Subject: Sports (Page 16)

Ninety feet between bases is perhaps as close a man has ever come to perfection.

(1905–1982) American sportswriter

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

Coaches are an integral part of any manager's team, especially if they are good pinochle players.

(1930 – 2013) American baseball manager

You can't even jump high enough to touch the rim, unless they put a Big Mac on it.

(1963 – ) American professional basketball player & sports personality

Sure… I’m proud to be an American.

professional baseball player

He'll have a lot of fun. George will keep him in stitches.

boxing physician

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

It’s a nice bonus but, you know, I have to pay taxes too.

professional tennis player

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

Michael Owen isn't the tallest of lads, but his height more than makes up for that.

English football player & announcer

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

American baseball pitcher

Don’t park in the spaces marked, “Reserved for Umpires.”

professional baseball pitcher

But the real tragedy was that 15 hadn't been colored yet.

(1945 – ) football coach

He’s going for the green – and for those watching in black and white it’s behind the brown.

BBC commentator

I'm gonna ask the Falcons for so much money they'll have to put me on layaway.

American football player

Therapy can be a good thing; it can be therapeutic.

professional baseball player

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

(1958 – ) Irish professional golfer & commentator

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

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

When Lew was a twenty game winner for the Milwaukee Braves, people needed three columns for his pitching record: won, lost and relative humidity.

(1905–1982) American sportswriter

Whore – Amazing Happen NBA

The Rangers dropped out of the lead June 16 with a loss that will be forever remembered as the forgettable debut of lefthander Matt Perisho.

sports reporter