Subject: Sports (Page 15)

Unstoppable, Baby!

professional basketball player

The ex-left-hander Dave Roberts will be going for Houston.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

It's like someone jammed an electric light bulb in your face, and busted it. I thought half my head was blowed off… When he knocked me down I could have stayed there for three weeks.

American boxing champion

I can’t really remember the names of the clubs that we went to.

American basketball player

I’m the football coach around here and don’t you remember it.

football coach

I miss the putt. I miss the putt. I miss the putt. I make the putt.

Spanish professional golfer

It's going to be nice to be embarrassed in practice instead of games.

Canadian hockey player

I used to think the only use for it [sport] was to give small boys something else to kick besides me.

(1928 – ) British journalist, writer & columnist

We work in the toy department.

(1909 – 1973) American sports journalist

Once bitten, it is akin to having your neck punctured in Transylvania… there is no known antidote.

golf course architect

I’m going down so often these days you’d think I was making a blue movie.

English boxer

Short girls who take all the tall guys.

American professional tennis player

Golf isn’t a game, it’s a choice that one makes with one’s life.

screenwriter & producer

We may have broken rules … but we did not cheat.

Connecticut basketball coach

We can't win at home and we can't win on the road. My problem as general manager is I can't think of another place to play.

(1941 – ) American basketball executive

I've always felt we weren't physical enough on the back line. Now there's a no-parking sign in front of our net.

hockey general manager

We have a great bunch of outside shooters; unfortunately, all our games are played indoors.

basketball coach

It’s a battle with himself and with the ticking fingers of the clock.

(1926 – ) English sports commentator

… riding a typical McCoy race where, with five lengths to go, he literally picks up the horse and carries it over the line.

British sports commentator

Send ‘im’ down a piano, see if ‘e can play that!

Stephen Gascoigne (1878 – 1942) Australian sports fan & heckler

A lot is said about defense, but at the end of the game, the team with the most points wins, the other team loses.

(Bob Costas replied with just, Uh…well…ok.)

professional basketball player