Sources Beginning with JJacobs, Mike (1)Boxing manager We wuz robbed. Jacobs, Mike (2)Boxing promoter They don't come out to see a tea party. They come to see a man hurt. Jackson, BoMajor league and NFL playerSet your goals high, and don't stop till you get there. If my mother put on a helmet and shoulder pads and a uniform that wasn't the same as the one I was wearing, I'd run over her if she was in my way. And I love my mother. It is better to give a lick than receive one. If anybody got in my way, I tried to run right through them. Jackson, JoeMajor league outfielderI ain't afraid to tell the world that it didn't take school stuff to help a fella play ball. |
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Jackson, PhilNBA player and coachA former teammate told me that we have, as a team, the collective intelligence of an orangutan. I cannot say that I disagree. Playing sports is orgasmic, instinctive. If you're going to be a good athlete, you cannot think. I gave it my body and mind, but I have kept my soul. If you meet the Buddha in the lane, feed him the ball. Jackson, ReggieNBA player and coachThe only reason I don't like playing in the World Series is I can't watch myself play. The only way I'm going to get a Gold Glove is with a can of spray paint. Blind people come to the park just to hear him pitch. The will to win is worthless if you don't get paid for it. The balls aren't the same balls, the bats aren't the same length, and it's further between bases. If I played there, they'd name a candy bar after me. Isaacs, StanSportswriterSports is the opiate of the American masses. Jacobsen, PeterProfessional golfer When a pro hits it left to right, it's called a fade. When an amateur hits it left to right, it's called a slice. James, WilliamPragmatist philosopherMost people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they've got a second. Jeffcoat, HalMajor league outfielder/pitcherWhen you first sign that contract as a kid, they tell you your whole future is ahead of you. But they forget to tell you that your future stops at thirty-five. Jeffries, JimHeavyweight championWhen there are no white men left to fight, I will quit the business. . . I am determined not to take a chance of losing the championship to a Negro. Jenner, BruceOlympic decathleteI always felt that my greatest asset was not my physical ability, it was my mental ability. The most challenging aspect of the decathlon is not the events themselves, but how you train to become the best 100-meter runner you are on the same day that you're the best 1,500-meter runner. Jennings, LynnCross-country runnerI'm sort of a nature geek. I embrace the weather changes. They are what makes me endure as an athlete. You get wet and dirty and cold, and experience the whole spectrum of sensations. Mental will is a muscle that needs exercise, just like muscles of the body. Johansson, IngemarHeavyweight championEverybody wants a piece of the cake, but my cake has no slices. Johns, TommyMajor league pitcher When they operated, I told them to put in a Koufax fastball. They did, but it was Mrs. Koufax's. Johnson, AlexMajor league outfielder I hit them when I want to; you hit them when you can. Johnson, Bill "Tiger"NFL player and coachStatistics are a salve. You rub them on your wounds after you lose and you feel a little better. Johnson, CecilNFL linebackerPlaying middle linebacker is like walking through a lion's cage in a three-piece porkchop suit. Johnson, JackFirst black heavyweight championIt amuses me to hear this talk of [Jim] Jeffries claiming the championship. Why, when a Mayor leaves office, he's an ex-Mayor, isn't he? When a champion leaves the ring he's an ex-champion. Well, that is Jeffries; if he wants to try to get the championship back then I'm willing to take him on. I only hope the colored people of the world will not be like the French. History tells us that when Napoleon was winning all his victories the French were with him, but when he lost, the people turned against him. When Jack Johnson meets defeat, I want the colored people to like and love me the same as when I was the champion. Johnson, KevinNBA playerIn the long run, it's the bus driver, the mailman, the clerk in the store, that are the role models, that will have the respect of the kids, not people like me in what I do. That's just a quick fix. Johnson, LyndonU. S. PresidentTo see some of our best-educated boys spending an afternoon knocking each other down, while thousands cheer them on, hardly gives a picture of a peace-loving nation. Johnson, MagicNBA playerAsk not what your teammates can do for you. Ask what you can do for your teammates. Everybody on a championship team doesn't get publicity, but everybody can say he's a champion. I discovered as a kid that the way to win was not to have a bunch of guys who could shoot 20-foot jump shots. What we'd do is get five average guys who could shoot layups. Then we'd pass and win. Johnson, PhilCollege basketball coach I don't think we've been beaten by officials more than five times this season. Johnson, WalterHall of Fame pitcherThe beanball is one of the meanest things on Earth and no decent fellow would use it. The beanball is a potential murderer. If I were a batter and thought the pitcher really tried to bean me, I'd be inclined to wait for him outside the park with a baseball bat. You can't hit what you can't see. Johnston, MarshallNHL coachA good definition of a good coach is this: a good coach takes a good team and wins with it. Jones, BenThoroughbred trainerIf a horse is no good, sell him for a dog. Then shoot the dog. Jones, BobbyHall of Fame GolferOn the golf course, a man may be the dogged victim of inexorable fate, be struck down by an appalling stroke of tragedy. It is nothing new or original to say that golf is played one stroke at a time. But it took me many years to realize it. A great champion has to have a willingness to take the mental punishment you have to take. That's why Ben Hogan is so great. He tries harder than anyone else. You play a game with which I am not familiar. Some people think they are concentrating when they're merely worrying. Jones, DeaconHall of Fame defensive endIn other jobs, you get old, big deal. In football, you get old, you're fired. That's what happened to me. Time got me. Damned time. Jones, DubNFL halfbackThe beauty of the game of football is that so often you are called upon to do something beyond your capabilities, and you do it. Jones, K. C.Basketball player and coachPeople see what they want to see, and most pro basketball fans have limited vision after they get past the scoring column. They look to see how many points a player got and that's how they judge him. It makes no sense, but it's true. Jones, PerryTennis playerIt's not how you hold your racket, it's how you hold your mind. Jones, Robert TrentGolf course architectAugusta National is overexposed but not overrated. There are courses around the country as good, but they don't have the same exposure. That's because the Masters is Scarborough Fair, the gathering of eagles. Everyone wants to make a trip to Mecca. Every hole should be a difficult par and a comfortable bogey. Jones, T. A. D.Yale football coachGentlemen, you are about to play Harvard for Yale. Never again in your lives will you do anything so important. Jordan, HenryHall of Fame defensive tackle[Vince] Lombardi treats us all the same--like dogs. Show me an All-Pro offensive tackle and I'll show you a holder. Jordan, MichaelBasketball starYou have to expect things of yourself before you can do them. I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed. I never looked at the consequences of missing a big shot. When you think about the consequences you always think of a negative result. I can accept failure, but I can't accept not trying. Jordan, ShugCollege football coachA coach must simply resign himself to the fact that he is no longer involved with the educational process, but with entertainment. Joyner-Kersee, JackieOlympic heptathleteAge is no barrier. It's a limitation you put on your mind. Ask any athlete: We all hurt at times. I'm asking my body to go through seven different tasks. To ask it not to ache would be too much. |
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