Great Sporting Wisdom: Legendary Quotes from the World of Sport. John Scally

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       Jim Murray, sportswriter

      Mixed Blessing

      The advantage of playing in New York is in getting to watch Reggie Jackson play every day. And the disadvantage is in getting to watch Reggie Jackson play every day.

       Craig Nettles, New York Yankees

      Not Like The Military

      Close doesn’t count in baseball. Close only counts in horseshoes and grenades.

       Frank Robinson, Baltimore Orioles

      The Man In The Middle

      Pity the woman who marries a baseball umpire and has to have a man around the house who is always right.

       Anon

      To Russia With Love

      You must give the Russians credit, they haven’t claimed yet that they invented baseball.

       Ian Rosenberg, humourist

      Distinguished Performer

      If you come down to Ebbets Field today, you won’t have any trouble recognising me. My number is 42.

       Jackie Robinson to his wife, before becoming the first Afro-American player in the Major League

      A Thankless Task

      It’s like being the president of the Flat Earth Society.

       Don Smallwood, the President of the British Baseball Federation on the low interest in the sport in the UK

      Envy

      There’s two kinds of ball players – prospects and suspects. And suspects don’t like prospects.

       Anon

      Women Trouble

      There is no reason why the infield should not try to put the batter off his stride at the critical moment, by neatly-timed disparagements of his wife’s fidelity and his mother’s respectability.

       George Bernard Shaw

      2. Players

      Persistence

      If you don’t succeed at first, try second base.

       Anon

      Up To Standard

      Who said I have no standards? ‘Course I have standards! They may be very low, but at least I have them.

       Yogi Berra

      Line Dancing

      All right, line up alphabetically according to your height.

       Casey Stengel

      Diagnosis

      From the way Denny’s shaking his head, he’s either got an injured shoulder or a gnat in his eye.

       Jerry Coleman

      High Scoring

      It took me seventeen years to get three thousand hits. I did it in one afternoon on the golf course.

       Henry ‘Hank’ Aaron, Atlanta Braves

      Slow Motion

      [Stu] Miller has three speeds – slow, slower and slowest.

       Anon

      On The Crest Of A Slump

      Slumps are like a soft bed – they’re easy to get into, and hard to get out of.

       Johnny Bench, Cincinnatti Reds

      Penetrating Analysis

      If the people don’t want to come out to the ball park, nobody’s gonna stop them.

       Yogi Berra

      Legs

      Who says I treat women badly? Nonsense, I put them on pedestals. It’s much easier to look up their skirts that way.

       Babe Ruth attributed

      Divine Providence

      The good Lord was good to me. He gave me a strong body, a strong right arm and a weak mind.

       Jay ‘Dizzy’ Dean, player & sportscaster

      Heads Will Roll

      There’s a fly ball back to centre field. Winfield is going back, back… He hits his head against the wall. It’s rolling back towards second base.

       Jerry Coleman

      Covert Operations

      Throwing a fastball by Hank Aaron is like trying to sneak the sunrise past a rooster.

       Curt Simmons, Philadelphia Phillies

      Highlight Of The Year

      Young Frank Pastore may have just pitched the biggest victory of 1979, maybe the biggest victory of the year.

       Jerry Coleman

      Educating Yogi

      You can observe a lot just by watching.

       Yogi Berra

      Touch Wood

      No, I’m not superstitious. I’m afraid it would bring me bad luck.

       Babe Ruth

      Gratitude

      I want to thank everybody who made this night necessary.

       Yogi on ‘Yogi Berra Night’

      Track Record

      Rollie Fingers has 35 saves and has a better record than John the Baptist.

       Lon Simmons, sportscaster

      Plaudits

      I couldn’t have done half of it [his triumphs] without the players.

       Casey Stengel

      Percentage Game

      Ninety per cent of this game is half-mental.

       Jim Wohlford, Milwaukee Brewers

      Pretty Woman

      A woman to me can be attractive, СКАЧАТЬ