Description
Wise, sarcastic, hilarious and memorable quotes from larger-than-life stars of professional sports.
What do you get when you put the world's best hockey players, baseball players, basketball stars, football players and golfers along with their coaches and bosses together in one book? A cornucopia of funny and witty observations that fans will love.
Big Book of Sports Quotes is a celebration of the wit and wisdom of big-league sports, where eccentric characters are cherished in a wild world of media hype. Some selections are current and relate to today's headlines, while many others are from famous athletes of the past. Every sports fan, whether they're an aspiring athlete or an armchair wannabe, will be entertained, no matter what their favorite sport is.
Here are some of the 1,000 gems:
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"I'm just glad it wasn't Machete Night."
-- Ranger Bob Froese, after fans threw plastic mugs onto the ice on Mug Night -
"Nobody ever remembers who finished second at anything."
-- Jack Nicklaus -
"Playing middle linebacker is like walking through a lion's cage in a three-piece porkchop suit."
-- Tampa Bay Buccaneers linebacker Cecil Johnson -
"Finish last in your league and they call you idiot. Finish last in medical school and they call you doctor."
-- Famed NCAA coach Abe Lemons -
"You miss 100 percent of the shots you never take."
-- Oiler Wayne Gretzky -
"Sure, luck means a lot in football. Not having a good quarterback is bad luck."
-- Miami Dolphins coach Don Shula -
"Trying to hit him was like trying to drink coffee with a fork."
-- Pittsburgh Pirates Hall of Fame slugger Willie Stargell, on facing Los Angeles Dodgers star Sandy Koufax
There are 1,000 amusing quotations and 100 matching photographs of great stars from each sport. From inspiration and insights to insults and inanities, The Big Book of Sports Quotes will have readers laughing and groaning.
About the authors
Éric Zweig
est né à Toronto et habite maintenant à Owen Sound, en Ontario. Dès l'âge
de 10 ans, il était passionné de sports. Il écrit des articles à propos du
sport ou de l'histoire du sport depuis depuis qu'il a obtenu son diplôme en
sciences politiques de l'université Trent, en 1985. Il écrit également pour
les médias.
ERIC ZWEIG has been writing about sports since his days on the school newspaper desk. His books for kids include The Big Book of Hockey for Kids, On This Day in Hockey and MVP Superstars. Awesome Hockey Trivia for Kids is the fifth book in his Hockey Trivia for Kids series. Eric is also a noted author of adult sports books, most recently Hockey Hall of Fame Heroes and Stanley Cup: The Complete History (with Phil Pritchard); he was a contributor to The Official NHL Hockey Treasures, Centennial Edition.
He belongs to the Society for International Hockey Research and lives in Owen Sound, Ontario.
Chris McDonell is the author of many books about sports and hockey including For the Love of Hockey, Hockey All-Stars, Hockey's Greatest Stars and The Game I'll Never Forget
Editorial Reviews
A coffee-table book that should appeal to everyone because many of these pithy observations pertain to life in general. Others will make you laugh, as in this observation by Blackhawk player Bobby Hull, talking about a longtime Montreal rival: "I wouldn't urinate in his ear if his brain was on fire."
Pioneer Press Saint Paul Minnesota
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