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Sports quotes from the soccer field:

"I spent 90% of my money on women, drink and fast cars. The rest I wasted."

• George Best, legendary Manchester United soccer player in the 1960s and 1970s

"George, where did it all go wrong?"

• Bellboy who entered George Best’s room with breakfast in the early 1970s, where Best was in bed with Mary Stavin (the current Miss World), a bottle of champagne and several thousand pounds of gambling winnings from the previous night.

"The rules of soccer are basically simple - if it moves, kick it; if it doesn't move, kick it until it does."

• Phil Woosnam

Mohammed Ali sports quotes:

"I'm not the greatest; I'm the double greatest. Not only do I knock 'em out, I pick the round."

"I'm so fast that last night I turned off the light switch in my hotel room and was in bed before the room was dark."

"Boxing is a lot of white men watching two black men beat each other up."

"I've seen George Foreman shadow boxing and the shadow won."

More about Mohammed Ali:

"I'd like to borrow Mohammed Ali's body for just 48 hours. There are 3 guys I'd like to beat up and 4 women I'd like to make love to."

• Jim Murray

Yogi Berra sayings (not necessarily sports quotes!):

"You can observe a lot just by watching"

"If people don't want to come out to the ball park, nobody's gonna stop 'em."

"Surprise me"

• on where his wife should have him buried

"You've got to be very careful if you don't know where you're going, because you might not get there."

"If you can't imitate him, don't copy him."

"You better cut the pizza in four pieces because I'm not hungry enough to eat six."

"Baseball is 90% mental -- the other half is physical."

"Do you mean now?"

• when asked for the time

Just humorous sports quotes:

"I went to a fight the other night and a hockey game broke out."

• Rodney Dangerfield

"What a terrible round. I only hit two good balls all day and that was when I stepped on a rake in the bunker."

• Lee Trevino

Sports quotes about attitude:

"Winning isn't everything - it's the only thing."

• Vince Lombardi, Green Bay Packers Head Coach

"Losing the Super Bowl is worse than death. With death, you don't have to get up next morning."

• George Allen

"Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I don't like that attitude. I can assure them that it is much more serious than that."

• Bill Shankly, manager of Liverpool Football Club

"I'd give my right arm to get back into the England team"

• Peter Shilton, former England soccer goalkeeper

"The secret of winning football games is working more as a team, less as individuals. I play not my 11 best, but my best 11."

• Knute Rockne, American football coach

Philosophical sports quotes:

"It's a humbling thing being humble."

• Former Ohio State running back Maurice Clarett on seeing his stock drop as the 2005 NFL draft was approaching. Selected by the Broncos in the third round, he was eventually released

"Because there are no fours."

• NBA long-range gunner Antoine Walker when asked why he shoots so many threes

"I'm not an athlete. I'm a professional baseball player."

• John Kruk

"The only reason I don't like playing in the World Series is I can't watch myself play."

• Reggie Jackson

"I throw the ball as hard as ever, but it just takes longer to get to the plate."

• Don Newcombe, Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher, in the twilight of his career

"I'm always suspicious of games where you're the only ones that play it."

• Jack Charlton, asked about hurling

"American football is Rugby after a visit from a Health and Safety inspector."

• Anonymous

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