'I didn't really say everything that I said.'

Sporting notes compiled while looking for great sports quotes:

--"I wouldn't ever set out to hurt anyone deliberately unless it was, you know, important, like a league game or something." Dick Butkus

--"Nobody in football should be called a genius. A genius is somebody like Norman Einstein." Joe Theismann

--"Pro football is like nuclear warfare. There are no winners, only survivors." Frank Gifford

--"I want to rush for 1,000 or 1,500 yards, whichever comes first." George Rogers

--"I may be dumb, but I'm not stupid." Terry Bradshaw

--"The NFL, like life, is full of idiots." Randy Cross

--"I've been big ever since I was little." William "The Refrigerator" Perry

--"Pain is only temporary, no matter how long it lasts." Ray Lewis

"Tears on my pillow, pain in my heart, caused by you." "Tears On My Pillow," Little Anthony and the Imperials

Basketball

--"I don't care what people think, people are stupid." Charles Barkley

--"Left hand, right hand, it doesn't matter. I'm amphibious." Charles Shackleford

--"I've won at every level, except college and pro." Shaquille O'Neal

--"We're going to turn this team around, 360 degrees." Jason Kidd

--"Nobody roots for Goliath." Wilt Chamberlain

--"If the NBA were on Channel 5 and a bunch of frogs making love was on Channel 4, I'd watch the frogs even if they were coming in fuzzy." Bobby Knight

--"The secret is to have eight great players and four others who will cheer like crazy." Jerry Tarkanian

--"We might make a lot of money, but we spend a lot of money." Patrick Ewing

"Money don't get everything it's true/ But what it don't get I can't use." "Money," The Beatles

Baseball

--"Nolan Ryan is pitching much better now that he has his curve ball straightened out." Joe Garagiola

--"It's hard to win a pennant, but it's harder losing to one." Chuck Tanner

--"The charm of baseball is that, dull as it may be on the field, it is endlessly fascinating as a rehash." Jim Murray

--"Watching a spring training game is as exciting as watching a tree form its annual ring." Jerry Izenberg

--"The designated hitter rule is like letting someone else take Wilt Chamberlain's free throws." Rick Wise

-- "I didn't really say everything that I said." Yogi Berra

--"Baseball fans like numbers. They like to swirl them around their mouths like Bordeaux wine." Pat Conroy

--"A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings." Earl Wilson

"You were always spoiled with a thousand toys, and still you cried all night." "19th Nervous Breakdown," Rolling Stones

Golf

--"Golf is the hardest game in the world to play, and the easiest to cheat at." Dave Marr

--"Golf is a game where you yell 'fore,' shoot six and write down five." Paul Harvey

--"A lot of guys who have never choked, have never been in the position to do so." Tom Watson

--"Talking to a golf ball won't do you any good. Unless you do it while your opponent is teeing off." Bruce Lansky

--"Golf is an easy game, it's just hard to play." Unknown

--"Never bet with anyone you meet on the first tee who has a deep suntan, a 1-iron in his bag and squinty eyes." Dave Marr

--"I play with friends, but we don't play friendly games." Ben Hogan

--"Golf is a good walk spoiled." Mark Twain

"I walk for miles, along the highway, well that's just my way of saying I love you." "Walking After Midnight," Patsy Cline

Reach Ken Burger at 937-5598 or kburger@postandcourier.com.