Subject: Sports (Page 107)

The final score after eight innings is Giants 3, Padres 2.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

He's ranked number three in Britain, number four in the world. You can't get any higher!

English darts player

If the fans don’t wanna come out to the ballpark, no one can stop ‘em

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

A re-match with Eubank is not in my plans. I'm not interested in him because he's got nothing I want… except a Harley-Davidson motorbike.

British boxer

Colleges spend more money on the promotion of the Heisman than the Pentagon spends on toilets.

(1931 – 2012) American college football historian & television commentator

If God wants to produce the ideal golfer then He should create a being with a set of unequal arms and likewise legs, an elbow-free left arm, knees which hinge sideways and a ribless torso from which emerges, at an angle of 45 degrees, a stretched neck fitted with one color-blind eye stuck firmly on the left side.

golf author

Tell me where you want to go. If they have a team, I'll schedule them.

(1922 – 2002) American college basketball coach

When I was duck hunting with Bear Bryant, he shot at one but it kept flying.
"John," he said, "There flies a dead duck…"
Now, that's confidence.

(1923 – 2001) American football coach

Baseball, it is said, is only a game… true… and the Grand Canyon is only a hole in Arizona.

(1941 – ) columnist, commentator & editor

That guy has muscles in places most people don't have places.

American basketball broadcaster

You've got to think lucky; if you fall into a mud hole, check your back pocket – you might have caught a fish.

(1924 – 2012) American football player & coach

Jean Alesi is 4th and 5th.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

The average age of our bench is deceased.

Los Angeles Dodgers’ manager

Golf can best be defined as an endless series of tragedies obscured by an occasional miracle.

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

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

Colin Meads is the kind of player you expect to see emerging from a ruck with the remains of a jockstrap between his teeth.

Papua New Guinean rugby player

He looks up at him through blood smeared lips.

British sports commentator

We are in such a slump that even the ones that aren’t drinkin’ aren’t hittin’.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

No one hit home runs the way Babe (Ruth) did… they were something special… they were like homing pigeons; the ball would leave the bat, pause briefly, suddenly gain its bearings, then take off for the stands.

(1908 – 1989) American baseball player

The two most important jobs in America are held by foreigners – room service and goal-kicking.

(1931 – 2012) American college football historian & television commentator

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

American hockey coach