Yogi Berra, New York Yankee Hall of Fame catcher: "[Mickey] Mantle can hit just as good right-handed as he can left-handed. He's just naturally amphibious.".Another YOGIISM, this time in response to a female fan who remarked that he looked cool despite the sweltering swel·ter·ing adj. 1. Oppressively hot and humid; sultry. 2. Suffering from oppressive heat. swel heat: "Thank you, ma'am. You don't look so hot yourself." [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] TONY KORNHEISER in The Washington Post after the hometown Redskins Redskins can refer to:
abbr. National Football League NFL (US) n abbr (= National Football League) → Fußball-Nationalliga ? Shouldn't they be made to go through Q-school next spring?" New York Post The New York Post is the 13th-oldest newspaper published in the United States and the oldest to have been published continually as a daily.[3] Since 1976, it has been owned by Australian-born billionaire Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation and is one of the 10 sportswriter sports·writ·er n. A person who writes about sports, especially for a newspaper or magazine. sports MIKE VACCARO on the announced detente dé·tente n. 1. A relaxing or easing, as of tension between rivals. 2. A policy toward a rival nation or bloc characterized by increased diplomatic, commercial, and cultural contact and a desire to reduce tensions, as through between Yankee owner George Steinbrenner and manager Joe Torre: "And if you believe this is bound for a happy ending, then you also believe Kevin Brown is going to be the Yankees' opening-day starter next April!" JOHN BREEN, former director of player personnel for the Houston Oilers: "We were tipping off our plays. Whenever we broke from our huddle, three backs were laughing and one was pale as a ghost." DARRYL DAWKINS, former Philadelphia 76ers player, before taking a vow of silence with sportswriters: "Nothing means nothing, but it isn't really nothing because nothing is something that isn't." BOBBY MURCER, former major league outfielder, on trying to hit Phil Niekro's infamous knuckleball: "It's like trying to eat Jell-O with chopsticks." JACK KRAFT, former Villanova U. basketball coach, on losing a key player who fouled out in the waning minutes of a close game: "That was the nail that broke the coffin's back." MARTINA NAVRATILOVA, following a tough tennis match: "That's no hair off my chest." BILL LEE, former left-handed major league pitcher and zany personality, on the brain's hemispheres: "You have a left and right side. The left side controls the right half of your body and the right side controls the left half. Therefore, lefthanders are the only people in their right mind." DANNY OZARK, the late Philadelphia Phillies manager, after his team blew a 15 ? game lead: "Even Napoleon had his Watergate." VINCE FERRAGAMO, former Los Angeles Rams quarterback, on his late coach, Ray Malavasi: "He never relinquishes my disbelief." MARK SNOW, former U. of New Mexico basketball player: "Strength is my biggest weakness." FLOYD SMITH, former Toronto Maple Leafs The Toronto Maple Leafs are a professional ice hockey team based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). coach, following a loss: "I have nothing to say and I'll only say it once." Former California Angels manager LEFTY PHILLIPS, after a tough loss: "It's all water under the dam." More PHILLIPS: "Our phenoms ain't phenomenating." HOWARD COSELL, the late, great sportscaster and self-professed know-it-all: "Let us reflect nostalgically on the past." BILL PETERSON, former Florida football coach-turned sportscaster: "This is the greatest country in America." |
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