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THE ULTIMATE DICTIONARY OF SPORTS QUOTATIONS
FROM HANK AARON TO THE ZONE |
| By: |
Carlo De Vito |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£11.95 |
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| ISBN 10: |
081603981X |
| ISBN 13: |
9780816039814 |
| Publisher: |
FACTS ON FILE INC |
| Pub. date: |
1 May, 2001 |
| Pages: |
352 |
| Description: |
This dictionary contains sports quotations which come from athletes, coaches, and sportscasters, as well as non-sports figures such as politicians, writers, and religious leaders. Topics cover professional and college football, baseball, basketball, curling, and squash, amongst other sports. |
| Synopsis: |
This comprehensive dictionary has been put together using memoirs, biographies, books, magazines, newspapers, and professional organizations. The quotations come from athletes, coaches, and sportscasters, as well as non-sports figures such as politicians, writers, and religious leaders. Topics cover professional and college football, baseball, basketball, hockey, lawn bowling, fencing, curling, and squash, amongst other sports. Other categories encompass general sports issues such as victory, defeat, offence, defence, sportsmanship, coaching, gambling, training, and more. Entries include quotes from and about Arthur Ashe, Vince Lombardi, Charles Barkley, Norman Mailer, Yogi Berra, Joyce Carol Oates, Bill Bardley, Dennis Rodman, Ernest Hemingway, Casey Stengel, Michael Jordan, and John Wooden. |
| Illustrations: |
bibliography, index |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Facts On File Inc |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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