1900 – 1945 CE
The birth of modern professional sports and early legends.
One man practicing sportsmanship is far better than fifty pr…
— Knute Rockne
"One man practicing sportsmanship is far better than fifty preaching it."
I won't play for a penny less than fifteen hundred dollars.
— Honus Wagner
"I won't play for a penny less than fifteen hundred dollars."
I never learned anything from a match that I won.
— Bobby Jones
"I never learned anything from a match that I won."
When the strategy is right, the fight is already half won.
— Jack Johnson
"When the strategy is right, the fight is already half won."
"Show me a gracious loser and I'll show you a failure."
Build up your weaknesses until they become your strong points.
"Build up your weaknesses until they become your strong points."
All us Youngs could throw. I used to kill squirrels with a s…
— Cy Young
"All us Youngs could throw. I used to kill squirrels with a stone when I was a ki..."
Golf is the closest game to the game we call life.
"Golf is the closest game to the game we call life."
Win or lose, do it fairly.
"Win or lose, do it fairly."
Nobody is going to make a spectacle out of me.
— Jim Thorpe
"Nobody is going to make a spectacle out of me."
It's a round ball and a round bat, and you got to hit it squ…
"It's a round ball and a round bat, and you got to hit it square."
People come to see you pitch, not to watch you walk batters.
"People come to see you pitch, not to watch you walk batters."
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