Derby Quotes · Page 3

Following the Santa Anita Derby, Medina Spirit developed dermatitis on his hind end.

— Bob Baffert

When I got a call to see if I wanted a Derby horse, I said, 'Damn!'

— Bob Baffert

I want league records. I want rivalries. I want the insults when I walk onto the pitch in a derby.

— Wendie Renard

Marcel Desailly was pretty hard when I played against him in a Milan derby.

— Paul Ince

A derby is a derby. When you play a derby, it is for winning, not just to play.

— Patrice Evra

You can't win the Kentucky Derby unless you're on a thoroughbred.

— Joe Torre

I think we should go back to the old style of the draw at the Derby.

— Bob Baffert

But there is always that unpredictability about a derby match and that's what it was today.

— Alex Ferguson

I thought I would dress in baggy pants, big shoes, a cane and a derby hat. everything a contradiction: the pants baggy,…

— Charlie Chaplin

On derby day it's not down to form, it's on the day, who's prepared for the game and who wants to battle.

— Ross Barkley

I've announced every kind of sporting event except hockey and demolition derby, and to be frank about it, I don't really care…

— Keith Jackson

My favorite Saturday, outside any Saturday that Louisiana State University plays football, is the Kentucky Derby.

— James Carville

It's war for 90 minutes in the Manchester Derby. You cannot give anything less than 100 percent concentration.

— Kelechi Iheanacho

I don't remember half of the new bands, though - and I think that's kind of where we're going. It's turning into…

— Beck

When I go on loan, I don't really think about Chelsea. I just concentrate on the team I'm at and try to…

— Patrick Bamford

I love the derby because of the banter and rivalry. If you live outside of Manchester, you can take it out of…

— Vincent Kompany

I went out to the Derby on Wednesday and think it is the most interesting thing I ever saw over here.

— Richard H. Davis

I got myself back out there at Brighton, then Derby came in and it was the right move.

— Darren Bent

There's a roller derby girl that goes by that name, 'Nerd Rage,' and she named herself after my album.

— Brian Posehn

Derby day in Buenos Aires is completely crazy and those sort of experiences have shaped me.

— Erik Lamela

The Manchester Derby is bigger and more important than El Classico.

— Diego Maradona

Tottenham's number one derby will always be Arsenal.

— Jermaine Jenas

At the Home Run Derby, you're expected to hit home runs. You're up there trying to hit home runs.

— Frank Thomas

I kind of press pause when it's a derby, and the season doesn't matter to me anymore; it's all about the derby.

— Vincent Kompany

Now that the preliminaries are over, I thought it would be fun to do a graded handicap of all of the final…

— Anonymous

English civilization rests largely upon tea and cricket, with mighty spurts of enjoyment on Derby Day, and at Newmarket.

— Agnes Repplier

The Manchester derby, for our supporters, is the most important game in the season. Always, a few days before the game, the…

— Nemanja Matic

If I could help someone somewhere, help a young manager, I'd love that. I did it at Derby with Darren Wassall and…

— Harry Redknapp

I gave up at the right time, scoring a goal against Derby. I didn't hear anybody shouting, 'Please stop, you are getting…

— Gianluca Vialli

It's not the same when you don't have people watching and cheering you on. That's what makes the Derby so great.

— Bob Baffert

Going on loan certainly helped me, speaking to players who've been in the game longer than me at that young age, especially…

— Mason Mount

Until you go to Kentucky and with your own eyes behold the Derby, you ain't never been nowhere and you ain't seen…

— Irvin S. Cobb

I don't like birthdays. Never have done. Not when I was little and it involved the wild decadence of a Wimpy Brown…

— Grace Dent

Basketball would have been the natural sport to play, but it's a little too aggressive for me, so instead I dabbled in…

— Jessica Williams

Sometimes in a derby it is not always easy to see a very good game with big quality but the power of…

— Marco Silva

Derby games are the fixtures you always look out for at the beginning of the season and I believe every city needs…

— David James

The derby is always the most important match of the year and it's always nice to score goals against the leaders and…

— Eran Zahavi

There were plenty of clubs wanting me but as soon as my agent Lee Robinson told me Derby were interested I had…

— Harry Wilson

I hold the record now with Dixie Dean for being the only Everton player to score three Merseyside derby goals at Anfield.…

— Timothy F. Cahill

The Kentucky Derby is one of the most recognized sporting events in the world, so don't even think about missing out if…

— Anonymous