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The following is a list of phrases from sports that have become idioms (slang or otherwise) in English. They have evolved usages and meanings independent of sports and are often used by those with little knowledge of these games. The sport from which each phrase originates has been included immediately after the phrase.
Sports critic Bill Mayo disagrees, saying that sports clichés are used "just the right amount," and "it is what it is." Former New York Giants quarterback -turned CBS broadcaster Phil Simms devotes a large portion of his 2004 book Sunday Morning Quarterback to examining football clichés such as "winning the turnover battle", "halftime ...
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Pages in category "Quotations from sports" The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Bo Knows; C.
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According to the late James Michener's Sports in America, Lombardi claimed to have been misquoted. What he intended to say was "Winning isn't everything. The will to win is the only thing." [8] However, Lombardi is on record repeating the original version of the quotation on several occasions. [9]
And I'm like, "Let him be a kid." I have talked to so many college baseball coaches, some of the best in the country, and they'll tell you the same thing: "I don't really even look at a kid until ...