1900 – 1945 CE
The birth of modern professional sports and early legends.
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..."
One man practicing sportsmanship is far better than fifty preaching it.
— Knute Rockne
"One man practicing sportsmanship is far better than fifty preaching it."
People come to see you pitch, not to watch you walk batters.
"People come to see you pitch, not to watch you walk batters."
The secret of golf is to turn three shots into two.
— Bobby Jones
"The secret of golf is to turn three shots into two."
Nobody is going to make a spectacle out of me.
— Jim Thorpe
"Nobody is going to make a spectacle out of me."
For every point I'm given, I'll have earned two.
— Jack Johnson
"For every point I'm given, I'll have earned two."
I don't want my picture in cigarettes, but I don't want the company to lose money on my account.
— Honus Wagner
"I don't want my picture in cigarettes, but I don't want the company to lose mone..."
Build up your weaknesses until they become your strong points.
"Build up your weaknesses until they become your strong points."
Thanks, King.
"Thanks, King."
Competitive golf is played mainly on a five-and-a-half-inch course: the space between your ears.
"Competitive golf is played mainly on a five-and-a-half-inch course: the space be..."
I never was content unless I was trying my skill in some game against my playmates.
"I never was content unless I was trying my skill in some game against my playmat..."
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."