Jack Brabham, motor racing driver:
Racing is 99% boredom and 1% terror.
Racing is 99% boredom and 1% terror.
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James Hunt, British racing driver:
My first priority is to finish above rather than beneath the ground.
My first priority is to finish above rather than beneath the ground.
Niki Lauda, Austrian racing driver:
You appreciate that it is very easy to die and you have to arranage your life to cope with that reality.
You appreciate that it is very easy to die and you have to arranage your life to cope with that reality.
Tony Pond, British rally driver describing the Monte Carlo Rally:
Some of the ravines are so deep that if you topple over, your clothes will be out of date by the time you hit the bottom.
Some of the ravines are so deep that if you topple over, your clothes will be out of date by the time you hit the bottom.
Trader Horn, British tennis umpire explaining to Ilie Nastase at Wimbledon why he refused to call him 'Mister'.
Look, Nastase, we used to have a famous cricket match in this country called Gentlemen versus Players. The Gentlemen were put down on the scorecard as 'Mister' because they were gentlemen. By no stretch of the imagination can anyone call you a gentleman.
Look, Nastase, we used to have a famous cricket match in this country called Gentlemen versus Players. The Gentlemen were put down on the scorecard as 'Mister' because they were gentlemen. By no stretch of the imagination can anyone call you a gentleman.
Johnny Miller, US golfer on legend Jack Nicklaus:
When Nicklaus plays well he wins, when he plays badly he comes second. When he's playing terribly he's third.
And Nicklaus on himself:
I think I fail a bit less than everyone else.
When Nicklaus plays well he wins, when he plays badly he comes second. When he's playing terribly he's third.
And Nicklaus on himself:
I think I fail a bit less than everyone else.
Tommy Burns speaking as Celtic manager:
The Old Firm match (Celtic v Rangers) is the only one in the world where the managers have to calm the interviewers down.
The Old Firm match (Celtic v Rangers) is the only one in the world where the managers have to calm the interviewers down.
Bob Hope, US comedian (born in Eltham, Kent), on golfing great Arnold Palmer.
Arnold Palmer is the biggest crowd-pleaser since the invention of the portable toilet facility.
Arnold Palmer is the biggest crowd-pleaser since the invention of the portable toilet facility.
C B Fry, English cricketer, footballer and athlete objecting to the football penalty laws in 1907:
It is a standing insult to sportsmen to have to play under a rule which assumes that players intend to trip, hack and push their opponents, and to behave like cads of the most unscrupulous kidney. The lines marking a penalty area are a disgrace to the playing fields of a public school.
Hmm. I wonder what the likes of Vinny, Chopper, Smithy, Bites Yer Legs Hunter, Keano, and particularly Ducks, would make of that?
It is a standing insult to sportsmen to have to play under a rule which assumes that players intend to trip, hack and push their opponents, and to behave like cads of the most unscrupulous kidney. The lines marking a penalty area are a disgrace to the playing fields of a public school.
Hmm. I wonder what the likes of Vinny, Chopper, Smithy, Bites Yer Legs Hunter, Keano, and particularly Ducks, would make of that?
Pele:
A penalty is a cowardly way to score.
That might account for the number of horrible misses we see - obviously the players don't want to be branded as cowards!
A penalty is a cowardly way to score.
That might account for the number of horrible misses we see - obviously the players don't want to be branded as cowards!
Don Nelson, US basketball coach on centre 7ft 6" Shawn Bradley:
When he sits down his ears pop.
When he sits down his ears pop.
Jim Murray, US sportswriter on Muhammad Ali:
I'd like to borrow his body for just 48 hours. There are three guys I'd like to beat up and four women I'd like to make love to.
I'd like to borrow his body for just 48 hours. There are three guys I'd like to beat up and four women I'd like to make love to.
Leo Durocher, US baseball manager:
Show me a good sportsman and I'll show you a player I'm looking to trade.
Show me a good sportsman and I'll show you a player I'm looking to trade.
Glen Dobbs, US football coach:
If you spend a lot of time on sportsmanship, you're going to spend a lot of time losing.
Always wondered where Ducks got his philosophy from!
If you spend a lot of time on sportsmanship, you're going to spend a lot of time losing.
Always wondered where Ducks got his philosophy from!
Yankee_Jack
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Always wondered where Ducks got his philosophy from!
Ducks was bite first, bark second .... if necessary
Woodrow Wyatt, British Labour politician turned right-wing journalist:
No country which has cricket as one of its national games has yet gone Communist.
No country which has cricket as one of its national games has yet gone Communist.
Emo Philips, comedian:
My ex-wife has been with the Devil exploring how to become more evil. I don't know how much she's charging him though.
My ex-wife has been with the Devil exploring how to become more evil. I don't know how much she's charging him though.
Joan Rivers, American comedian:
Money isn't the key to happiness. But if you've got enough of it you can buy the key.
Money isn't the key to happiness. But if you've got enough of it you can buy the key.
Tommy Docherty, Scottish football manager:
I've always said there's a place for the press. But they haven't dug it yet.
I've always said there's a place for the press. But they haven't dug it yet.
Martina Navratilova, Czech-born US tennis player:
Sure I know where the press room is - I just look for where they throw the dog meat.
Sure I know where the press room is - I just look for where they throw the dog meat.