Subject: Sports (Page 102)

Pain is something you expect. You can’t win an Olympic final waving at the crowd.

British rower
Sports

A puck is a hard rubber disc that hockey players strike when they can’t hit one another. 

(1909 – 1973) American sports journalist
Hockey Sports

Our offense is like the Pythagorean theorem: There is no answer!

American basketball player
Basketball Misspokements Sports

When you get that nice celebration coming into the dugout and you’re getting your ass hammered by guys, there’s no better feeling than to have that done.

professional baseball player
Baseball Sports

Having Willie Stargell on your ball club is like having a diamond ring on your finger.

American baseball player & manager
Baseball Sports

He’s a guy who gets up at six o’clock in the morning regardless of what time it is.

(1922 – ) boxing trainer & manager
Boxing Misspokements Sports

I can't tell who's leading… it's either Oxford or Cambridge.

British news commentator
Misspokements Sports

I play my regulars; the only way a guy gets off the floor is if he dies.

(1922 – 2002) American college basketball coach
Basketball Sports

Can I bite him?

(1950 – ) American boxer & actor
Boxing Sports

He (Gil Hodges) fields better on one leg than anybody else I got on two.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager
Baseball Misspokements Sports

Why does everybody stand up and sing ‘Take Me Out to the Ballgame’ when they’re already there?

professional baseball player
Baseball Misspokements Sports

If everything seems under control, you’re not going fast enough.

(1940 – ) Italian-American auto racer
Autos Situations Sports

In my prime I could have handled Michael Jordan; of course, he would have been only 12 years old.

American basketball player & coach
Basketball Sports

I don't know what kind of test they can give him; he's delirious half the time anyway.

American basketball coach
Basketball Sports

I didn't hear him because my two Stanley Cup rings were plugging my ears.

professional hockey player
Hockey Sports

The Minutemen are not tall in terms of height.

Basketball analyst & sportscaster
Basketball Misspokements Sports

Putts get real difficult the day they hand out the money.

(1942 – ) American professional golfer
Golf Sports

I want to rush for 1,000 or 1,500 yards, whichever comes first.

professional football player
Football Misspokements Sports

In pro boxing, let's face it, the name of the game is how much you make – not how many honors won. Billy Walker was the most successful flop in history.

English boxing journalist & commentator
Boxing Sports

His golf bag does not contain a full set of irons.

(1951 – 2014) comedian & actor
Golf Insults Intelligence

Why waltz 10 rounds with an opponent if you can KO him in one?

American boxing champion
Boxing