Bud Collins famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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Strangely, although they may seem worlds apart, boxing and tennis have a certain kinship. Two individuals head-to-head, probing for weakness and attacking it. Footwork, timing and stamina are essential. Just you and your opponent until one of you is beaten. There's no brain damage in tennis - although sometimes I wonder.
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The U.S. Open is the only place in America where you can't trade in your Mercedes-Benz for a hamburger.
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Whether they're glad or mortified to have said whatever, Paul Fein wasn't going to let such good quotes get away from us.
-- Bud Collins
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If a literary man puts together two words about music, one of them will be wrong.
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I think there are two ways to depict a family. One is what it's really like, and one is what the audience would like it to be. Between you and me, I think the second one is what I would prefer.
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I am the biggest face of boxing right now. That's how I feel. I am the greatest of this era.
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Boxing gave me the opportunities to grow into the person that I am today.
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Maybe with boxing and good focus, I can fix myself and make my mother proud.
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Unlike in my young days I'm not able to eat, drink and sleep tennis.
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A smile is a curve that can straighten out a lot of problems.
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I'm going to have to pick my shots and play great tennis.
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The great part about tennis is you can't run out the clock.... As long as we were still playing, I had a chance.
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My only good result in 1997 was marrying Brooke Shields.
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