Subject: Sports (Page 103)

Man blames most accidents on fate – but feels a more personal responsibility when he makes a hole-in-one on the golf course.

Without losers, where would the winners be?

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

I like to believe that my best hits border on felonious assault.

American football player

The L.A. Lakers are so good they could run a fast break with a medicine ball.

Golf is more fun than walking naked in a strange place, but not much.

(1924 – 2003) American comedian & actor

I've thrown or broken a few clubs in my day. In fact, I guess at one time or another I probably held distance records for every club in the bag.

(1916 – 2008) American professional golfer

You guys pair up in groups of three, then line up in a circle.

football coach

I was really enjoying my ride and just thinking how beautiful it was here and the next minute I was picking gravel out of my head.

Australian equestrian rider

Some coaches pray for wisdom; I pray for 260-pound tackles… they’ll give me plenty of wisdom.

(1932 – ) American football coach

It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.

(1930 – 2013) American baseball manager

For the Washington Senators, the worst time of the year is the baseball season.

(1927 – ) American author & baseball writer

Every car has a lot of speed in it. The trick is getting the speed out of it.

American auto racer

Here's a six-foot-ten guy in sneakers and the lady's asking me, 'Profession?'


I thought I would have a quiet pint … and about 17 noisy ones.

British rugby player

My coach said I ran like a girl, I said if he could run a little faster he could too.

1972 – ) American soccer player

I think that the team that wins game five will win the series… unless we lose game five.

(1963 – ) American professional basketball player & sports personality

Golf and sex are about the only things you can enjoy without being good at it.

(1910 – 1983) professional golfer

Alan Shepard walking on the moon found a golf ball with Gerald Ford’s initials on it.

(1903 – 2003) English-born American comedian & actor

Baseball is the only thing beside the paper clip that hasn't changed.

(1914 – 1986) American baseball team owner & promoter

The main quality a great third base coach must have is a fast runner.

(1927 – ) professional baseball player & coach

When Lee Trevino and Jack Nicklaus come in, I'll caddie for Jack.

(1935 – ) Puerto Rican professional golfer