Sports Memorabilia Quotes

Running along the back wall was a long glass trophy case filled with loving cups, ribbons, school and sports memorabilia; in ominous proximity were several large funeral wreaths which, in conjunction with the trophies, gave that corner of the room a Kentucky Derby sort of look.

Understatement has become part of the tradition. A proposal to build a history room to house the football team's memorabilia was immediately shelved when many former players complained. What makes this program so special is what you carry in your heart, they argued, not what you hang on the wall.

Sports Card Rock website started in the 1990s and was one of the most trusted resources on the web for Sports Cards, Collectibles, and Memorabilia. Over time the site was forgotten about and lost to the internet. Many other great sites from that time have been repurposed into something else. However, I bought the domain name for the site in 2019 when I saw it go up for sale. Since then, we’ve gone about turning Sports Cards Rock back into one of the premium sports card resources on the net.

Now it's a loud, slick sports bar like a thousand others across the nation. For some reason, they kept the name and also attempted to keep some of the original spirit by covering the walls with a pasteurized mishmash of blue-collar manliness: sports memorabilia, brand-new parts of old-model cars, a length of shiny railroad track, a mounted deer head. Now just as many women come here as men. The place reverberates with the sound of raised voices trying to compete with the noise coming from the twenty TVs. On weekends they compound the problem by having live music.

Achieving perpetual organization means, first, clarifying your values and ideal life, and then clearing and organizing your space to support that life. Who you are is, in many ways, reflected by the stuff you keep: the memorabilia, collections, photos, books, furniture, clothing, knickknacks, tools, sporting goods, artwork, and all your worldly goods. So taking care of your things is part of how you take care of yourself; your useful, treasured belongings deserve care and appreciation.

was fond of Steve because I was able to glimpse the other side of him. I liked how he kept things in perspective. As driven and perfectionistic as he was, he stuck to his Friday-before-game-day ritual—a haircut and nine holes of golf. One year, my partner Todd Blackledge and our sideline reporter Jill Arrington were in Gainesville before a game. We went to Steve’s office. It was a virtual museum with memorabilia covering nearly every square inch of the place. Jill was relatively new to the team. Steve welcomed us all in and could see Jill scanning his office. He showed her a photo of one of his Duke University teams. This was obviously before he took over at Florida and attained so much success. That he was proud of the job he’d done at that school spoke volumes about him. He wasn’t going to brag about himself or his better-known squads. He pointed out some of the players and what they’d gone on to do in other things besides playing in the NFL. His evident pride in them impressed me.