Two famous sport-related quotations

[Laurence Horn]

At 9:38 AM -0500 12/5/02, James A. Landau wrote:
>In a message dated 12/5/02 2:17:20 AM Eastern Standard Time,
>scorn at PACIFIC.NET.AU writes:
>
>>  "Winning isn't everything - it's the only thing"
>
>Attributed to George Allen, who coached the Washington Redskins in the
>National Football League in the 1970's, but I wouldn't bet any money that
>Allen originated it.
>
>It is not widely known how much of a debt this country owes to George Allen.
>I lived in Washington during Watergate and I assure you it was not too much
>of an exaggeration to say that only pride in Allen and his overachieving

and "over the hill"

>Redskins kept Washington DC functioning during those ill-starred years.
>
It definitely predated George Allen (even in his L. A. Rams years,
much less his Redskin years), and Lombardi as well.

Larry