Abe Lemons Quotes & Sayings

There are really only two plays: Romeo and Juliet, and put the darn ball in the basket. — Abe Lemons

If I make a set of rules, then a guy goes out and steals an airplane. He comes back and says, 'It wasn't in the rules.' — Abe Lemons

I don't have any tricky plays, I'd rather have tricky players. — Abe Lemons

The trouble with retirement is that you never get a day off. — Abe Lemons

I'd rather be a football coach. That way you only lose eleven games a year. — Abe Lemons

You mean in the state? — Abe Lemons

You always catch the wrong players. — Abe Lemons

Damn referees, I'll miss them less than anybody. — Abe Lemons

You know what they call the fellow who finishes last in his medical school graduating class? They call him 'Doctor.' — Abe Lemons

Doctors bury their mistakes, but mine are still on scholarship. — Abe Lemons

They wanted to buy out my contract, but I couldn't make change for a $20, so they had to let me stay. — Abe Lemons

I don't jog, if I die I want to be sick. — Abe Lemons

Coaches who shoot par in the summer are the guys I want on my schedule in the winter. — Abe Lemons

It was a hole in one contest and I had a three. — Abe Lemons

We did have three go to the YMCA. — Abe Lemons

One day of practice is like one day of clean living. It doesn't do you any good. — Abe Lemons

I don't understand these new coaches who don't drink. What do they do when they get beat? — Abe Lemons

Finish last in your league and they call you idiot. Finish last in medical school and they call you doctor. — Abe Lemons

Hell no. When I die I want to be sick. — Abe Lemons

You may be big in New York, but in Walters, Oklahoma, you're nobody. — Abe Lemons