Olympic One-Liners
In tribute to the Beijing Olympics, Shannon Langan scores us some winning lines advocating the finer points of sports rage, laziness and mental preparation...
"Some people think football is a matter of life and death...I can assure them it is much more serious than that." Bill Shankley
"A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing." Emo Philips
"Serious sport is war minus the shooting." George Orwell
"You don't suffer, kill yourself and take the risks I take just for money. I love bike racing." Greg LeMond
"Half this game is 90 percent mental." Yogi Berra
"We're going to turn this team around 360 degrees." Jason Kidd
"I never criticise referees and I'm not going to change a habit for that prat." Ron Atkinson
"This [basketball] is the second most exciting indoor sport, and the other one shouldn't have spectators." Dick Vertleib
"I know I am getting better at golf because I am hitting fewer spectators." Gerald R. Ford
"Tennis is a perfect combination of violent action taking place in an atmosphere of total transquility."
Billie Jean King
"Football players, like prostitutes, are in the business of ruining their bodies for the pleasure of strangers." Merle Kessler