Sportswriter Quotes

23 Sportswriter quotes by 19 unique authors

Grantland Rice, the great sportswriter once said, 'It's not whether you win or lose, it's how you play the game.' Well Grantland Rice can go… — Gene Autry
What's the difference between a three-week-old puppy and a sportswriter? In six weeks, the puppy stops whining. — Mike Ditka
They should have a rule: in order to be a sportswriter, you have to have played that sport, at some level; high school, college, junior… — Oscar Robertson
The dumbest question I was ever asked by a sportswriter was whether I hit harder with red or white gloves. As a matter of fact,… — Unknown Author
When you're a sportswriter, you learn how to use your imagination and to flex your literary muscle, because it's the same game played over and… — Rick Bragg
I wanted to be a sportswriter because I loved sports and I could not hit the curve ball, the jump shot, or the opposing ball… — Dick Schaap
Sportswriters have changed more than sportswriting. — Dick Schaap
The Lord taught me to love everybody, but the last ones I learned to love were the sportswriters. — Alvin Dark
It bothers me that the average fan, the average sportswriter for that matter, pays so much attention to what's in a box score. A box… — Al McGuire
I told another ESPN friend here, I love all sports. I can't think of any I don't love. I've even come to appreciate cricket. Maybe… — Sean Astin
Sure, women sportswriters look when they're in the clubhouse. Read their stories. How else do you explain a capital letter in the middle of a… — Bob Uecker
Them sportswriters don't even know how to put uniforms on, most of 'em. — Eric Dickerson
I don't know why sportswriters always have to write bad things about Joaquin Andujar. — Joaquin Andujar
I tell you what. 85 percent of the sportswriters think I'm stupid or a clown or something. They think I'm crazy. — Joaquin Andujar
If I had my life to live over, I would have liked to have ended up as a sportswriter. — Richard M. Nixon
Michael Bohn provides a rare opportunity to experience the American sporting scene in the Roaring Twenties. A constant stream of legendary characters marches across these… — Peter Golenbock
I had a soft-spot in my heart for Ronald Reagan, if only because he was a sportswriter in his youth. — Hunter S. Thompson
I am a professional sportswriter, among other things, and I take the games seriously. It is only one of my many powerful addictions, and I… — Hunter S. Thompson
I have learned, in my life and work as a sportswriter, that big-time Sports and big-time Politics are not so far apart in America. They… — Hunter S. Thompson
Led by a new generation of edgy sportswriters like Lipsyte, we found new purpose in the great issues of the day - race, equal opportunity,… — Jane Leavy
My real heroes have always been sportswriters. — Dan Jenkins
Sportswriters. They were all my friends. They were racetrack guys and so was I. — Art Rooney
At times during high school and college I wished to be a sportswriter. — Luke Ford

Who Wrote These Sportswriter Quotes

19 authors contributed a total of 23 Sportswriter Quotes as follows: