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Sports Quotes

Umpire state of mind.

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Sports Quotes

Let's get ready to rumble! Click on any sports quote below to see it in context and find out where it falls on Shmoop's pretentious scale. We'll give you details on who said it, when they said it, and in some cases, why on earth they thought it was okay to say it.

"Adrian!"

Source: Rocky | Speaker: Rocky Balboa

"Be the ball."

Source: Caddyshack | Speaker: Ty Webb

"Don't you know I'm still standing better than I ever did."

Source: "I'm Still Standing" | Speaker: Elton John

"Get up offa that thing and dance 'till you feel better!"

Source: Get Up Offa That Thing | Speaker: James Brown

"I am the greatest!"

Source: Spoken | Speaker: Muhammad Ali

"I know kung fu."

Source: The Matrix | Speaker: Neo

"I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed."

Source: "Failure," a Nike TV Commercial | Speaker: Michael Jordan

"If you build it, he will come."

Source: Field of Dreams | Speaker: A mysterious voice

"If you start me up I'll never stop."

Source: Start Me Up | Speaker: The Rolling Stones

"La-di-da."

Source: Annie Hall | Speaker: Annie Hall

"Let's get ready to rumble!"

Source: Professional Wrestling | Speaker: Michael Buffer

"Life is pain. Anybody that says different is selling something."

Source: The Princess Bride | Author: William Goldman

"Make it work."

Source: Project Runway | Speaker: Tim Gunn

"Oh, my nose!"

Source: The Brady Bunch | Speaker: Marcia Brady

"The thrill of victory and the agony of defeat"

Source: Wide World of Sports | Speaker: Jim McKay

"There can be only one."

Source: Highlander | Speaker: The Kurgan

"There's no crying in baseball!"

Source: A League of Their Own | Speaker: Jimmy Duggan

"Today, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth."

Source: The Pride of the Yankees | Speaker: Lou Gehrig

"Wax on, wax off."

Source: The Karate Kid | Speaker: Mr. Miyagi

"We are the champions, my friends, and we'll keep on fighting 'til the end."

Source: We Are the Champions | Speaker: Queen

"Who's on first."

Source: The Naughty Nineties | Speaker: Bud Abbott and Lou Costello

"Winning isn't everything; it's the only thing."

Source: Spoken at Packers' Training Camp | Speaker: Vince Lombardi