1900 – 1945 CE
The birth of modern professional sports and early legends.
The secret is to work less as individuals and more as a team…
— Knute Rockne
"The secret is to work less as individuals and more as a team."
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 don't want my picture in cigarettes, but I don't want the company to lose money on my account.
"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."
Competitive golf is played mainly on a five-and-a-half-inch course: the space between your ears.
— Bobby Jones
"Competitive golf is played mainly on a five-and-a-half-inch course: the space be..."
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."
"I cannot decide whether I was well named or not. Many a time the name has stirre..."
I never learned anything from a match that I won.
"I never learned anything from a match that I won."
"The secret of golf is to turn three shots into two."
Golf is the closest game to the game we call life.
"Golf is the closest game to the game we call life."
One man practicing sportsmanship is far better than fifty pr…
"One man practicing sportsmanship is far better than fifty preaching it."
Nobody is going to make a spectacle out of me.
— Jim Thorpe
"Nobody is going to make a spectacle out of me."
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