Subject: Sports (Page 18)

Why should I smile? They’d be throwing things at me if I lost.

English jockey
Sports

I bet on a horse at ten-to-one; it didn't come in until half-past five.

(1906 – 1998) English-born American comedian
Activities Sports

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
Baseball Insults Sports

It opens a spacious firmament to the bewildered eyes, wherein you discover more planets in a second than most distinguished astronomers observe in a lifetime.

Boxing writer
Boxing Sports

I haven't been able to slam-dunk the basketball for the past five years… or, for the thirty-eight years before that, either.

(1947 – ) American columnist & humorist
Basketball Sports

He couldn’t spell cat if you spotted him the C and the T.


Football Intelligence Sports

I’m not saying my golf game went bad, but if I grew tomatoes, they’d come up sliced.

(1942 – ) American professional golfer
Golf Sports

Those are the only balls you've touched all day!

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

They expect an umpire to be perfect on opening day and to improve as the season goes on.

American baseball umpire
Baseball Sports

When Lee Trevino and Jack Nicklaus come in, I'll caddie for Jack.

(1935 – ) Puerto Rican professional golfer
Golf Sports

I’m a light eater. As soon as it's light, I start to eat.

(1925 – ) American professional football player
Eating Food/Drink Football Sports

We work in the toy department.

(1909 – 1973) American sports journalist
Communication Reading/Writing Sports

I’m glad I don’t play anymore; I could never learn all of those handshakes.

professional baseball player & announcer
Baseball Sports

Mansell handles corners better than Maradona.

Auto racing Signs Sports

A sad ending, albeit a happy one, here at Montreal for today’s Grand Prix.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator
Auto racing Misspokements Sports

Let me know if Cain is able.

(1923 – 2001) American football coach
Football Sports

Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.

assistant trainer and cornerman of boxer Muhammad Ali
Sports

We need three kinds of pitching: left handed, right handed, and relief.

(1931 – ) American baseball player & manager
Baseball Sports

This is the only thing that has seen more parties than us.

American singer & songwriter (Aerosmith)
Hockey Sports

Ten thousand bucks if ya knock him outta the game. I don't care if ya hit him with a whiskey bottle when he gets off the bus.

American football player
Football Sports

Lunch is on me.

(1969 – ) Canadian ice hockey player & executive
Hockey Money Sports