1900 – 1945 CE
The birth of modern professional sports and early legends.
Golf is the closest game to the game we call life.
— Bobby Jones
"Golf is the closest game to the game we call life."
It's a round ball and a round bat, and you got to hit it squ…
— Honus Wagner
"It's a round ball and a round bat, and you got to hit it square."
Thanks, King.
— Jim Thorpe
"Thanks, King."
I never had a sore arm. I always figured if I kept my arm in shape I could pitch until I was fifty.
— Cy Young
"I never had a sore arm. I always figured if I kept my arm in shape I could pitch..."
"For every point I'm given, I'll have earned two."
I never was content unless I was trying my skill in some gam…
"I never was content unless I was trying my skill in some game against my playmat..."
"Show me a gracious loser and I'll show you a failure."
I won't play for a penny less than fifteen hundred dollars.
"I won't play for a penny less than fifteen hundred dollars."
All us Youngs could throw. I used to kill squirrels with a s…
"All us Youngs could throw. I used to kill squirrels with a stone when I was a ki..."
People come to see you pitch, not to watch you walk batters.
"People come to see you pitch, not to watch you walk batters."
A pitcher has got to be good and he has got to be lucky to get a no-hit game.
"A pitcher has got to be good and he has got to be lucky to get a no-hit game."
"There ain't much to being a ballplayer, if you're a ballplayer."
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