to back him up, but I’ll be secretly putting money on that horse.”
—Former Bengals QB Carson Palmer on former teammate Chad Johnson's weird hobbies and his inability to grasp reality
On Sticking His Foot in His Mouth and Looking Like Orville Redenbacher
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—Ohio State University President Gordon Gee
On an Epic Kickoff Return for a TD and How/Why All Great Car Chases Begin
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—NFL free agent Marquis Weeks
On White Folks Being Awkward in Los Angeles
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—Late NCAA men's basketball coach Rick Majerus
On the Nicest Way to Call the Referee the Least Important Person in the Ring
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—Retired boxer George Foreman
On Upward Mobility
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—Former Texas coach Darrell Royal, who is apparently bros with Matthew McConaughey
On People in Sports Being Overgrown Children
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—Longtime broadcaster Howard Cosell
On Facing off Against Tony Siragusa in the Super Bowl
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—Retired NFL player Glenn Parker
On How to Make Hunting a Real Sport
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—Former pro wrestler and Minnesota governor Jesse Ventura
On Being Smarter Than Everyone and the Anger That Builds
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—San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich
On Seriously Overestimating the Dangers of the Bluegrass State
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—Former Duke star Christian Laettner
On Futility
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—Former Denver Nuggets coach George Karl
On Whom You Can Trust
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—Former White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen
On Not Even Pretending
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Full quote: "First, I don’t really read newspapers. I don’t really read magazines. I don’t really watch ESPN. I might be one of the most illiterate people in America. I don’t really pay attention.”
—Former Troy running back DeWhitt Betterson
On the REAL Most Dangerous Game
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—German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche
On Book Learnin', or Lack Thereof
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—Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt
On...Ain't That a Relief!
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—Former heavyweight champ Mike Tyson
On Depreciating Value
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—Olympic gold-medalist Sage Kotsenburg
On the Facts of Life
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—Late NASCAR legend Dale Earnhardt
On Fat-Guy Stuff
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—Former New York Jets coach Bruce Coslet
On the Harsh Realities of Winter Sports
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—Author/Columnist Dave Barry
On...um...That's Now How That Works
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—Former basketball player Chuck Nevitt
On Clown Questions, Bro
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—Washington Nationals slugger Bryce Harper
On Winning at All Costs
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—Miami Heat executive Pat Riley
On Pacers Fans
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—Former Knicks coach Jeff Van Gundy
On Mike Tyson's Personal Enrichment in Prison
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—Legendarily awful boxing promotor Don King
On Running out of Options
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—Former Orlando Magic GM Pat Williams
On What Qualifies as a Sport
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—Great American author Ernest Hemingway
On Seeing and Not Seeing Things
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Full quote: "The Bible never says anything about dinosaurs. You can't say there were dinosaurs when you never saw them. Somebody actually saw Adam and Eve. No one ever saw a Tyrannosaurus Rex."
—Major league crazy person Carl Everett
On Betting Against the Spread
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—Former Auburn coach Ralph "Shug" Jordan
On Sportsmanship Being Overrated
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—The late, great coach of Notre Dame, Knute Rockne.
On Falling Short
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—Hall of Fame coach John Madden
On Team Spirit
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—Former New York Mets reliever John Franco
On Women, AMIRITE?
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—PGA Pro Lee Trevino
On Drew Gooden and Conflicting Emotions
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—Former Kansas coach Roy Williams
On Pregame Meals Impacting Success
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—Paul Pierce, Brooklyn Nets
On Being a Drama Queen
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—Former NFL player and sportscaster Frank Gifford
On Tiger Woods Becoming a Father
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Full quote: “I wanted to be his child. If I was a child, I wouldn’t play golf anymore. I’d be siting in a boat somewhere spending all Daddy’s money. I’ve been trying to get I’m to adopt me for the last five years, but he wouldn’t do it.”
—PGA Pro John Daly
On Why You Should Always Do Your Best
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—Yankees legend Joe DiMaggio
On the Life of a Journeyman
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—Retired NFL quarterback Jamie Martin
On Prioritizing Discipline
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—Former Florida State coach Bobby Bowden
On Outliving Everyone Around You
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—PGA Pro Gary Player
On Coaches Playing Golf
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—The late, great Paul "Bear" Bryant, the former head coach of the Alabama Crimson Tide
On Overrated Stuff
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—Epically epic journalist Hunter S. Thompson
On the Grind
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—Retired NBA agitator Charles Barkley
On Former Coach John Jenkins
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—Former University of Houston player Torrin Polk
On the People Who Pay His Salary
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—Nebraska football coach Bo Pelini
On What Craig Sager Should Do with His Entire Wardrobe
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—Kevin Garnett, Brooklyn Nets
On Feelings Being Mutual
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—Notoriously awful former MLB pitcher John Rocker
On Female Domination
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—South Carolina football coach Steve Spurrier
On Being Tragically Uncool
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—Former Vice President of the United States (and occasional national laughingstock), Dan Quayle
On Devotion to the Game
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—Living legend Shaquille O'Neal
On His Age and Gender
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—Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy
On Former Teammate Dwight Howard...Before They Were Teammates
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—Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant
On Saying What Everyone Else Is Thinking
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—New York Yankee great Yogi Berra
On People Complaining About Running Up the Score
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—Former NCAA men's basketball coach Billy Tubbs
On What Should Be Printed on Our Currency
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—Metta World Peace, New York Knicks
On Priorities
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—Legendary Chicago Cubs announcer Harry Caray
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