Sports Statistics Quotes

The only difference between a winning team and a losing team is one game. The winning team can win two out of three games...the losing team can only win one out of three.

Rick Miller hit only one home run last year, and that's like hitting none.

I've always gotten a kick out of leading my team in assists.

We all know that players will hit a few more home runs than usual in some years and a few less in others. But the mathematics of chance also predicts that some years they'll hit a lot more, and some years a lot less.

I was, in my first season, second top scorer, which is something people forget.

I'm a massive football fan, so when Ladbrokes approached me and asked me to take a look at the statistics, I jumped at the chance.

I think the National League has better biorhythms in July.

When I was in Boston, I averaged 14 a game.

Gary Lineker has now scored 37 goals. That is precisely twice as many as last year.

In terms of merit, sports has mathematical statistics. That's how you know who the best player is.

When I'm sitting around watching a game with some friends, and we're all excited, and Jordan is driving in, we might say, 'Come on Mike, break me off a little somethin'-somethin'.' I decided to take that and translate it into what I do on 'SportsCenter.' Just add statistics.

If you want information about sports, I can tell you things from the 1940's, and the couple years that my grandson was kind of a jock, but nothing in between.

Parker's grand slam is the same as going 4 for 4, even though he went 1 for 4.

In the morning, I reach for the sports page.

Americans are analytical in their sports, which are very stop-start, so the numbers tend to add up. That's why Moneyball works for baseball. It doesn't work so well for football because it's a fluid game.

In Cuba, I would start the first two months hitting around .260 with three or four home runs. After the first half of the season, I would get hot, and that's when I would have my best results.

Baseball is probably the world's best documented sport.

This is the honest truth: I could absolutely care less on yards per game. I think that's a totally overblown stat.

The only important statistic is the final score.

Pete Rose has three thousand hits and three thousand fourteen overall.

There aren't many football players other than kickers who are Latin.

I scored about 40 goals with Roma, so that's quite good.

Statistics are to baseball what a flaky crust is to Mom's apple pie.

The best thing about the New Year is your 4.90 ERA disappears and starts back at zero.

I have a lot left. There's only four or five good centers in the league and I'm in that number. ... I've been in it for 17 years but I've missed three years because of injury. If you do the math, I've still got three years left. You got that?