Subject: Sports (Page 106)

Morcelli has four fastest 1500-meter times ever; and all those times are at 1500 meters.

(1926 – ) English sports commentator

I want little conversation and lots of hair on the floor.

(1923 – 2013) American professional football coach

Alain Prost is in a commanding second position.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

Never was a man more aptly named.

If I'd known I was going to pitch a no-hitter today, I would have gotten a haircut.

professional baseball player

My daughter genuinely asked me to hand her the basketball bat… I might be failing as a father.

(1963 – ) American comedian & author

Pain is only temporary, no matter how long it lasts.

American football player

You know that creepy-looking guy you stare at two seats behind you, thinking, who would come to a movie by himself? That's me.

(1969 – ) Canadian ice hockey player & executive

The only thing you should force in a golf swing is the club back in the bag.

American professional golfer

He's not only a lousy fighter, he's a bad actor. Louis or Marciano could have whipped him by telephone.

American boxer

I lost it in the sun!

professional baseball player

If everything were going good for him, he'd be having success.

American hockey coach

A mediocre season for Nelson Piquet as he is now known and always has been.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

I’ve been playing the game so long that my handicap is in Roman numerals.

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

Statistics and records are baseball talk; they keep records like most times sliding into second base on a Tuesday.

(1923 – 2001) American football coach

Trade him for a six pack — it doesn't even have to be cold.

Philadelphia Eagles coach

Golf appeals to the idiot in us and the child; just how childlike golf players become is proven by their frequent inability to count past five.

(1932 – 2009) author, poet & critic

Templeton is as hot as you can be and still walk!

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

The best advice I can give for playing a ball out of water is – don't.

American professional golfer

It's been very slow and dull day, but it hasn't been boring. It's been a good, entertaining day's cricket.

Cricket commentator

For most amateurs, the best wood in the bag… the pencil!

(1935 – ) Puerto Rican professional golfer