1900 – 1945 CE
The birth of modern professional sports and early legends.
Win or lose, do it fairly.
— Knute Rockne
"Win or lose, do it fairly."
I made a lot of mistakes out of the ring, but I never made any in it.
— Jack Johnson
"I made a lot of mistakes out of the ring, but I never made any in it."
Nobody is going to make a spectacle out of me.
— Jim Thorpe
"Nobody is going to make a spectacle out of me."
When the strategy is right, the fight is already half won.
"When the strategy is right, the fight is already half won."
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..."
A pitcher has got to be good and he has got to be lucky to get a no-hit game.
— Cy Young
"A pitcher has got to be good and he has got to be lucky to get a no-hit game."
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..."
I never learned anything from a match that I won.
— Bobby Jones
"I never learned anything from a match that I won."
I won't play for a penny less than fifteen hundred dollars.
"I won't play for a penny less than fifteen hundred dollars."
"There ain't much to being a ballplayer, if you're a ballplayer."
I am not a disgrace to my people. I am the first Negro heavyweight champion of the world.
"I am not a disgrace to my people. I am the first Negro heavyweight champion of t..."
"I cannot decide whether I was well named or not. Many a time the name has stirre..."
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