Locker Room Quotes

• You shouldn't have any betting in the locker room at all, whether it's baseball or it's horses. You can't beat the horses. You can't beat any kind of gambling because they have the odds.

  George Steinbrenner

  Baseball, Horse, Odds

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• I don't spend a lot of my time in the locker room. That's my least favourite place in the world.

  Maria Sharapova

  World, Lockers, Rooms

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• There used to be an old thing where every team had a heavy bag in their locker room for people to punch, but again, it was more about conditioning because if you hit a heavy bag for a minute, it feels like your arms are about to fall off.

  Steve Yzerman

  Team, Fall, Old Things

  ING Sports interview, ca.ign.com. December 1, 2003.

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  The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.

  Vince Lombardi

  Inspirational, Funny, Life

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• Championships and great seasons are won in locker rooms.

  Tom Izzo

  Lockers, Rooms, Championship

  Tom Izzo during Big Ten Conference Men's Media Days, www.asapsports.com. October 25, 2012.

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• No one knows what to say in the loser's locker room.

  Muhammad Ali

  Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

  Twitter post from Feb 15, 2011

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• I was very emotional. I cried when I got into the locker room. I didn’t want to show that stuff on the sideline.

  Dez Bryant

  Emotional, Want, Lockers

  "Dez Bryant Walks Off Field After Tony Romo’s Last Interception, Tweets Explanation" by Michael Klopman, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 16, 2013.

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• Notice who is in the locker room after you lose, not after you win.

  Angelo Dundee

  Winning, Lockers, Rooms

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• By the time I get to the locker room, I'm done.

  Tom Osborne

  Done, Lockers, Rooms

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• The most important thing regardless of my stats or anybody else's stats is the win-loss record. In the locker room people are always telling me, you're doing this and that. I don't really pay that much attention so long as we have a 'W' in that column; that's the kind of thing that makes me really happy. It blows all stats out of the water.

  Dhani Jones

  Loss, Blow, Winning

  "Dhani Jones: "I'm Gonna Be The First Black James Bond"". Interview with Daniel Riley, www.gq.com. December 10, 2009.

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• In order to gain the respect of your players in the locker room, you can't just perform on Saturday. You have to do it consistently during practices, meetings, and in the weight room.

  Junior Seau

  Football, Player, Order

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• Several of my critics have said, 'Bowerman just tacks up a piece of paper in the locker room and turns his runners loose.' They're partially right. I do give the athletes a relatively free rein and for good reason. One of my principles is? 'Don't overcoach.'

  Bill Bowerman

  Running, Athlete, Giving

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• We had an awesome locker room of girls, and I'm honored to have shared a locker room with all those girls.

  Amy Dumas

  Girl, Lockers, Rooms

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• The bone's 6 inches out of his leg and all he's yelling is, 'Win the game, win the game.' I've not seen that in my life. Pretty special young man. I don't think we could have gathered ourselves - I know I couldn't have - if Kevin didn't say over and over again, 'Just go win the game,' I don't think we could have gone in the locker room with a loss after seeing that. We had to gather ourselves. We couldn't lose this game for him. We just couldn't.

  Rick Pitino

  Monday, Morning, Loss

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• Besides singing "Jump Around" to all the WWE superstars in the locker room? Uh... I enjoy listening to music, pumping up, and getting really muscular and oily. I like to oil myself before.

  The Miz

  Wwe, Oil, Listening

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• I'd told Taker before the promo that I was gonna stick it to him and he told me to go for it. However, I crossed the line and insulted him by saying what I said. I can't believe the lack of respect I showed him and so many of the other guys in the locker room during my first month in the company, especially since I knew how important the hierarchy of the business was (and still is). Respect your elders.

  Chris Jericho

  Believe, Insulted Him, Wwe

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• Off the floor I'm really laid back, like nothing really fazes me too much. But on the floor I do get emotional and a little carried away. However, I started playing when I was 13 to have fun with my teammates, and that never stopped. I enjoy traveling and having fun in the locker room with the guys. Life is too short to be miserable.

  Dirk Nowitzki

  Funny, Life Is Too Short, Emotional

  "Dad is biggest critic, says NBA star Dirk Nowitzki". Interview with Terry Baddoo, edition.cnn.com. February 24, 2011.

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• Tim Henman, I guess, is sitting in the locker room, pacing up and down.

  John Inverdale

  Tennis, Sitting, Lockers

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• I took the game seriously. It was my profession. My teammates also took losing hard. We would all sit in the locker room after losing a big game and talk about how we could have done something differently to change the outcome

  Walt Frazier

  Games, Done, Teammate

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• You can pick captains, but you can't pick leaders. Whoever controls the locker room controls the team

  Don Meyer

  Basketball, Team, Nba

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• I told Zollie Volchok we needed an ultrasound machine and he asked me why we needed music in the locker room.

  Lenny Wilkens

  Basketball, Ultrasounds, Machines

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• But [Sunday] as you saw, it was obviously [the media] took some more than initiative to try to get me to kind of go down the wrong path. I know the last two teams that I've been on, I felt like I left those teams prematurely due to media interviews that I've done and things kind of taken out of context and they created sort of a media whirlwind in the locker room and things kind of went downhill from there. I'm just trying to do the best job I can do as far as answering the questions and trying to be a better teammate and not try to throw people under the bus.

  Terrell Owens

  Jobs, Team, Taken

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• You have to be extreme to be exceptional. I couldn't revel in being number one. I had to get to zero. When my fitness was at its peak, I was intimidating. I made guys cave in. They'd be dejected in the locker room after matches, and I'd go out for a run, as if it wasn't enough. I'd rub it in their faces. I meant to do that.

  Jim Courier

  Softball, Sports, Running

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• I go into the locker room and find a corner and just sit there. I try to achieve a peaceful state of nothingness that will carry over onto the golf course. If I can get that feeling of quiet and obliviousness within myself, I feel I can't lose.

  Jane Blalock

  Golf, Peaceful, Feelings

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• Leadership can't be fabricated. If it is fabricated and rehearsed, you can't fool the guys in the locker room. So when you talk about leadership, it comes with performance. Leadership comes with consistency.

  Junior Seau

  Leadership, Guy, Consistency

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