This is a book for those who love sport and all that goes with it. Most of us have played sports where people have said something amusing, inspirational or just exquisitely stupid. It is a part of the enjoyment of sports and those experiences are shared with team mates and competitors. This is a collection of some of the best quotes from sports stars, commentators and those who love sports. "Only he who can see the invisible can do the impossible." -Frank L. Gaines (1921 - 2012)
1001 Motivational Messages & Quotes for Athletes & Coaches offers 1001 motivational quotes from noted athletes, writers, celebrities and world leaders. The book features 13 themes (including confidence, discipline, teamwork, and others) with corresponding quotes for each theme. Also includes sport-specific quotes.
This is a book of sports quotations from a huge range of sports for those who love sports and all that goes with it. From American Football to the best and funniest quotes from wrestling they are all in this book. There are amusing observations, outrageous insults and the exquisitely stupid comments that are all an integral part of the sports that we love to play. These quotes provide a wealth of humorous comments which embroider and enrich the playing and watching of sports bringing additional dimensions to the game. This collection brings together the favorite quotes of the author from a range of sports. Some selections are current while many are from famous sportsmen and commentators of the past. I hope that every sports fan, whatever their favorite sport, will enjoy this collection.
A book for all football fans A collection of some of the funniest football quotes for all the family. Perfect as a gift for any football fan Quotes from the great and good of football The best of the funniest quotes"I never comment on referees, and I'm not gonna break the habit of a lifetime for that prat". Ron Atkinson"As a boy I was torn between being a footballer or joining a circus. At Partick Thistle I did both".Alan Hansen
This is a professionally compiled British dictionary of sports quotations with first-rate author and subject indexing. It contains ten pages of quotations on cricket and three each on baseball and football. There are numerous quotations from Shakespeare, but none from Yogi Berra or Casey Stengel.
Sports figures have famously always said what's on their mind--and what comes out of their mouths is often humorous, poignant, brutal, eloquent, pithy or tragic--or sometimes all of those rolled into one unforgettable quote. This is a completely revised, updated and enlarged collection of 2,801 sports quotations, the first edition of which was hailed by Choice magazine as excellent...clearly superior to [the competition]. The quotes are divided into 27 major categories (from Auto Racing to Yachting), and within each category the quotes are arranged alphabetically (allowing quicker access for those who know how one starts). All of the quotes are thoroughly indexed by speaker and by subject and key words.
A book to inspire and motivate. Words have power and none more so than some of the most powerful quotes from some of the greatest minds of history. Thoughts expressed succinctly can be inspirational and motivate individuals to change their lives, they can get a message across and they can provide insight. This is a collection of life quotes selected by the author which is designed to inspire, motivate and amuse. They are a diverse collection ranging from Socrates to Mae West and provide many different viewpoints. This is a quotations book is full of motivational life quotes to help you be more positive about life. You can just pick this book up anytime and carry on where you left off last time. It is for those who want to pep up a speech, a presentation or an email and for those who just want to jump start their brains with thought provoking or amusing quotations or sayings. I hope this quotes book will prove useful, amusing and the quotes will resonate with you. It may be that one of these quotations will help change your life for the better. Tags: Positive quotes, uplifting quotes, short inspirational quotes, famous quotes about life, inspirational sayings, encouraging quotes, inspirational messages, daily inspirational quotes, motivational sayings, inspirational quotes, great quotes, motivational quotes, inspirational quotes about life, motivational thoughts, inspirational quotes about love, sad quotes, good quotes, famous quotes, daily quotes, meaningful quotes, motivational words, cute quotes, short quotes, best quotes, motivational messages, quote of the day, quotable quotes, quotation, motivational quotes to get the blood moving, quotes box, quotes every man should know, quotes growth, quotes happiness, quotes and sayings, life quotes change, life quotes book, positive life quotes
A revised, enlarged, and updated edition of this authoritative and entertaining reference book —named the #2 essential home library reference book by the Wall Street Journal “Shapiro does original research, earning [this] volume a place on the quotation shelf next to Bartlett's and Oxford's.”—William Safire, New York Times Magazine (on the original edition) “A quotations book with footnotes that are as fascinating to read as the quotes themselves.”—Arthur Spiegelman, Washington Post Book World (on the original edition) Updated to include more than a thousand new quotations, this reader-friendly volume contains over twelve thousand famous quotations, arranged alphabetically by author and sourced from literature, history, popular culture, sports, digital culture, science, politics, law, the social sciences, and all other aspects of human activity. Contemporaries added to this edition include Beyoncé, Sandra Cisneros, James Comey, Drake, Louise Glück, LeBron James, Brett Kavanaugh, Lady Gaga, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Barack Obama, John Oliver, Nancy Pelosi, Vladimir Putin, Bernie Sanders, Donald Trump, and David Foster Wallace. The volume also reflects path-breaking recent research resulting in the updating of quotations from the first edition with more accurate wording or attribution. It has also incorporated noncontemporary quotations that have become relevant to the present day. In addition, The New Yale Book of Quotations reveals the striking fact that women originated many familiar quotations, yet their roles have been forgotten and their verbal inventions have often been credited to prominent men instead. This book’s quotations, annotations, extensive cross-references, and large keyword index will satisfy both the reader who seeks specific information and the curious browser who appreciates an amble through entertaining pages.
The instant New York Times bestseller Remarkable lessons in leadership and team building from one of the greatest football coaches of our time. Urban Meyer has established himself as one of the elite in the annals of his sport, having lead his players to three national championships. In Above the Line, he offers readers his unparalleled insights into leadership, team building, and the keys to empowering people to achieve things they might never have thought possible. Meyer shares his groundbreaking game plan—the game plan followed every day in the Ohio State Buckeyes’ championship season—for creating a culture of success built on trust and a commitment to a common purpose. Packed with real life examples from Meyer’s storied career, Above the Line delivers wisdom and inspiration for taking control and turning setbacks into victories for a team, a family, or a Fortune 500 company.
