Vince Lombardi on sports

The dictionary is the only place that success comes before work. Hard work is the price we must pay for success. I think you can accomplish anything if you’re willing to pay the price.

Individual commitment to a group effort⁠—that is what makes a team work a company work, a society work, a civilization work.

The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things that endure. These qualities are so much more important than the events that occur.

Golf is a good walk spoiled.

I was gonna rip his heart out. I’m the best ever. I’m the most brutal and vicious, the most ruthless champion there has ever been. No one can stop me. Lennox is a conqueror? No! He’s no Alexander! I’m Alexander! I’m the best ever. I’m Sonny Liston. I’m Jack Dempsey. There’s never been anyone like me. I’m from their cloth. There is no one who can match me. My style is impetuous, my defense is impregnable, and I’m just ferocious. I want his heart! I want to eat his children! Praise be to Allah!

Mike Tysonborn 1966Interview with Jim Gray (2000).

You teach me baseball and I’ll teach you relativity…no we must not. You will learn about relativity faster than I learn baseball.

Albert Einstein1879–1955

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