Subject: Sports (Page 124)

Alesi is in second place, and Hill is in second place.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

They’ve taken the foot off Johnny Grubb… uh, they’ve taken the shoe off Johnny Grubb.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

There are three things in the world that he held in the smallest esteem – slugs, poets and caddies with hiccups.

(1881 – 1975) English writer & humorist

My sport is about 90 percent strength and 40 per cent technique.

Wrist-wrestling champion

Being an umpire is like being a king… it prepares you for nothing.

(1937 – 1995) American Major League Baseball umpire

If Pete Rose brings the Reds in first, they ought to bronze him and put him in cement.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

I didn’t drop my gloves. They were yanked off me.

professional hockey player

I’d be willing to bet you, if I was a betting man, that I have never bet on baseball.

American baseball player

He's usually a good puller – but he couldn't get it up that time.

Australian cricketer & commentator

The guy in front of me got number 76 and the guy behind me got number 78.

American football player & coach

Those who the gods seek to destroy first, learn how to play golf.

(1926 – 2010) Canadian actor

We lost some mighty good boys from last year because of paroles, but, crime being what it is, we've picked up some good ones since then, too.

basketball coach

(He) started out here with the Astros and before that he was with the Orioles.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

The last time I played golf with President Ford he hit a birdie – and an eagle, a moose, an elk, an aardvark…

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

And as Mansell comes into the pits, he’s quite literally sweating his eyeballs out.

Next up is Fernando Gonzales, who is not playing tonight.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

Now it comes to a simple equation – who can stand the heat.

British sports commentator

Baseball and malaria keep coming back.

(1925 – 2005) American baseball player & manager

I wouldn't trust him to sit on a toilet the right way.

(1958 – ) Irish professional golfer & commentator

Retire to what?… I'm a golfer and a fisherman; there's nothing to retire to.

professional golfer

I’m trying to kick your ass… in a nice way.

American professional tennis player