Subject: Sports (Page 11)

I quit coaching because of illness and fatigue; the fans were sick and tired of me.

Canadian hockey player

Golf is the loneliest of games, not excluding postal chess.

golf writer

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

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

If you’d offered me a 69 at the start this morning I’d have been all over you.

Scottish professional golfer

Concentration-wise, we’re having trouble crossing the line mentally from a toughness standpoint.

American football coach

Every time a baseball player grabs his crotch, it makes him spit.

(1954 – ) American actress & comedian

Football is all very well a good game for rough girls, but not for delicate boys.

(1854 – 1900) Irish dramatist, novelist & poet

The income tax has made more liars out of the American people than golf has.

(1879 – 1935) humorist & social commentator

With two laps to go then the action will begin, unless this is the action, which it is.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

Richards swings, the ball bounces foul and hits him in the head… no harm done.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

I found out that it's not good to talk about my troubles; eighty percent of the people don't care and the other twenty percent are glad you're having trouble.

Los Angeles Dodgers’ manager

I'm concentrating so much I don't know what I'm doing half the time.

British boxer

To find a man’s true character, play golf with him.

(1881 – 1975) English writer & humorist

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

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

The two most important things in life are good friends and a strong bullpen.

professional baseball player & manager

It'll take three good ones to be on in two today, Sir.

British golf writer & commentator

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

professional football player & coach

He's so strong, he doesn't call the cattle in… he carries them in.

(1928 – ) Canadian professional ice hockey player

You're damn right I know where I am! I'm in Madison Square Garden getting the sh*t kicked out of me.

American boxer

I have never found anything, including divorce and a sexual harassment suit, more frustrating.

(1970 – ) American actor, producer & stand up comedian

You run for 45 minutes, you train for an hour and a half, and the rest of the time you just hang out and talk tough.

(1950 – ) American boxer & actor