The integrity of the game is everything.

The integrity of the game is everything.

Tom.
(New coach of the NBA's Houston Rockets, when asked how he pronounced his name, 1966)

Tom.
(New coach of the NBA's Houston Rockets, when asked how he pronounced his name, 1966)

They can't fire me because my family buys too many tickets.

They can't fire me because my family buys too many tickets.

Boxing has become America's tragic theater.

Boxing has become America's tragic theater.

For man, maximum excitement is the confrontation of death and the skillful defiance of it by watching others fed to read more

For man, maximum excitement is the confrontation of death and the skillful defiance of it by watching others fed to it as he survives transfixed with rapture.

I want all the kids to do what I do, to look up to me. I want all the kids read more

I want all the kids to do what I do, to look up to me. I want all the kids to copulate me.
(on being a role model)

Winning is not a sometime thing; it’s an all time thing. You don’t win once in a while, you don’t read more

Winning is not a sometime thing; it’s an all time thing. You don’t win once in a while, you don’t do things right once in a while, you do them right all the time. Winning is habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.

There isn't a flaw in his golf or his makeup. He will win more majors than Arnold Palmer and me read more

There isn't a flaw in his golf or his makeup. He will win more majors than Arnold Palmer and me combined. Somebody is going to dust my records. It might as well be Tiger, because he's such a great kid.

I don't care what the tape says. I didn't say it.

I don't care what the tape says. I didn't say it.