Subject: Sports (Page 121)

Once we were whining losers, but now we’re arrogant winners.

Buffalo Bills public relations man

If I had a dollar for every time someone asked me that question… wait a minute, I do have a dollar for every time I've been asked that question.

American basketball player & coach

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

professional baseball player

You don’t have enough smarts to straighten this out. This is unstraightable.

(1934 – 2010) American baseball manager

George Foreman can knock down an oak tree, but oak trees don't move.

American boxing trainer

Everybody has a plan, ’till they get hit.

(1966 – ) American boxing champion

Tighten the loose ends and loosen the tight ends.

American football player

If you play against him, you hate him; if you play with him, you hate him a little less.

(1964 – ) Venezuelan-American baseball player & manager

Alain Prost is in a commanding second position.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

If I'm having brain surgery, I'll be darned if I want that surgeon playing for a tie.

American college football coach

A school without football is in danger of deteriorating into a medieval study hall.

American basketball coach & executive

Nobody knows this [yet], but one of us has just been traded to Kansas City.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

I remember in Pittsburgh we had no players and the ones we did have wanted to stay at the hotel by the fire. I was ticked because that's where I wanted to stand.

(1923 – 2001) American football coach

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

(1922 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

Why am I using a new putter? Because the old one didn’t float too well.

American professional golfer

Coach Red Auerbach makes mistakes, the entire Boston Celtics team makes mistakes, but they can get away with it because they have the world's largest eraser in center Bill Russell.

American basketball player

The secret of my success was clean living and a fast outfield.

(1908 – 1989) American baseball player

A tough day at the office is even tougher when your office contains spectator seating.

There’s someone warming up in the bullpen, but he’s obscured by his number.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

Singles hitters drive Fords, home run hitters drive Cadillacs.

(1922 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

Man that guy is ripped! I mean, I've got the washboard stomach, too. It's just that mine has about two months of laundry on top of it.

Canadian hockey player