Subject: Sports (Page 106)

Trying to throw a fastball by Hank Aaron is like trying to sneak the sun by a rooster.

(1929 – ) American baseball player
Baseball Sports

The real reason your pro tells you to keep your head down is so you can’t see him laughing at you.

(1917 – 2012) comedian & actress
Emotions Golf Laughter Sports

The older you get, the faster you ran as a kid.

professional football player & coach
Age Football Memory Sports

Everyone is unhappy at times, even my wife. Only she doesn't get interviewed about it.

(1923 – 2001) American football coach
Football Sports

The first thing I would do when I saw Bobby [Orr] coming down at me was to say a little prayer if I had time.  I’m sure I wasn’t the only goalie who did that.

Canadian professional hockey player
Hockey Sports

We can’t win at home… we can’t win on the road; as general manager, I just can’t figure out where else to play.

(1941 – ) American basketball executive
Basketball Misspokements Sports

Nigel Mansell is someone with about as much charisma as a damp spark-plug.

British sportswriter
Auto racing Insults Sports

You can’t lose an old golf ball.

Golf Murphy’s Laws Sports

Real golfers, no matter what the provocation, never strike a caddie with the driver; the sand wedge is far more effective.

Golf Sports

Let the other guy have whatever he wants before the fight. Once the bell rings he's gonna be disappointed anyway.

(1949 – ) American boxing champion
Boxing Sports

I wanted to go through the TV and strangle Terry Crisp. I wanted to punch Chris Gratton in the face. And when Petr Klima took a penalty, I wanted to send him back to Czechoslovakia.

Canadian hockey player, coach & general manager
Hockey Sports

And Britain defeats the rest of the world to pick up the bronze medal.

Misspokements Sports

Fortunately he is 22 years old, so his right wrist should be the strongest muscle in his body.

(1958 – ) Irish professional golfer & commentator
Sports

I was three over, one over a house, one over a patio, and one over a swimming pool.

(1953 – ) American baseball player
Golf Sports

The drivers have one foot on the brake, one on the clutch, and one on the throttle.

auto racing commentator
Auto racing Misspokements Sports

Without losers, where would the winners be?

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager
Sports

I had some bad days in the field… but I didn’t take them home with me. I left them in a bar along the way.

professional baseball player & manager
Baseball Sports

My nose didn't move… it definitely had position.

American basketball player
Basketball Sports

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

(1951 – 2014) comedian & actor
Golf Insults Intelligence

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

What’s the toughest thing in a professional football game? … Its being the mother of the quarterback.

(1936 – ) American football coach & television announcer
Family Football Mothers Sports