Subject: Sports (Page 12)

Passin’ Earnhardt is like trying to take a bone out of a Pit Bull’s mouth.

American auto racer

… standing there making a sitting target of himself.

English boxing manager & trainer

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

English darts player

Notre Dame is the only team in the country that never plays a road game.

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

It’s weird… people say they’re not like apes; now how do you explain football then?

(1968 – 2005) American stand-up comedian

About the only problem with success is that it does not teach you how to deal with failure.

Los Angeles Dodgers’ manager

You may be big in New York, but in Walters, Oklahoma, you're nobody.

(1922 – 2002) American college basketball coach

I never make predictions and I never will.

English football player

I asked my doctor how many more years I have left and he said, 'You're too ornery to die.'

(1929 – ) American baseball player who had a well-publicized bipolar disorder

Here’s Wellwood, seven-and-oh in the faceoffs, plus-two, two assists, played 20 minutes, drew eight minutes on the power play, lost a tooth and a pint of blood. What a guy.

Canadian hockey player, coach & commentator

The more I practice, the luckier I get.

(1935 – ) South African professional golfer

We have deep depth.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

I'm glad we don't have to play in the shade.

professional golfer

Every time I see you naked I feel bad for your wife.

Czech hockey player

If he raced his pregnant wife he'd finish third.

Los Angeles Dodgers’ manager

You can throw anything in our house, but we’ll just let it roll off our backs

I do not participate in any sport with ambulances at the bottom of a hill.

(1927 – 1996) columnist & humorist

Harmon Killebrew has enough power to hit home runs in any park – including Yellowstone.

American professional baseball player, manager & executive

If I knew he was gonna throw a no-hitter, I would have thrown one too.

professional baseball player

A sports expert is the guy who writes the best alibis for being wrong.

(1909 – 1973) American sports journalist

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

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer