Publisher's Synopsis
Offering over 3,000 quotes about sports taken from the past to the present, The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations is the first comprehensive volume of its kind. Culled from memoirs, biographies, books, magazines, newspapers, and professional organizations, these selections capture the fun, excitement, commitment, competition, and fierce dedication of athletic sports. Quotations come from athletes, coaches, and sportscasters, as well as non-sports figures such as politicians, writers, and religious leaders. Topics cover professional and college football, baseball, basketball, hockey; lawn bowling, fencing, curling, squash, and much more. Other categories encompass general sports issues such as victory, defeat, offense, sportsmanship, coaching, gambling, and training.
