Posted 05.20.13 — "Within that unwritten brushback and beanball code, there is a vague by-law: an opposing pitcher cannot be allowed to constantly hit your guys, intentional or not, without being answered; an opposing pitcher should always be held to a high standard of care when projecting a baseball, lest he injure one of your guys." — Buster Olney, sportswriter [The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]

Posted 05.19.13 — "When I came to, I didn't remember anything. After Jeffcoat hit me in the face, doctors examined me and said, 'What have you got in there?" — Don Zimmer, baseball player, after being beaned by Hal Jeffcoat [The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]

Posted 05.18.13 — "I wouldn't throw at her, but I might brush her back." — Johnny Allen, baseball pitcher, to Doc Cramer, baseball outfielder, who had said to Allen that Allen would throw at his own mother [The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]

Posted 05.17.13 — "If  the on-deck batter is standing too close to home plate, you brush him back." — Brent Kemnitz, Wichita State baseball coach, who was suspended for the rest of the season after one of his pitchers ended the career of an on-deck batter by beaning him [The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]

Posted 05.16.13 — "You're the professional announcer. I'm just a washed-up, out-of-shape ex-fighter." — Rocky Marciano, boxer, to Howard Cosell, broadcaster [The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]

Posted 05.15.13 — "People ask me, 'Do you like broadcasting games?' And I say, 'Yeah, but it's not as good as playing. It's like methadone to a heroin addict." — Tim Green, football player-turned broadcaster and writer [The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]

Posted 05.14.13 — "Goooal!" — Signature call of Andres Cantor, soccer broadcaster [The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]

Posted 05.13.13 — "I think I'll take another bite of my coffee." — Frank Gifford, football player and broadcaster, while announcing the famous 1967 Ice Bowl game as Green Bay defeated Dallas 21-17 for the NFL championship in sub-zero weather conditions at Lambeau Field [The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]

Posted 05.12.13 — "If I knew what was going through Jack Nicklaus's head, I would have won this tournament." — Tom Weiskopf, golfer, after being asked on national TV what Nicklaus was thinking as he prepared to tee off on the 16th fairway in the final round of the 1986 Masters. Nicklaus charged to his sixth green jacket and Weiskopf was a runner-up. [The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]

Posted 05.11.13 — "I never understood the value to your broadcasts because I never got to listen, but now I've got to tell you that the one thing that keeps me going is hearing your broadcast." — Lou Gehrig, baseball player, to Mel Allen, broadcaster, after Gehrig became ill and was forced to retire from baseball [The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]

Posted 05.10.13 — "I like radio better than television because if you make a mistake on radio, they don't know. You can make up anything on the radio." — Phil Rizzuto, baseball player and broadcaster [The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations]