Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, disregard of all read more

Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, disregard of all rules and sadistic pleasure in witnessing violence. In other words, it is war minus the shooting.

Raise the urinals.
(on how management could keep the Braves on their toes)

Raise the urinals.
(on how management could keep the Braves on their toes)

I don't psyche myself up. I psyche myself down. I think clearer when I'm not psyched up.

I don't psyche myself up. I psyche myself down. I think clearer when I'm not psyched up.

The character of a person is in direct proportion to his
commitment to excellence.

The character of a person is in direct proportion to his
commitment to excellence.

If I weren't earning $3 million a year to dunk a basketball, most people on the street would run in read more

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.

Competitions are for horse, not artist.

Competitions are for horse, not artist.

The greatest efforts in sports came when the mind is as still as a glass lake.

The greatest efforts in sports came when the mind is as still as a glass lake.

You can make a lot of money in this game. Just ask my ex-wives. Both of them are so rich read more

You can make a lot of money in this game. Just ask my ex-wives. Both of them are so rich that neither of their husbands work.

A good coach will make his players see what they can be rather than what they are.

A good coach will make his players see what they can be rather than what they are.