A plaque remaining from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem.

Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006.

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“If you’re good enough, you’re old enough” (sports adage)
“If you’re not cheating, you’re not trying” (sports adage)
“If you’re injured, you don’t play; if you play, you’re not injured”
“In the spring a young man’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of baseball”
“Is Brooklyn still in the league?” (1934)
“It ain’t over ‘til it’s over”
“It isn’t sex that wrecks these players, it’s staying up all night looking for it”
“It never rains on a golf course”
“It rains on both sides of the field” (football adage)
“It’s all about the rings” (winning championships over money)
“It’s always better to sacrifice your opponent’s pieces” (chess adage)
“It’s great to be young and a Yankee”
“It’s hard to beat a team three times in one season” (sports adage)
“It’s immoral to let a sucker keep his money” (poker adage)
“It’s not how you drive; it’s how you arrive” (golf adage)
“It’s not the X’s and O’s, it’s the Jimmys and Joes”
“It’s not whether you win or lose, but who gets the blame”
“It’s the punch you don’t see coming that knocks you out” (boxing adage)
“John 3:16” (sports usage)
“Keep your head on a swivel” (football adage)
“Kick save and a beauty!” (great save by the goalie in hockey)
“Kids in sports stay out of courts”
“Kill for show and pass for dough” (handball/racquetball adage)
“Kill the body and the head will die” (boxing adage)
“Let me win, but if I cannot win, let me be brave in the attempt” (Special Olympics)
“Let’s get ready to rumble!”
“Let’s go to the videotape!”
“Life is a marathon, not a sprint”
“Live by the three, die by the three” (basketball adage)
“Los Mets”
“Losing hurts more than winning feels good”
“Love means nothing to a tennis player”
“Luck is the residue of design” (Dodgers executive Branch Rickey)
“Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity”
“Momentum is only as good as the next day’s starter” (baseball adage)
“Never play leapfrog with a unicorn”
“Never play pool with a guy named Fats”
“No cheering in the press box” (sports journalism adage)
“No game was ever won by resigning” (chess adage)
“No harm, no foul” ("No blood, no foul")
“No matter where you play, if you have the talent, somebody will find you” (football adage)
“No one buys a ticket to see an owner” (sports adage)
“No one ever says ‘It’s only a game’ when their team is winning”
“No one wants to quit when he’s losing and no one wants to quit when he’s winning”
“No playoff series truly begins until the road team wins a game”
“Nobody has ever bet enough on a winning horse”
“Nothing works unless you do”
“Offense sells tickets, but defense wins championships”
“Old bowlers never die — they just end up in the gutter”
“Old frisbee players never die, they just end up on the roof”
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