Subject: Sports (Page 16)

There is a thin line between genius and insanity, and in Larry's case it was sometimes so thin you could see him drifting back and forth.

(1906 – 1991) American baseball player, coach & manager
Baseball Sports

People don't know this but I helped the Cardinals win the pennant; I came down with hepatitis… the trainer injected me with it.

(1935 – ) American baseball player, sportscaster, comedian & actor
Activities Baseball Health Sports

Pity Steve Ovett didn’t show up. Then we could have had the good, the bald and the ugly.

British Olympic decathlon champion
Sports

Football is, after all, a wonderful way to get rid of your aggressions without going to jail for it.

(1918 – 2001) American sportswriter, commentator & actor
Football Sports

When I get done with 'Sweet Pea,' he'll be 'Split Pea.'

American boxer
Boxing Sports

For Michigan fans, football is a religion. And the Ohio State game is Easter.

(1948 – 2003) American actor
Football Sports TV/Movie Quotes

Yeah, I regret we weren't on a higher floor.

(1963 – ) American professional basketball player & sports personality
Basketball Sports

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
Football Sports

You should enter a ballpark the way you enter a church.

American baseball pitcher
Baseball Sports

When I was duck hunting with Bear Bryant, he shot at one but it kept flying.
"John," he said, "There flies a dead duck…"
Now, that's confidence.

(1923 – 2001) American football coach
Football Sports

Gimme:  An agreement between two losers who can't putt.

(1907 – 1987) American journalist & author
Golf Situations Sports

She literally wiped the court with her opponent.

Misspokements Sports

Every time a puck gets past me and I look back into the net, I say, ‘uh-oh.'

Canadian ice hockey goaltender
Hockey Sports

Skiing may be a winter activity, but some think of it as a fall sport.

Sports Wordplay

The Mets achieved total incompetence in a single year, while the Browns worked industriously for almost a decade to gain equal proficiency.

(1914 – 1986) American baseball team owner & promoter
Baseball Characteristics Sports

Being in politics is like being a football coach: you have to be smart enough to understand the game and dumb enough to think it’s important.

Education Government Intelligence Murphy’s Laws Politics Sports

Golf is more fun than walking naked in a strange place… but not much.

(1924 – 2003) American comedian & actor
Golf Sports

I had some bad days in the field… but I didn’t take them home with me. I left them in a bar along the way.

professional baseball player & manager
Baseball Sports

My coach said I ran like a girl, I said if he could run a little faster he could too.

1972 – ) American soccer player
Sports Women

It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.

(1930 – 2013) American baseball manager
Baseball Education Learning Sports

If God wanted football played in the spring, he would not have invented baseball.

football coach
Football Sports