“The difference between the old ballplayer and the new ballplayer is the jersey. The old ballplayer cared about the name on the front. The new ballplayer cares about the name on the back.”
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“Golf is played by twenty million mature American men whose wives think they are out having fun.”
“The trouble with jogging is that the ice falls out of your glass.”
“Wrestling is ballet with violence.”
“Life is about timing.”
“I don't want to play golf. When I hit a ball, I want someone else to go chase it.”
“Tennis is a perfect combination of violent action taking place in an atmosphere of total tranquillity.”
“Nobody's a natural. You work hard to get good and then work to get better. It's hard to stay on top.”
“The only way to prove that you're a good sport is to lose.”
“Most ball games are lost, not won.”
“Boxing has become America's tragic theater.”
“Golf appeals to the idiot in us and the child. Just how childlike golf players become is proven by their frequent inability to count past five.”
“The only thing a golfer needs is more daylight.”
“The two most important things in life are good friends and a strong bullpen.”
“I don't know why people question the academic training of an athlete. Fifty percent of the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their classes.”
“All sports for all people.”
“Sometimes in football you have to score goals.”
“Reverse every natural instinct and do the opposite of what you are inclined to do, and you will probably come very close to having a perfect golf swing.”
“If I weren't earning $3 million a year to dunk a basketball, most people on the street would run in the other direction if they saw me coming.”
“Gray skies are just clouds passing over.”
“If a tie is like kissing your sister, losing is like kissing you grandmother with her teeth out.”
“Trying to sneak a fastball past Hank Aaron is like trying to sneak the sunrise past a rooster.”
“Hitting is timing. Pitching is upsetting timing.”
“I had pro offers from the Detroit Lions and Green Bay Packers, who were pretty hard up for linemen in those days. If I had gone into professional football the name Jerry Ford might have been a household word today.”