Favorite Sports Quotes

[steve B]

"If I had a ski with a hole in it I'd throw it away" - Franz Klammer commenting on the new (and brief) fad of downhill racing skis with holes at the tip supposedly for better aerodynamics.


"Ferdy big horse. Ferdy attack. Your boys ready?"

~Ferdinand Kübler (1955 TDF, dropping back to team cars taunting the managers.) He had finished second in 54, but in 55 was DNF for stage 12 the day after Mt Ventoux.

And of course this from him after stage 11
"Ferdy's too old. Ferdy killed himself on ventoux".
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"Goodness, I would give several acres of my land to see him back for a fortnight in the peloton. Just a fortnight. He would show all these pussies what it was, racing against Merckx. This guy was unbelievable, my God. They wouldn't have time to bleach their hair or pierce their ears. All they would wanna do is go to bed and rest, I tell you. "


Luis Ocaña in the eighties. Powerful tribute.
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"Vous êtes des assassins! Oui, des assassins!' (French for 'You are murderers! Yes, murderers!'

Octave Lapize to race officials on the Col du Tourmalet in the 1910 Tour de France. The first time going over the big mountains on the Pyrenees.


Steve B

[slipk1068]

"All right everyone, line up alphabetically according to your height."

Casey Stengel

and on why he chose Hobie Landrith (a 3rd string catcher) as the NY Mets 1st pick in the 1961 expansion draft:

"You gotta have a catcher or you're gonna have a lot of passed balls."

I guess Bob Uecker on the best way to catch a knuckleball is a good 1

"Wait till it stops rolling then pick it up"

and my favorite which I believe is from Andy Coakley and used when he didn't feel like answering a question:

"Being unable to assume an initial premise with any tolerable degree of accuracy, I am loathe to assert a conclusion, fearful lest I should err"

[71buc]

“I want to be remembered as a ballplayer who gave all he had to give.”
Roberto Clemente

"Baseball is like church. Many attend but few understand."
Wes Westrum

[ParisianJohn]

In 1965 Casey Stengel was asked about his two 20 year-old Mets, Ed Kranepool and Greg Goossen. He said "In ten years, Kranepool has the chance to be a star in this league. In ten years Goossen has the chance to be 30 years old".

A reporter once asked Tug McGraw if he preferred grass or AstroTurf, to which the tugged replied, "I've never smoked AstroTurf".

[Michael Peich]

If the runner on first looked as though he were trying to steal second, Rich Ashburn would observe to his broadcasting partner, Harry Kalas,

"He's lookin' a little runnerish, Harry."

[stlcardsfan]

"And let that be a lesson to you all. Nobody beats Vitas Gerulaitis 17 times in a row."

– after beating Jimmy Connors at the January 1980 Masters. Gerulaitis had lost their previous 16 matches.

[EvilKing00]

Woodie hayes- ohio state coach.

Reporter "why did you go for 2 when you were up by 36 points?"

Woody " cause i couldnt go for 3"

[ElCabron]

Not that I'm a fan of the players, but here are three of my favorites:

* "Straight cash, homey." -Randy Moss

* "Laser show." -Dustin Pedroia

* "That's a clown question, bro." -Bryce Harper