Subject: Sports (Page 109)

Girls used to come up to me and say, “My sister loves you.” Now they say, “My mother loves you.”

baseball player
Age Baseball Old Sports

My face is my mask.

Canadian professional hockey goalie
Hockey Sports

Earnie Shavers hit me, man, and knocked me face down on the canvas. I was in the land of make believe. I heard saxophones, trombones. I saw little blue rats, and they were all smoking cigars and drinking whisky.

American boxer
Boxing Sports

If you see the ball, hit it… that’s what it’s there for.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager
Baseball Sports Yogi-isms

Winning is everything. The only ones who remember you when you come second are your wife and your dog.

British auto racer
Auto racing Sports

I pitch like my hair’s on fire.

baseball player
Baseball Sports

It’s shattering when a player loses interest in camp. When you lose your interest in standing around eating steaks you lose everything.

(1923 – 2001) American football coach
Football Sports

One rule I had was make your best pitch and back up third base; that relay might get away and you’ve got another shot at him.

(1908 – 1989) American baseball player
Baseball Sports

The number one thing about trouble is… don't get into more.

American professional golfer
Golf Problems Sports

That’s Hendrick’s 19th home run; one more and he reaches double figures.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer
Baseball Misspokements Sports

That boy couldn't hit the ground if he fell out of an airplane.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager
Baseball Sports

Everybody wants a piece of the cake, but my cake has no slices.

Swedish boxing champion
Boxing Sports

Orel Hershiser is the only Major League pitcher to have two consecutive pronouns in his surname.

American essayist
Baseball Sports

Howard Cosell is nobody’s fool. He’s everybody’s fool.

(1942 – ) American boxing champion
Boxing Insults Sports

They're like two bulldogs eating lunch off a Brillo pad!

Canadian hockey player
Hockey Sports

There are younger Aztec ruins.

sportswriter & newspaper columnist
Age Baseball Old Sports

Let me know if Cain is able.

(1923 – 2001) American football coach
Football Sports

He’s looking for some meaningful penetration into the backline.

New Zealand rugby player & commentator
Misspokements Sports

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
Hockey People Self Sports

Wally Dallenbach's like a kite without a tail out there.

American auto racer
Auto racing Sports

This is not even close to what I envisioned a no-hitter would be.

American baseball pitcher
Baseball Sports