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In some cases, the specific sport may not be known; these entries may be followed by the generic term sports, or a slightly more specific term, such as team sports (referring to such games as baseball, football, hockey, etc.), ball sports (baseball, tennis, volleyball, etc.), etc. This list does not include idioms derived exclusively from baseball.
Winning isn’t everything; it's the only thing" is a well-known quotation in sports. It is attributed to UCLA Bruins football coach Henry Russell ("Red") Sanders. [1] He is on record with at least two different versions of the quotation during his coaching career. Sanders is reputed to have used this quote even as far back as the 1930s. [2]
Football is an honest game. It's true to life. It's a game about sharing. Football is a team game. So is life. — New York Jets quarterback Joe Namath, pictured; American football makes rugby look like a Tupperware party. — British television broadcaster Sue Lawley, on the physical nature of football vis-à-vis that of rugby Image:Joe Namath.jpg
From football puns and one-liners to clever sayings about food to the best sports movie quotes, all that's left to do is peruse this list and select your winning Super Bowl caption! Funny Super ...
Premier League football is nothing short of awesome, but if you comb through the history books, some of the best moments originate not from sensational strikes or jaw-dropping displays of athleticism.
The phrase, along with other calls from English football matches, appears in New Order's song "World In Motion", although in that case Wolstenholme re-recorded it with the slightly different words "Well, some of the crowd are on the pitch. They think it's all over. Well it is now".
If known, their origins are noted. A proverbial phrase or expression is a type of conventional saying similar to a proverb and transmitted by oral tradition. The difference is that a proverb is a fixed expression , while a proverbial phrase permits alterations to fit the grammar of the context.