I'm watching 'World's Strongest Man' from 1977.
Bruce Wilhelm said, "I like to start hard and finish easy," after winning.
I thought it was a good statement - I like the sound of that.
Talent is god given be humble. Fame is man given be thankful. Conceit is self given be careful.
John Wooden
UCLA basketball coach
Interviewer: What would you be if you weren't a footballer?
Peter Crouch: A virgin.
God, that's classic. And why I love English football.x
Yogi Berra was a master of the quotable quote. Here are a few:
“It’s like deja vu all over again.”
“The future ain’t what it use to be.”
“When you come to a fork in the road, take it.”
“Always go to other people’s funerals, otherwise they won’t come to yours.”
“It ain’t over till it’s over.”
Howard Cosell coined the phrase, "foot ball is about a matter of inches." Hmmm, I think he watched too much porn.
"You miss 100 percent of the shots you don't take." ~ Wayne Gretzky
From the England v West Indies test match commentary came the immortal line
"The bowler's Holding, the batsman's Willey"