QUOTE OF THE DAY

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Fred Trueman, English cricketer giving a speech at a sportwriters' dinner:

I am here to propose a toast to the sports writers. It's up to you whether you stand up or not.

 

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Nick Faldo, British golfer:

I would like to thank the press from the heart of my bottom.

 

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Sir Bobby Charlton:

Some people tell me that we professional footballers are slaves. Well, if that is slavery, give me a life sentence.

 

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Steve McMahon, English footballer:

I'd kick my own brother if necessary. That's what being a professional footballer is all about.

 

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Tony Dobbin, Irish jockey after winning a race at Cheltenham:

Did you see me on the radio?

 

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Sugar Ray Robinson, US boxing legend.

You always say, "I'll quit when I start to slide." Then, one morning, you wake up and you've slid.

 

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Gareth Chilcott, English rugby player on his retirement bash:

I decided to have a quiet pint,....... followed by about 17 noisy ones.

 

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Ray Reardon, Welsh snooker player:

I cannot ever remember anyone asking, "Who came second?" Can you?

 

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Bob Paisley, ex Liverpool manager:

Yes, we've had bad times at Anfield; one year we came second.

 

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Esa Tikkannen, Finnish hockey player:

Finland has produced so many brilliant distance runners because back home it costs $2.50 a gallon for gas.

 

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Irish playwright GB Shaw on George Herman Ruth, legendary US baseball player:

Who is this 'Babe' Ruth? And what does she do?

 

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Nick Faldo, British golfer on St. Andrews golf course, Scotland.

When it blows here even the seagulls walk.

 

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Notice in a South African school:

All girls playing in the Wednesday hockey match will be pinned to the notice board.

Aye, they breed 'em tough over there!

 

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You miss 100% of shots you never take.

 

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Murray Walker, British TV motor sports commentator:

Rally points scoring is 20 for the fastest, 18 for the second fastest, right down to 6 for the slowest fastest.

 

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Malcolm Allison, English football manager:

John Bond has blackened my name with his insinuations about the private lives of football managers. Both my wives are upset.

Bond was one-time Swans manager.

 

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Steve Davis, English multiple world champion snooker player:

I think it's a great idea to talk during sex, as long as it's about snooker.

 

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Fred Trueman, England cricketer:

You should treat women the same way as any good Yorkshire batsman used to treat a cricket ball. Don't stroke 'em, don't tickle 'em, just give 'em a ruddy good belt.

Bet he was popular with the ladies!

 

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Ron Atkinson, English football manager:

Women should be in the kitchen, the discotheque and the boutique, but not in football.

Another one endearing himself to the female sex!

 

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Lester Piggott, English legendary jockey dismissing the idea of women jockeys:

Their bottoms are the wrong shape.

Interesting to note that equestrian sport is very much a field where women can compete equally with men and frequently beat them. There have been many, many superb women riders who have graced the sport and won World and Olympic titles etc.