Subject: Sports (Page 10)

Throwing people out of a game is like learning to ride a bicycle – once you get the hang of it, it can be a lot of fun.

(1937 – 1995) American Major League Baseball umpire
Baseball Sports

I led the league in “Go get ‘em next time.”

(1935 – ) American baseball player, sportscaster, comedian & actor
Baseball Failure Sports

The biggest liar in the world is the golfer who claims that he plays the game merely for exercise.

(1916 – 2008) American professional golfer
Beliefs Golf Honesty Lies Sports

I don't think his hands could take the abuse.

(1950 – ) American boxer & actor
Boxing Sports

If I'm having brain surgery, I'll be darned if I want that surgeon playing for a tie.

American college football coach
Football Sports

Throw strikes – home plate don't move.

American baseball player
Baseball Sports

I’m the guy that made Joe DiMaggio famous.

(1908 – 1989) American baseball player
Baseball People Self Sports

Football is all very well a good game for rough girls, but not for delicate boys.

(1854 – 1900) Irish dramatist, novelist & poet
Football Sports

Hell, there ain't but 15 black millionaires in the whole country & half of 'em are right here in this room.

(1963 – ) American professional basketball player & sports personality
Basketball Sports

Golf isn’t a game, it’s a choice that one makes with one’s life.

screenwriter & producer
Golf Sports

The way he’s swinging the bat, he won’t get a hit until the 20th century.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer
Baseball Misspokements Sports

It's so bad I could putt off a tabletop and still leave the ball halfway down the leg.

professional golfer
Golf Sports

Being thick isn’t an affliction if you’re a footballer, because your brains need to be in your feet. And Beckham works hard, he’s brave and he crosses a ball superbly. He treats a football like he does a wife – lovingly, with caresses.

English football player & manager
Sports

I look at the NBA as a football game without the helmet.

American basketball player & broadcaster
Basketball Sports

You're wrong! I touched second base. I missed third… but I touched second.

American baseball player
Baseball Sports

… riding a typical McCoy race where, with five lengths to go, he literally picks up the horse and carries it over the line.

British sports commentator
Misspokements Sports

Street hockey is great for kids. It’s energetic, competitive, and skillful… and best of all it keeps them off the street.

Canadian hockey player
Hockey Misspokements Sports

Being in politics is like being a football coach; you have to be smart enough to understand the game, and be dumb enough to think it’s important.

(1916 – 2005) American politician & poet
Football Government Politics Sports

Three years ago, I couldn't spell author. Now I am one.

Canadian hockey player, coach & commentator
Communication Hockey Reading/Writing Sports

I'll beat him so bad he'll need a shoehorn to put his hat on.

(1942 – ) American boxing champion
Boxing Sports

As you look at the first four, the significant thing is that Alboreto is fifth.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator
Auto racing Misspokements Sports