Lacrosse Quotes

• I thought lacrosse was what you find in la church.

  Robin Williams

  Sports, Church, Lax

  1982 Interview in Playboy.

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• There are two times of the year that stir the blood. In the fall, for the hunt, and now for lacrosse.

  Oren Lyons

  Fall, Hunting, Two

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• There are guys who play lacrosse, and there are lacrosse players.

  Brendan Mundorf

  Sports, Player, Guy

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• I could fully express myself in lacrosse.

  Jim Brown

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• When you talk about Lacrosse, you talk about the lifeblood of the six nations. The game is ingrained into our culture and our system and our lives. (the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca, and Tuscarora)

  Oren Lyons

  Games, Mohawks, Lax

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• You can play lacrosse all over the world provided you know where the goalposts are.

  Peter Greenaway

  Play, World, Knows

  Peter Greenaway, Vernon W. Gras (2000). “Peter Greenaway: Interviews”, p.18, Univ. Press of Mississippi

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• I believe that box lacrosse gives young people many more opportunities to excel in our game. If I had my choice, I would have every player under the age of twelve play box lacrosse exclusively or at least a majority of the time. The number of touches of the ball and the ability to develop better stick skills in a game of box lacrosse, far surpasses what happens to young people on a 110 x 60 yard field. Learning how to pass and catch in traffic, understanding how to shoot, and developing a sense of physicality are all positive traits developed by the box game.

  Bill Tierney

  Believe, Opportunity, Player

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• Lacrosse is probably the best sport I ever played.

  Jim Brown

  Sports, Best Sports

  "Spin Right And Shoot Left" by John McPhee, www.newyorker.com. March 23, 2009.

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• I could run 200 yards at a stretch, I could duck between players, I felt free to make plays that suited me best. It wasn't like football then and basketball today, where coaches tell you what foot to put down.

  Jim Brown

  Basketball, Running, Football

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• ...you could be the best team or the best player in different generations and people respect each other. Nobody cares who was the best.

  Jim Brown

  Team, Player, People

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• If I had to go to war again, I'd bring lacrosse players.

  Conn Smythe

  War, Player, Ifs

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• Being a part of the finesse and physicality of box lacrosse has been a great experience for me. I feel that I have learned and improved as an overall lacrosse player. Learning to adapt in tight space while reading defenders and offensive players has been the biggest improvement in my game.

  Paul Rabil

  Reading, Player, Games

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• There was no publicity. You had to like it. There was no pressure, just great competition. The attitude of the coaches and players was exceptional.

  Jim Brown

  Attitude, Player, Competition

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• When you watch Canadian kids [Box Lacrosse Players] score, when you see their skill level around the cage, you wonder to yourself, 'Jeez, are we teaching kids [in the U.S.] the wrong things?

  Dom Starsia

  Teaching, Kids, Player

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• One of the biggest benefits of playing box for a young lacrosse player is in the development of lacrosse IQ.  Because everyone plays with a short stick [in box lacrosse], you have to focus on being a complete lacrosse player versus specializing as an attackman or d-man. That is how your IQ grows and skills improve.

  Peter Lawrence

  Player, Men, Skills

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• We can't be satisfied as a team. We have one goal in mind right now and it's the next game. We want to get to the championship. We have to come out in practice and get after each other. There can't be any letdowns, we have to keep going.

  John Desko

  Team, Practice, Games

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• I came from Long Island, so I had a lot of experience at the stick. I played in junior high school, then I played in high school. The technical aspect of the game was my forte. I had all that experience, then I had strength and I was in good condition.

  Jim Brown

  School, Games, Islands

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• There aren't any great men. There are just great challenges that ordinary men like you and me are forced by circumstances to meet.

  William Halsey

  Greatness, Men, Volunteer

  "Fictional character: Fleet Adm. William F. Halsey Jr". "The Gallant Hours", 1960.

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• I grew up playing field hockey and lacrosse - prep school sport - and I was terrible at them.

  Julie Bowen

  Sports, School, Hockey

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• I played street hockey in Riverside Park when I was a kid. I played goalie. I didn't make the hockey team in college, so I played lacrosse instead. I didn't play hockey again for 20 to 25 years, and then my son became interested in the game. I decided to pick it up again. A friend let me play backup on his team.

  John Katzman

  Team, Kids, Son

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• I'd rather play lacrosse six days a week and football on the seventh.

  Jim Brown

  Football, Play, Six

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• I don't consider lacrosse a sport. To me that's just a frat activity that got out of hand.

  Judah Friedlander

  Sports, Hands, Activity

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• Football is definitely a team sport. Without one person doing the right thing, the whole team falls. At Navy and in lacrosse, the off-the-field leadership comes into play, you know so if one person is slacking off, we’ve got everyone making sure everyone is pulling their own weight. It’s like that in football too.

  Sean Price

  Sports, Football, Team

  "An Interview With USNA Lax Players Sam Jones And Sean Price". Interview with Colin A.J. Murphy, www.severnaparkvoice.com. March 6, 2012.

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• Although we are in different boats you in your boat and we in our canoe we share the same river of life.

  Oren Lyons

  Rivers, Diversity, Brotherhood

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• We're doing our homework to make sure we're prepared.

  Gary Gait

  Homework, Prepared

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