Martin Mull on Sports
Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008The trouble with jogging is that the ice falls out of your glass.
- Martin Mull
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Ambrose Bierce on Sports
Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008Academe, n.: An ancient school where morality and philosophy were taught. Academy, n.: A modern school where football is taught.
- Ambrose Bierce
Bob Verdi on Sports
Sunday, July 20th, 2008The bell that tolls for all in boxing belongs to a cash register.
- Bob Verdi
Bernie Lincicome on Sports
Thursday, July 17th, 2008The hardest thing to believe about The Fan is not that Robert De Niro is stalking somebody again but that anyone cares that much about a baseball player.
- Bernie Lincicome
Bobby Unser on Sports
Monday, July 14th, 2008Success is where preparation and opportunity meet.
- Bobby Unser
Henry David Thoreau on Sports
Wednesday, July 9th, 2008Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after.
- Henry David Thoreau
Joe Kapp on Sports
Tuesday, July 8th, 2008Is it normal to wake up in the morning in a sweat because you can’t wait to beat another human’s guts out?
- Joe Kapp
Hank Aaron on Sports
Monday, July 7th, 2008My motto was always to keep swinging. Whether I was in a slump or feeling badly or having trouble off the field, the only thing to do was keep swinging.
- Hank Aaron
Joe Adcock on Sports
Saturday, July 5th, 2008Trying to sneak a fastball past Hank Aaron is like trying to sneak the sunrise past a rooster.
- Joe Adcock
George Will on Sports
Friday, July 4th, 2008Scholars concede but cannot explain the amazing chemistry of Cub fans’ loyalty. But their unique steadfastness through thin and thin has something to do with the team’s Franciscan simplicity.
- George Will
