1900 – 1945 CE
The birth of modern professional sports and early legends.
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."
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."
"There ain't much to being a ballplayer, if you're a ballplayer."
I won't play for a penny less than fifteen hundred dollars.
"I won't play for a penny less than fifteen hundred dollars."
I made a lot of mistakes out of the ring, but I never made any in it.
"I made a lot of mistakes out of the ring, but I never made any in it."
Golf is the closest game to the game we call life.
"Golf is the closest game to the game we call life."
I never was content unless I was trying my skill in some gam…
— Jim Thorpe
"I never was content unless I was trying my skill in some game against my playmat..."
Thanks, King.
"Thanks, King."
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..."
"The secret of golf is to turn three shots into two."
"For every point I'm given, I'll have earned two."
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