Subject: Sports (Page 117)

Cricket is baseball on valium.

(1951 – 2014) comedian & actor

He's a guy who gets up at six o'clock in the morning regardless of what time it is.

(1922 – ) boxing trainer & manager

He’s a guy who gets up at six o’clock in the morning regardless of what time it is.

(1922 – ) boxing trainer & manager

Fishing is boring, unless you catch an actual fish, and then it is disgusting.

(1947 – ) American columnist & humorist

If school had started at 4:00 in the afternoon, I'd be a college graduate today.

(1949 – ) American boxing champion

Street hockey is great for kids. It’s energetic, competitive, and skillful… and best of all it keeps them off the street.

Canadian hockey player

I’m going to graduate on time, no matter how long it takes.

I had slumps that lasted into the winter.

(1935 – ) American baseball player, sportscaster, comedian & actor

I knew when my career was over; in 1965 my baseball card came out with no picture.

(1935 – ) American baseball player, sportscaster, comedian & actor

They should send Borg away to another planet. We play tennis. He plays something else.

Romanian professional tennis player

I owe a lot to my parents, especially my mother and father.

professional golfer

You either have to finesse 12 people who weren't smart enough to get out of jury duty, or 11 who weren't smart enough to play offense.

Clemson quarterback

I bet on a horse at ten-to-one; it didn't come in until half-past five.

(1906 – 1998) English-born American comedian

They will pass the father-son tandem of Buddy Bell and Yogi Berra.

(1922 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

The wind always seems to blow against catchers when they are running.

(1926 – 2016) American baseball player, announcer & television host

I think that the team that wins game five will win the series… unless we lose game five.

(1963 – ) American professional basketball player & sports personality

For those of you watching who do not have television sets, live commentary is on Radio 2.

(1926 – ) English sports commentator

My toughest fight was with my first wife.

(1942 – ) American boxing champion

Johnny Carson gently suggested to Cobb that Larry Holmes seemed to be always a step ahead of him

Cobb replied: Did it seem that way to you too?

(1950 – ) American boxer & actor

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

If you watch a game, it’s fun; if you play it, it’s recreation; if you work at it, it’s golf.

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