58 Derby Quotes
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Short Derby Quotes
- Marcel Desailly was pretty hard when I played against him in a Milan derby. — Paul Ince
- If Jack Nicklaus can win the Masters at 46, I can win the Kentucky Derby at 54. — Bill Shoemaker
- Storing your car in New York is safer than entering it in a demolition derby. But not much. — Daniel S. Greenberg
- The Manchester Derby is bigger and more important than El Classico. — Diego Maradona
- It is a human demolition derby! — Jim Ross
- You can't win the Kentucky Derby unless you're on a thoroughbred. — Joe Torre
- The Merseyside derby games are unique in the city. — Brendan Rodgers
- You can't run a mule in the Kentucky Derby. — Jim Leyland
- When I won the Derby on Never Say Die I went home and cut the lawn. I haven't cut the lawn since. — Lester Piggott
- Merseyside derbies usually last 90 minutes and I'm sure today's won't be any different. — Trevor Brooking
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Kentucky Derby Quotes
Until you go to Kentucky and with your own eyes behold the Derby, you ain't never been nowhere and you ain't seen nothin'! — Irvin S. Cobb
In some circles, the Mint 400 is a far, far better thing than the Superbowl, the Kentucky Derby, and the lower Oakland roller derby finals all rolled into one. This race attracts a very special breed. — Hunter S. Thompson
To win the Kentucky Derby is the goal of every trainer, every hot-walker, every backside person. They may be just rubbing on a horse, or hot-walking a horse, but they wonder if they could win the Kentucky Derby. — Bob Lewis
The best thing about the Kentucky Derby is that it is only two minutes long. It is the quickest event in sports, except for Sumo-wrestling & Mike Tyson fights. Maybe Drag-racing is quicker, but I have never been attracted to it. — Hunter S. Thompson
Twilight is to Vampires what My Little Pony is to Kentucky Derby Winning Horses. — Dennis Sharp
As a young boy I won a few dollars in 1972 when Riva Ridge won the Kentucky Derby. I had overheard someone say he was going to win, and I guess that made an impression on me. — Matt Gonzalez
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More Derby Quotes
Derbies are always difficult to play because you have to handle the pressure. There's no advantage or disadvantage for either side. — Jurgen Klopp
The Thoroughbred exists because its selection has depended, not on experts, technicians, or zoologists, but on a piece of wood: the winning post of the Epsom Derby. If you base your criteria on anything else, you will get something else, not the Thoroughbred. — Federico Tesio
In Dortmund, they say the derby is more important than the championship. You can feel it around the game. — Jurgen Klopp
I thought I would dress in baggy pants, big shoes, a cane and a derby hat. everything a contradiction: the pants baggy, the coat tight, the hat small and the shoes large. — Charlie Chaplin
That is why, no matter how desperate the predicament is, I am always very much in earnest about clutching my cane, straightening my derby hat and fixing my tie, even though I have just landed on my head. — Charlie Chaplin
I've been in one Derby, and this is my third Belmont. But I've never thought of the fact that I haven't won a Triple Crown race. I'm not like that. I always look at the sunshine of things. — Julie Krone
Among the defects of the bill [Lord Derby's] which are numerous, one provision is conspicuous by its presence and another by its absence. — John Russell, 1st Earl Russell
After winning the Derby aged just 18-Why all the fuss? After all, the Derby is just another race. — Lester Piggott
I can't tell the difference between the best and the worst 'cause I realize not everybody wants to have sex in the middle of a demolition derby race in the car. — John Waters
English civilization rests largely upon tea and cricket, with mighty spurts of enjoyment on Derby Day, and at Newmarket. — Agnes Repplier
I know there's a Derby out there with my name on it. — Pat Day
I went out to the Derby on Wednesday and think it is the most interesting thing I ever saw over here. — Richard H. Davis
I don't remember half of the new bands, though - and I think that's kind of where we're going. It's turning into just a big derby of songs. May the best song win. — Beck
I'm hyper-aware of my last name and it's lack of Derby or Horowtiz-esque sonorousness. Moffett sounds like a type of couch cushion. I guess I'm hoping to start a wave of first-name usage. — Kevin Moffett
But there is always that unpredictability about a derby match and that's what it was today. — Alex Ferguson
We are creating a political demolition derby, not a presidential debate. Those strange impulses in the American soul that have produced mud wrestling and The Gong Show seem to have claimed the national campaign. — Hugh Sidey
I loved the world of roller derby because I thought it was such an empowering metaphor, that you get out there and do it. It's such a rocker, athletic, capable, cool exhibitionist sport; it's about this great sort of camaraderie. — Drew Barrymore
Remember the people in the back streets of Derby. — Arthur Christiansen
Suddenly, I win the derby and people are talking about England again. It is absolutely pathetic — Stuart Pearce
He is as much a part of the Derby tradition as the Twin Spires themselves — John Mallory Asher
The best bet for the horses would be to stop betting on the Derby and other horse races, and to stop breeding, racing and killing thoroughbreds altogether — Ingrid Newkirk
Should I marry W? Not if she won't tell me the other letters in her name. And what about her career? How can I ask a woman of her beauty to give up the Roller Derby? Decisions... — Woody Allen
Chesterfield 1, Chester 1. Another score draw in the local derby — Des Lynam
So down thy hill, romantic Ashbourn, glides The Derby dilly, carrying three INSIDES. — George Canning
The rules of the track work well for life. Roller derby is life in a tiny circle. You can only go forward, even if you find yourself turned around, facing the wrong way. There's speed, unpredictability, and danger. You can't be sure what's going to happen, you don't always know when you'll stop, and it appears most people are out to get you. You will fall. You will get hurt. But you will get up again. — Pamela Ribon
How’s the patient?” asked Derby. “Dead to the world.” “But not actually dead.” “No.” “How nice - to feel nothing, and still get full credit for being alive. — Kurt Vonnegut
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