List of sports clichés

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This is a list of clichés related to sports

There's always next year
Bring our "A" game
Take it one game at a time
I'm just happy to be here
Backs against the wall (especially before any elimination games)
Swing and a miss
He shoots — he scores!
There's no "I" in "team"
A commanding six–shot lead (in reporting golf results)^[1]
He must be as sick as a parrot (UK - Football/soccer)
It's a game of two halves
Overcoming adversity
They just wanted it more
Second best all over the park
Play 4 quarters
It ain't over til it's over (originated by Yogi Berra)
We're gonna have to play the kind of (sport in question) we know we are capable of playing.
Leave it all on the floor/field, in the ring, etc.
Credit to the opposition
Giving 110%
He could go all... the... way! (originated by Howard Cosell)
They think its all over...it is now (the infamous line from football commentator Kenneth Wolstenholme